The Phantoms kicked things off at home on Friday against Binghamton, where they got a couple of breakaway chances early (care of Nic Aube-Kubel and Colin McDonald), but neither could close on those chances, and things stayed even and tied until well into the second period. This would be when the Devils took a two goal lead and forced the Phantoms into chase-mode. Zach Palmquist got them within one on a weird shot from the angle, but that was all they could manage.
They looked to prevent themselves from entering another losing skid on Saturday, with the first game of a home-and-home with Hershey, but, well, they didn’t have much luck there.