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98-608: In anticipation of the planned closure and demolition of the Spectrum, the franchise was sold in early 2009. The new owners moved the club to Glens Falls , New York , for the 2009–10 season and renamed them the Adirondack Phantoms . Beginning in the 2014–15 season , the team moved to Allentown , Pennsylvania, in a new 8,500-seat arena, the PPL Center . The Phantoms were the fourth AHL franchise to call Philadelphia home, following

196-660: A 15–5 playoff record. Winger Mike Maneluk earned the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the playoff MVP while also being the League's leading post-season scorer with 34 points (13 goals and 21 assists). Team captain John Stevens (who had also won Calder Cups with Hershey in 1988 and Springfield in 1991, and would coach the Phantoms to another title in 2005) and his teammates paraded the Calder Cup around

294-643: A 2000 inductee in Hockey Hall of Fame and former teammate of Samuelsson's with the Pittsburgh Penguins , joined the club as his assistant coach. Berube returned to the Phantoms as head coach again with the 2007–08 season (and Samuelsson to associate coach) while Mullen joined former Phantoms' mentor John Stevens with the Flyers as an assistant coach for the NHL club. Berube himself joined the Flyers' coaching staff in 2008 and

392-575: A 3–2 loss in Hershey the following night, setting-up a Hershey/Philadelphia matchup in the first round of the 2009 Calder Cup playoffs . The series was the fourth overall between the two Pennsylvania clubs and the first since 2000 . Affiliates From 2005 to 2009, the Phantoms enshrined seven members into a team hall of fame. No new members were inducted during the team's five seasons in Glens Falls, New York . Glens Falls, New York Glens Falls

490-399: A 5–1 Senators' win at the Spectrum on December 28, 2003, to establish new club records for most penalties in minutes (PIM), with 210, combined PIM and even an individual team mark set by Peter Vandermeer with 44 PIM. After 11 fights and 15 game misconducts, the game was called with eight seconds remaining due to a lack of enough remaining players on each team. When John Stevens was promoted to

588-613: A 7–4 victory in a most memorable Game 2 which featured, among other things, 350 minutes in penalties (171 to the Phantoms), 14 game misconducts, a pair of suspensions, a one-sided fight in which goaltender Neil Little knocked-out Bears' backup goaltender Sinuhe Wallinheimo and, most unusual of all, the appearance in the game of no less than five goalies ( Jean-Francois Labbe , Wallinheimo and Sylvain Rodrigue for Hershey; Little and Dominic Roussel for Philadelphia). After dropping Game 6, 3–2, in

686-544: A best-of-five series. The Firebirds lost the first two games on the road by scores of 3–6, and 1–7. At home for game three, Philadelphia won 4–1, but lost game four 2–5, to end the season. For the 1978–79 AHL season , the Firebirds were affiliated with the NHL's Colorado Rockies . Head coach Danny Belisle had moved on to the Washington Capitals , and was replaced by Armand "Bep" Guidolin . Gord Brooks finished second in

784-471: A city in 1908, has had a strong mayor charter. The city's Common Council has six members; one is elected to represent the city at large while the other five are elected from wards. The city is represented on the Warren County Board of Supervisors by five supervisors; one supervisor is elected from each Common Council ward. Such "city ward supervisors" do not have any duties in city government but have all

882-551: A founder of Glens Falls. Saint Mary's–Saint Alphonsus Regional Catholic School serves children in pre-kindergarten through grade eight as a regional parochial school . The Post-Star is a daily newspaper printed in Glens Falls with a daily circulation of approximately 27,000. The paper covers Glens Falls and Saratoga as well as the surrounding towns and counties of Warren , Saratoga and Washington . Established in 1895, it has been published since 1909. Writer Mark Mahoney won

