Just two periods into the first game of the month, the Phantoms lost their best defensive center, Corban Knight, to injury, and the team began to struggle. They dropped the first three games of the month (one in the shootout), but were able to bounce-back and pick up 12 standings points out of a possible 20. They leave January with a record of 5-3-2 which, while not bad, it isn’t necessarily good by their standards, and their 5-on-5 play took a bit of a hit.
This was by far the least offensive month of the season at 5-on-5, for both the Phantoms and their opponents.