PHANTOMS FALL IN SHOOTOUT

The Phantoms found themselves in an old-fashioned shootout Wednesday night against the Grey Dragons, and came up on the losing end. In a game that saw 20 goals and 90 shots, the Phantoms jumped ahead early, fell behind, caught up and then squandered the lead for good as they fell for the 1st time in three games. Justin Beverley made a statement for the upcoming voting in the all-star game by tallying two goals and five points.

The Phantoms jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but the Grey Dragons answered with four unanswered goals to finish off the 1st period. The Grey Dragons held leads of 6-3 and 7-4 in the 2nd and the Phantoms fought back to tie it at 7-7 to finish the 2nd period.

The Grey Dragons would put two early goals on the board in the 3rd and the Phantoms tried to come back for the rest of the period. The Dragons would add an empty netter before the Phantoms punched a meaningless one in with a second left.

The Phantoms find themselves looking a long ways up to the playoff chase and with 9 games to go, they have their work cut out for them. They will next face off against the Raiders on February 20th, a rematch of a 4-3 Raiders victory earlier in the season.