980-429: A household in the city was estimated for 2016 at $ 46,305, and the median income for a family at $ 60,545. Males had a median income of $ 41,993 versus $ 37,988 for females. About 12.6% of families and 16% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 8% of those age 65 or over. The Glens Falls region is a major producer of medical devices. Glens Falls is home to Navilyst Medical ,

1078-497: A jersey designed after the jerseys worn in the 1976 NHL All-Star Game, a Broad Street Bullies jersey and a black Spectrum jersey with red, orange, green and blue stripes similar to the Spectrum logo. On April 10, 2009, the Phantoms played their final regular season home game at the Spectrum in front of a standing room only crowd of 17,380 (the 21st sell-out in team history) and defeated the Hershey Bears, 5–2. Rob Sirianni collected

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1176-422: A league worst 230 goals, and had the league's lowest average attendance at only 2,841 fans per game. The bad fortunes this season led to the team's departure from Philadelphia in the off-season. The Firebirds relocated to Syracuse , New York for the 1979–80 AHL season , playing home games at Onondaga County War Memorial Arena . The Firebirds were led by rookie coach Michel Parizeau , who recently retired from

1274-538: A marathon affair at Hershey that ended when Blair Atcheynum slipped the Bears' 57th shot of the night (and the 121st overall by both teams) behind Little on a breakaway at :42 of the third overtime, the Phantoms' first season came to an end when Hershey edged them again, 3–2, in Game 7 at the Spectrum three nights later on May 14. (Hershey went on to win their eighth Calder Cup title a few weeks later.) As in their inaugural season,

1372-466: A medical device maker, previously a regional office of Pfizer and Boston Scientific Corporation. Glens Falls is also a principal provider of medical services for a vast 2,600-square-mile (6,700 km ) region from Saratoga County to the south, extending northward to the central Adirondacks. These services are centered around the Glens Falls Hospital , a 410-bed facility downtown. Founded in

1470-544: A month into the season. Due to the impending demolition of the Wachovia Spectrum, originally scheduled for February 4, 2009, it was announced that Comcast Spectacor reached an agreement to sell the Phantoms to the Brooks Group of Pittsburgh . The new ownership expressed an interest in eventually moving the Phantoms to Allentown, Pennsylvania , conditioned on the construction of a new multi-purpose arena there . Until

1568-456: A permanent new home was ready for the club, however it operated temporarily in Glens Falls, New York , the former home of the AHL's Adirondack Red Wings . Comcast Spectacor continued to operate the team through the conclusion of the 2008–09 season. Throughout their final season, the Phantoms wore a series of specialty jerseys in commemoration of the Spectrum and its history. These included among others

1666-565: A player the previous season because of a serious eye injury—became the second head coach of the Phantoms in June 2000. Stevens, the team's first captain, was soon joined by two more former Flyer players, defenseman Kjell Samuelsson and winger Don Nachbaur , to complete the new staff. In November 2003, long-time NHL tough guy and former Flyer left wing Craig Berube signed with the Phantoms to finish his 18-year professional career back in Philadelphia as

1764-536: A player/assistant coach. At the end of that season, he retired as a player to become a full-time assistant coach for the 2004–05 campaign, replacing Nachbaur, who had since returned to the Western Hockey League (WHL) as head coach of the Tri-City Americans . While it may have only been a coincidence, not long after signing Berube, the Phantoms and Binghamton Senators combined for 373 penalty minutes in

1862-417: A result of a game of cards, or in exchange for hosting a party for mutual friends, depending on which local legend is believed. Colonel Glen changed the name to "Glen's Falls," though it was often printed with varying spelling such as "Glenn's," or "Glens". The spelling "Glens Falls" came to be the common usage. A post office was established in 1808. Glens Falls became an incorporated village in 1839, and

1960-619: A series of concrete block structures, and the Three Squares Historic District makes up most of the Central Business District. Historic sites: Events include: Glens Falls has a tradition of minor league hockey. The highly successful Adirondack Red Wings , four-time Calder Cup champions of the American Hockey League , played in the city from 1979 to 1999. When the parent Detroit Red Wings disbanded

