Tyson Foerster, Barrie Colts (Photo by Chris Tanouye/Getty Images)
It’s finally here. The Lehigh Valley Phantoms open their 2021 AHL season in Hershey, PA against the Hershey Bears Saturday with a 4:00 PM puck-drop at the Giant Center.
Lehigh Valley will play a total of 38 games: 19 home and 19 away. It certainly will look a little different this year with no Calder Cup Playoffs or a Championship awarded. This is strictly a developmental league for the season. When the AHL schedule was announced the first question was with each AHL team playing only three teams in their respected division how would the playoffs work?