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Season 4 Episode 2 of the Dump & Chase Podcast is here! The Phantoms' season is underway, and we're here to recap the Fall Classic in Cranberry, PA. Check out the episode on YouTube and your favorite podcast service!

 

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The Phantoms play a home & home series against the NTDP U17s.The Phantoms play a home & home series against the NTDP U17s.
So like that, the Fall Classic is over. The Phantoms (0-2-0-0) drop both games, the first hard fought and the second was a near total regression to last season's habits. This week we get a home and home set against the USA NTDP U17 squad. I'll be honest, I don't have a whole lot of data on the U17, and no data on them against USHL opponents since they have only played NAHL teams, where they're 1-2-1-0. But at this point I think the focus should be more on us than who we play.

In 4 games against the NAHL, Austin Burnevik and Gabe Perrault both have 1g, 2a to lead the team. The latter's father, Yanic Perrault was a 14 year veteran of the NHL. Another familiar last name belongs to Carter Slaggert (1g,0a). His brothers Graham and Landon both played for the NTDP. Another player I am very interested in getting some live viewing is Gracyn Sawchyn, a Shattuck St. Mary's alumni. Sawchyn played 14U AAA at SSM with Phantoms prospect William Whitelaw in 19-20. Last season, while Whitelaw went to the SSM U18 prep squad, Sawchyn went to the U16 AAA program. Some believe politics surrounding this might have gotten Sawchyn his NTDP slot and Whitelaw cut. Just keep that fact tucked in the back of your mind until later this season.

I've got nothing on defense, so I'm skipping to netminders. Trey Augustine has played in all 4 NAHL games for a total of 93:00 and has their only win and one recorded loss. He's allowed 5 goals on 50 shots for an rvrn .900 SV% and a 3.23 GAA. Michael Chambre is the the other netminder of mention, playing in 2 of the NAHL games for a total of 80:00, allowing 4 goals on 38 shots for .905 SV% and a 3.00 GAA. 

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A pair of Phantom's losses were the only downside to the return of the USHL Fall Classic.The Fall Classic Returns! - A pair of Phantom's losses were the only downside to the return of the USHL Fall Classic.
First off, it was great to be back in Cranberry, PA for the USHL Fall Classic. Great hockey, great atmosphere, and great (but a little expensive) food. No, seriously, try The Training Table Cafe's chicken alfredo. If you've ever been curious to see how NHL and NCAA scouts work, this is the time and place. After not being held last year, presumably because the Pittsburgh Penguins didn't want to risk infecting their practice arena, the USHL and all parties involved put on a great event. 

Now onto the bad part of it. The Phantoms left the event sitting right where they left off last season in the standings - sole possession of the cellar. A pair of regulation losses left us with 0 points on the week to start the season. There isn't much to talk about, so I chose to break with the usual single game format of my reviews for a combined recap.

First up was Thursday's opener against the Lincoln Stars. Both teams looked a little tentative to start the game. Neither team had much going, save for some trips to the penalty box. (Lincoln with 2 trips and the Phantoms with 3)  Shots were 12-8 in favor of Lincoln but neither team scored. This wasn't unexpected for a pair of teams playing their first games of the season who haven't seen each other in well over a year.

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