2058-425: A seven-year WHA playing career. Gord Brooks led the team in scoring again with 34 goals, 41 assists, and 75 points. Syracuse struggled on defence, allowing a league worst 364 goals against, and finished with a 31–42–7 record, and third place in the southern division. The Firebirds faced second place Hershey Bears in playoffs, and lost in four straight games, by scores of 3–5, 3–5, 1–8, and 3–5. Syracuse struggled at

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2156-547: A wild fifth game on home ice. The Firebirds faced the Beauce Jaros in the NAHL finals, the first place team in the east division. The Jaros had won 54 games in the regular season, and led the league in goals scored with 462 and penalty minutes with 2134. On the road for the first two games, the Firebirds won 7–5, and lost 4–7. In Philadelphia for games three and four, the Firebirds won 6–1, then lost 6–7. Philadelphia won game five 6–4 on

2254-598: Is a city in Warren County , New York, United States and is the central city of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 14,830 at the 2020 census . The name was given by Colonel Johannes Glen, the falls referring to a large waterfall in the Hudson River at the southern end of the city. Glens Falls is a city in the southeastern corner of Warren County, surrounded by

2352-539: Is a major regional employer and a manufacturer of specialty paper and forest products. It is by far the largest taxpayer in the City of Glens Falls, owning property assessed at $ 60-million in 2006, according to city records. In mid-June 2007, Finch Pruyn & Company announced it had sold all of its assets, including 161,000 acres (652 km ) of forestland in the Adirondacks, to Atlas Holdings of Greenwich, Conn. The Company name

2450-489: Is a publicly traded multi-bank holding company for Glens Falls National Bank & Trust Company (1851) and Saratoga National Bank and Trust Company. Evergreen Bank, N.A., formerly the First National Bank of Glens Falls, originated in 1853, and is now owned by banking conglomerate TD Banknorth . Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital firm, has its New York offices downtown. The 300-seat Charles R. Wood Theater

2548-650: Is a tribute to the lives lost on that day, and the first responders. The memorial consists of 12 foot, solid granite towers resembling the trade center encompassed by granite walls to resemble the Pentagon. It also incorporates a piece of steel from the World Trade Center. Glens Falls has two historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the equivalent New York State Register of Historic places. The Fredella Avenue historic district includes

2646-540: Is home to the Adirondack Theater Festival, a professional non-profit summer theatre. The Wood Theater provides artistic and cultural presentations throughout the year. Opened in 2003, the theater is named for Mr. Wood , a local entrepreneur and founder of The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom . The Glens Falls Community Theatre has produced theatrical productions in Glens Falls for nearly 75 years. The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council promotes

2744-526: Is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km ) (2.54%) is water. The city is on the Hudson River , in the Adirondack foothills, at the border of Saratoga County . As of the census of 2010, there were 14,707 people, 6,548 households, and 3,529 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,685.97 inhabitants per square mile (1,423.16/km ). There were 7,112 housing units at an average density of 1,782.46 per square mile (688.21/km ). The racial makeup of

2842-423: Is now the area's biggest employer. A VA outpatient facility serves veterans' medical needs. Danfloss Flomatic Corporation is headquartered on Pruyn's Island in Glens Falls. The company is a leading manufacturer of industrial and municipal valves. Also on Pruyn's Island is Umicore, a Belgium-based company manufacturing silver-based contact materials. Finch Paper LLC, headquartered at the base of Glen Street hill,

2940-551: Is on Veterans Road between Luzerne Road and Sherman Avenue and is just east of I-87. The land was vacant at the time. A thin, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) strip of Sherman Avenue was part of this annexation, to comply with state law on contiguity of annexed land. As a result, the city and town share co-own this stretch of highway. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 3.9 square miles (10 km ), of which 3.8 square miles (9.8 km )

