Phantoms excited over start to season

By TOM WILLIAMS

williams@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

With an expanded playoff format and nine players returning, Youngstown Phantoms captain Adam Berkle believes his team will be active in mid-April.

“Even [with the old] format, I think we would be a playoff team,” said Berkle at Thursday’s media luncheon. “We have a great chance of making it to the end.”

The Phantoms’ season continues tonight in Lincoln, Neb., against the Stars.

Read the story in Friday’s Vindicator.