Phantoms

As a result of multiple trades over the past year, the Phantoms only had one pick in the first four rounds, but by virtue of their second-from-last finish in their first USHL season, they had the valuable No. 2 overall selection.

Anthony Noreen, 27, joins fellow Assistant Coach Brad Patterson, who teamed with Carr for the final 17 games of the previous season, behind the Phantoms’ bench.

The Youngstown Phantoms opened the weekend on a winning note, with a 4-1 victory over the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Friday night at the Covelli Centre.

The final road contest of the schedule and a two-game home weekend awaits the Youngstown Phantoms in the last week of their first regular season in the United States Hockey League.

The action begins in southeastern Michigan, as the Purple and Orange will try to improve upon their 2-1 record against the Under-17s, who have improved greatly since the last time these teams met.

Adam Schmidt and Mitch Zion netted goals 1:29 apart in the third period, helping the Sioux City Musketeers erase a one-goal deficit en route to a 3-2 road win over the Youngstown Phantoms at Covelli Centre Saturday night.

Youngstown Phantoms forwards Taylor Holstrom and Brett Gensler have played together on the same line for much of the season and also get along well off the ice. Friday night, the two USHL veterans combined to deliver a pulsating shootout win.

Youngstown Phantoms forward and assistant captain Tom Serratore has verbally committed to skate for the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers hockey team, one of the elite programs in NCAA Division I, beginning this fall.

Adam Berkle netted a pair of even-strength goals, but the Green Bay Gamblers’ special teams were exactly that as the USHL's best team trumped the Youngtown Phantoms 5-3 Sunday afternoon at the Resch Center.

The journey begins in Cedar Rapids Friday night before heading north to Waterloo, Iowa and Green Bay, Wisc., the team’s final such stretch of the season. The