3038-532: The 1974–75 NAHL season hoping to capitalize on hockey's popularity in Philadelphia. The NHL 's Philadelphia Flyers had just won their first Stanley Cup in 1974 , and the Philadelphia Civic Center was recently vacated by the WHA 's Philadelphia Blazers , making room for a minor league team. Gregg Pilling was named head coach of the Firebirds, and led the team for three seasons. Bob Collyard emerged as

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3136-482: The 1975–76 NAHL season , Bob Collyard led the team again in scoring with 45 goals, 84 assists, and 129 points. Michel Plante nearly doubled his previous best season, and scored 52 goals, 66 assists and 118 points. Gord Brooks completed the top line with 39 goals, 54 assists and 93 points. Eleven different Firebirds had double-digit goal totals in the season, including Denis Patry with 37 goals, Pierre Henry with 30 goals, and Randy Osburn with 29 goals. The defence

3234-599: The Memorial Cup . Carter arrived in time for the final week of the regular season schedule and went on to lead the AHL in playoff scoring with 23 points (12 goals and 11 assists) in 21 games, while Richards joined one game into the second round and went on to collect 15 points (seven goals and eight assists) in 14 games. The Phantoms' 2005 playoff run began against the Norfolk Admirals , a team that had defeated Philadelphia in six of their ten regular-season meetings including

3332-512: The NAHL refugee Philadelphia Firebirds (1977–1979), but neither team met with much longevity or on-ice success. The 1946–47 Rockets in fact still hold the AHL mark for fewest wins in a season at five on a record of 5–52–7. The AHL's dismal record in the city all changed, however, with the establishment in 1996 of a fourth AHL club in the city, the Phantoms, which went on to win a pair of Calder Cup titles (1998, 2005) during its thirteen-season run. For

3430-515: The Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia Phantoms . Others Firebirds players that coached in the NHL include: Don Hay , Lorne Molleken , Terry Murray , and Rick Wilson . A couple other notable persons were briefly Firebirds players; including future NHL referee Paul Stewart ; and Mike Eruzione , best known as the captain of the United States men's national ice hockey team that defeated

3528-586: The Rochester Americans , sharing the John B. Sollenberger Trophy . Goaltender Rejean Lemelin led the league with 60 games played, tied for most wins with 31, and his 2.96 goals against average was second best. The Firebirds finished their first AHL season with a record of 35–35–11 and placed third in the Southern Division. In the first round of the playoffs they faced the second place New Haven Nighthawks in

3626-565: The Springfield Falcons 6–3 in Springfield. The franchise's first goal was scored by defenseman John Stevens , the team's first captain (who had, coincidentally, scored the first goal in Falcons' history as that team's first captain). The club made its Spectrum debut two days later on October 6 before an enthusiastic crowd of 9,166 which saw them defeat the visiting Rochester Americans 3–1 in

3724-533: The town of Queensbury to the north, east, and west, and by the Hudson River and Saratoga County to the south. Glens Falls is known as "Hometown U.S.A.", a title Look magazine gave it in 1944. The city has also referred to itself as the "Empire City." The area is originally called Chepontuc ("difficult place to get around") in the Iroquoian languages of the area's Indigenous inhabitants. It also referred to as

3822-619: The "Great Carrying Place." Later, European-American settlers named the area "The Corners" in English. As a halfway point between Fort Edward and Fort William Henry , the falls was the site of several battles during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War . The then- hamlet was mostly destroyed by fire twice during the latter conflict, forcing the Quakers to abandon the settlement until

3920-626: The 12 seasons (1984–96) prior to the Phantoms' founding, the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Philadelphia Flyers had maintained a highly-successful affiliation with the AHL's oldest franchise, the Hershey Bears , which included a Calder Cup title in 1988. In September 1996, however, the Flyers left their long-time home arena, the Spectrum , and moved across the parking lot into the soon-to-be-completed CoreStates Center . Instead of demolishing

