For the second postseason in a row, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and Hershey Bears are meeting in the Atlantic Division semifinals. Here’s your quick guide to the Phantoms and what they bring to the table against the Bears:

Stat Leaders

Olle Lycksell (RW) – 43 GP, 19 G, 25 A, 44 PTS, +12

• Played 19 games for Flyers this season, with 5 assists

Jacob Gaucher (F) – 70 GP, 20 G, 18 A, 38 PTS, +7

• Played four games for Flyers this season

Anthony Richard (LW) – 42 GP, 17 G, 19 A, 36 PTS, 0

• Played 15 games for Flyers this season, with two goals and four assists

Rodrigo Ābols (F) – 47 GP, 15 G, 17 A, 32 PTS, +10

• Played 22 games for Flyers this season, with two goals, three assists

Zayde Wisdom (C) – 68 GP, 13 G, 19 A, 32 PTS, +10

Samu Tuomaala (F) – 46 GP, 11 G, 21 A, 32 PTS, -19

Fast Facts

Hershey is 159-108-8-23-17 in 315 regular season games against the Phantoms, starting in the Philadelphia Spectrum, when the Phantoms played in the city, rather than up in Allentown. The Bears are 17-12 in the playoffs against Lehigh Valley, starting in 1997. Hershey owns the series record, 5-1.

The Bears beat LV in 1997, 2009 and 2024 were all part of championship runs.

Yes, that includes last year’s championship run. The Phantoms and Bears met in this same series last year, winning the series

3-1, winning game four in Allentown.

On this date, April 30, in 2017, the Bears beat Lehigh Valley 3-2 in game five of the Atlantic Division semis in Allentown. The Bears started out with a 2-0 lead, Colby Williams scored the game-winner with 6:16 in the third. It gave the Bears a 3-1 series lead. It was the second-ever series in AHL history that the visitor won all five games.