What is Lehigh Valley Phantoms?
{{Hockey team | team = Lehigh Valley Phantoms | color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#f58427 5px solid; border-bottom:#000000 5px solid; | color text = #000000 | city = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania]] | league = [[American Hockey League]] | conference = Eastern | division = Atlantic | founded = {{Start date|1996}} | arena = [[PPL Center]] | colours = Black, orange, electric blue, white<br>{{color box|#000}} {{color box|#f58427}} {{color box|#001589}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} | coach = [[Ian Laperriere]] | GM = [[Alyn McCauley]] | affiliates = [[Philadelphia Flyers]] ([[National Hockey League|NHL]])<br>[[Reading Royals]] ([[ECHL]]) | website = [https://www.phantomshockey.com Official website] | name1 = [[Philadelphia Phantoms]] | dates1 = 1996–2009 | name2 = [[Adirondack Phantoms]] | dates2 = 2009–2014 | name3 = '''Lehigh Valley Phantoms''' | dates3 = {{nowrap|2014–present}} | division_titles = '''1''' ([[2017–18 AHL season|2017–18]]) | conf_titles = | calder_cups = }} The '''Lehigh Valley Phantoms''' are an American professional [[ice hockey]] team. They began playing in [[1996–97 AHL season|1996]]. The team plays in the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL). They play their home games in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania]] at the [[PPL Center]]. They are the AHL affiliate for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). Their [[ECHL]] affiliate is the [[Reading Royals]]. The team originally played in [[Philadelphia]] as the [[Philadelphia Phantoms]] from 1996 to 2009. After demolition was planned for the home of the Phantoms, the team would be sold to the Brooks Group in [[Pittsburgh]]. In 2009, the team would be moved to [[Glens Falls, New York|Glens Falls]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and would be renamed the [[Adirondack Phantoms]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=794798|accessdate=December 8, 2023|title=AHL hockey team