4018-488: The 1996–97 season. A few weeks later, it was announced that the new team would be named the Philadelphia Phantoms and be coached by Hall of Famer and former Flyer winger Bill Barber , assisted by veteran ex-Bear and Flyer defenseman Mike Stothers . This was the same tandem who were then coaching the Flyers' prospects in Hershey. The Phantoms played their first ever regular season game on October 4, 1996, defeating

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4116-591: The 1997–98 Phantoms. The Phantoms' victory was just the fifth time that a professional hockey title in any league had been won in a game taking place in Philadelphia since the sport was first played in the city in 1927. The 2004–05 Phantoms not only brought the Calder Cup back to Philadelphia for a second time, but also sent a dozen members of its championship roster on to the NHL in 2005–06. Nine players—Antero Niittymaki, Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, Patrick Sharp , Jon Sim , Joni Pitkanen , Dennis Seidenberg , Freddy Meyer and R. J. Umberger —all saw regular service with

4214-550: The 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism (Editorial Writing) for his editorials on local government secrecy. The Chronicle is a free weekly newspaper with a summer distribution up to 37,000. It was founded in 1980. Glens Falls is part of the Albany/Schenectady/Troy television market. One low-powered station originates from Glens Falls, WNCE-CD (TV-31). Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport is public-use airport northeast of

4312-679: The AHL underwent a large realignment before the 2015–16 season and the Calgary Flames moved their AHL team to Stockton, California (renamed to Stockton Heat ) and moved their ECHL team to Glens Falls, called the Adirondack Thunder . Glens Falls' East Field is home to the Glens Falls Greenjackets of the Empire Football League. The Greenjackets started in 1928 and is the second oldest-active semi-pro football team in

4410-520: The Canadian squad for which White also served as captain. Pelletier won the game’s MVP award with his outstanding period of work for PlanetUSA in their 5–4 win over Barber's Canadian squad. The Phantoms continued to draw fans through the turnstiles at a prodigious rate in 1998–99 as they drew a then-franchise single game attendance record of 19,532 at the First Union Center on February 28, 1999, to see

4508-471: The Firebirds with 65 goals, 59 assists, and 124 points. Bob Collyard had another good year with 31 goals, 85 assists, and 116 points. Philadelphia also had two more 32 goal scorers in George Swarbrick and Randy Osburn. Goaltender Rejean Lemelin played a career high 51 games in net with 26 wins. The team finished the season fourth place in the NAHL with a 38–33–3 record and 79 points. The Firebirds faced

4606-466: The Flyers as an assistant coach after the 2005–06 season, Berube was named the Phantoms' third head coach in June 2006. After Stevens was promoted to Flyers head coach, Berube left the Phantoms to join Stevens' staff as an assistant coach. Samuelsson, a Phantoms' assistant coach for six seasons, was named the fourth head coach in Phantoms history on October 23, 2006, and two-time Stanley Cup winner Joe Mullen ,

4704-463: The Flyers in 2005–06, while Ben Eager , Randy Jones , Josh Gratton , Wade Skolney and Ryan Ready also were called up at least once during the season. Seidenberg, however, was later traded during the 2005–06 season to the Phoenix Coyotes . Head Coach John Stevens later joined the Flyers as an assistant coach at the start of the 2006–07 season, eventually replacing Ken Hitchcock as head coach

4802-608: The Glens Falls City School District, which includes parts of the town of Queensbury. The Glens Falls City School District operates Glens Falls High School , a middle school and four neighborhood elementary schools (Sanford Street School, Big Cross School, Jackson Heights School and Kensington Road Elementary School). Sanford Street School was closed at the end of the 2010–2011 school year. The Glens Falls Common School District operates an independent public elementary school, Abraham Wing Elementary School, named for

4900-973: The Greenjackets semi-pro football team, the second oldest football team in America formed in 1928; and the Glens Falls High School Indians. It was home to the Glens Falls White Sox and Glens Falls Tigers of the Eastern League , the Glens Falls Redbirds of the New York–Penn League and the Adirondack Lumberjacks of the Northeast League/Northern League East. Glens Falls, since incorporation as

4998-637: The Jack Butterfield Award as the Calder Cup MVP. After the Phantoms shook hands with the Wolves players at center ice, AHL President Dave Andrews handed the Calder Cup to team captain Boyd Kane , who skated it around the ice. Ironically, exactly seven years earlier to the day, Phantoms Head Coach John Stevens had received the same Cup from the same hands a few hundred yards away at the Spectrum as captain of

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5096-463: The League with 95 despite having been called up to the Flyers with 17 games left in the season. After sweeping aside the Baltimore Bandits in three games in the opening round of their first-ever playoffs, the Phantoms then met their now already archrivals, the Hershey Bears, in a most eventful best-of-seven second round set. After dropping the opening game 5–3, the Phantoms evened the series with

5194-543: The Phantoms again finished first overall in 1997–98 with 106 points on a record of 47–23–2–10, and again Peter White took home the Sollenberger Trophy as the league's top scorer with another 105-point season. Sell-out crowds of 17,380 also packed the Spectrum eight times during the regular season schedule with a total season attendance of 472,392, and over 100,000 more attended the club’s home Calder Cup games during which

5292-579: The Phantoms and the Kentucky Thoroughblades skate to a 3–3 draw. With a capacity crowd of 17,380 at the Spectrum on April 11 to watch the Phantoms conclude their home schedule against the Hershey Bears, the club established an AHL-best overall single season attendance record of 480,106 for an average of 12,002 fans per game. With Head Coach Bill Barber's promotion to the Flyers after the 1999–2000 season as an assistant (and later head) coach, Assistant Coach John Stevens—who had been forced to retire as

5390-448: The Phantoms played and defeated the Rochester Americans , Hershey Bears, Albany River Rats and Saint John Flames . A crowd of 17,380 (the club's ninth sell-out of the year) filled the Spectrum on the evening of June 10, 1998, for Game 6 of the finals that saw the Phantoms play a virtually flawless contest as they defeated the Flames 6–1 behind the stellar goaltending of Neil Little, who had allowed just 48 post-season goals on his way to

5488-406: The Phantoms were already 11–0 in the playoffs. Niittymaki again held the Wolves to just one goal as the Phantoms defeated Chicago again, 2–1, in Game 3. Through almost 11 periods of hockey over three games, Niittymaki had allowed the Wolves, who had scored 245 regular season goals, just two goals while Lehtonen and had been solved for just five by the Phantoms. The differential of three goals, however,

5586-413: The Phantoms were back to the Calder Cup Finals for the first time since 1998 and would meet the Chicago Wolves , another powerhouse team that up until that point had breezed through the playoffs including a sweep of the Manitoba Moose in the Western Conference Finals. While both teams had plenty of scoring power, it was expected to be a battle of two stellar Finnish goaltenders—the Phantoms' Niittymaki and

5684-487: The Ramblers/Rockets (1936–1942), Rockets (1946–1949), and Firebirds (1977–1979). When the Canadian–American Hockey League (1926–36) and original International Hockey League (1929–36) began playing an interlocking schedule in 1936–37 as the International-American Hockey League , the then defending "Can-Am" champion Philadelphia Ramblers ( née Philadelphia Arrows ) became one of the new combined circuit's eight original member clubs. After two seasons of interlocking play,

5782-404: The Spectrum, Comcast Spectacor , the owner of both arenas as well as the Flyers, elected to keep it open and active, but doing so would require a tenant to fill the 80 to 100 NHL and National Basketball Association (NBA) dates the Spectrum would lose to the CoreStates Center. To help achieve this end, the Flyers purchased an AHL expansion franchise in December 1995 which would begin operation in

5880-411: The Wolves' Kari Lehtonen —who had both been stellar performers all season long. Even though the Phantoms had finished the regular season with 103 points on a record of 48–25–3–4, for the first time in the 2005 post-season they would have to open a series on the road, as Chicago had finished with 105 points (49–24–5–2) and had lost just seven times at home all season. As expected, the first three games of

5978-491: The arts, hosts an annual arts festival, and maintains a gallery. The Glens Falls Symphony has performed classical repertoire for 30 years. Museums include: Art in the Public Eye is a local non-profit arts organization. The Shirt Factory Arts and Healing Center is a historic shirt factory that now houses artists' studios, shops, galleries, healing arts and services. More than 50 artists and 13 shops and galleries are in this building. The Glens Falls September 11 Memorial

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6076-399: The box office too, and had the lowest average attendance in the league at 2581 fans per game. The team was unprofitable for a second straight season and folded after the 1980 playoffs. Goaltender Réjean Lemelin and centre Bob Collyard were the only players to be members of the Firebirds all five seasons in Philadelphia. Lemelin went on to a fifteen-year NHL career, and coached with both

6174-405: The city in 1927. The Phantoms did not disappoint the SRO crowd as they defeated the Wolves handily, 5–2, with center Ben Stafford (who retired after the playoffs and is now a lieutenant in US Marine Corps serving in Iraq) collecting the Cup-winning goal. Rookie Jeff Carter's 23 points (12 goals and 11 assists) earned him individual honors as the AHL's top scorer in the playoffs, while Niittymaki won

6272-542: The city was 94.7% White , 1.8% African American , 0.3% Native American , 0.6% Asian , 0.4% from other races , and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.3% of the population. There were 6,548 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.0% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.1% were non-families. 36.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who

6370-411: The city. Capital District Transportation Authority provides bus service for the city and surrounding communities. Glens Falls has a radial street pattern originating from its colonial settlement. Philadelphia Firebirds (ice hockey) The Philadelphia Firebirds were a minor league professional ice hockey team that played in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , from 1974 to 1979, and later

6468-412: The country. The Greenjackets are 2008 & 2009 NAFL Empire Division Champions (10–0) and the 2009 NAFL North Atlantic Region Champions (14–0), and finished the season at 14–1 as the NAFL Eastern Conference Runners-up, 2009 NAFL Elite 8. The city is also home to the Glens Falls Dragons, a baseball team playing in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League , a collegiate summer baseball league . Since

6566-462: The division. While the Phantoms were already a very solid contender entering the playoffs, the roster improved drastically with the addition of the Flyers' two graduating 2003 first-round draft picks, centers Jeff Carter of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (taken 11th overall) and Mike Richards of the OHL' Kitchener Rangers (taken 24th); each joined the Phantoms after their respective junior team were eliminated from

6664-429: The fifth place Erie Blades in the first round of the playoffs. Philadelphia won the first game 4–3, but lost the next three games in the best-of-five series by scores of 4–5, 5–6 and, 1–4 to finish the season. When the NAHL folded after the 1976–77 season, the Firebirds acquired an American Hockey League expansion franchise for the 1977–78 AHL season , and affiliated with the NHL's Detroit Red Wings . Danny Belisle

6762-488: The final regular season hat-trick in Spectrum history while the win also secured the Phantoms a berth in the Calder Cup playoffs. During a pre-game ceremony , one final banner was raised to the rafters of the Spectrum paying tribute to "The Final Home Game" and included the signature sign-off of Gene Hart , the late longtime voice of the club's NHL parent Philadelphia Flyers: "Good night and good hockey." The Phantoms ended their 13th and final AHL regular season schedule with

6860-445: The first game 10–5, but lost the next two games by scores of 2–3 and 3–8. In danger of elimination in the best-of-five series, the Firebirds rebounded with 7–4 and 6–4 wins. In the second round, the Firebirds faced the west division's first place team and defending playoffs champion, the Johnstown Jets in a best-of-seven series. In a very high scoring series, Philadelphia prevailed in 5 games, by scores of 5–4, 3–6, 7–5, 4–3, and 14–10 in

6958-405: The first regular season AHL game played in Philadelphia since the departure of the Philadelphia Firebirds in 1979. By season's end, the Phantoms had compiled a 49–18–3–10 record for a League-best 111 points, ten more than second overall Hershey's 101. Center Peter White captured the Sollenberger Trophy as the AHL's top scorer with 105 points while center Vaclav Prospal finished fourth overall in

7056-467: The first-ever Phantom goaltender to "score" a goal. (Needing a win to make the playoffs, the Bears pulled their goaltender during an overtime power-play and inadvertently directed the puck in their own net. As the last Phantom to touch the puck, Niittymaki was credited with the goal.) The 2004–05 season would see the now 70-year-old Calder Cup return to Philadelphia for a second time, and do so in record setting fashion. After dropping their first two games of

7154-587: The franchise moved to Syracuse, New York , and played one final season as the Syracuse Firebirds. From 1974 to 1977 the Firebirds were a member club of the North American Hockey League . The Firebirds won the Lockhart Cup as NAHL playoff champions in 1976. When the NAHL folded in 1977, the Firebirds then played the American Hockey League from 1977 to 1980. The Firebirds were established for

7252-661: The franchise, it was replaced by the Adirondack IceHawks of the United Hockey League , which was renamed "Frostbite" in 2004 before it folded in 2006. From 2009 to 2014, the city was the home to the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms , the principal farm team of the Philadelphia Flyers . On May 16, 2014, the Calgary Flames announced the Adirondack Flames would be their AHL affiliate. The Flames played one season before

7350-538: The last game of the season played at the Spectrum on April 17. Philadelphia took the first round set in six games with a 4–2 victory at the Wachovia Center located across the parking lot from the Spectrum. (With the circus in the Spectrum for two weeks as the playoffs began and no conflicting Flyers' post-season dates at the Center because of the lockout, the AHL club would end up playing all 13 of its home Calder Cup games in

7448-414: The league with 43 goals, and led the team with 74 points. Larry Skinner was second in team scoring with 34 goals, 33 assists, and 67 points. The Firebirds lost their first ten games of the season, before defeating the Hershey Bears on November 10. The team never recovered from the bad start, and finished last overall in the AHL with a record of 23-49-8, and missing the playoffs. The Firebirds also scored

7546-591: The much larger NHL building.) In the second round they met the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins who had already upset the Binghamton Senators in their first round set. After the Phantoms took the first two games at home and split games three and four in Wilkes-Barre, the series returned to the Center for one of the most memorable games in team history. Trailing 4–1 approaching the midway point of

7644-538: The playing time in the season, veteran Phantom netminder Neil Little was still able to make his mark as he became just the tenth goaltender in AHL history to accumulate 200 wins when he shut-out the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on March 4 as the club compiled a 16–7–1 record over the final two months of the regular season to finish just three points behind the Jason Spezza -led Binghamton Senators for second place in

7742-461: The rights and privileges as any other member of the County Board. Departments of the City include: Cemetery, Community, Fire, Police, Public Works, Purchasing, Recreation, Controller, Assessment, Civil Service, Clerk, Water & Sewer, and Buildings and Codes. The city falls within two school districts , both of which are independent of the city government. The majority of the city falls within

7840-493: The road to set up game six at home. The Firebirds won 5–2 on home ice to win the Lockhart Cup as NAHL champions in front of a crowd of 9223 fans. Philadelphia averaged 5.94 goals scored per game during 16 playoff games. Since both Firebirds goaltenders were injured, Gaye Cooley filled in after winning the 1976 Southern Hockey League championship with the Charlotte Checkers . In the 1976–77 NAHL season , Gord Brooks led

7938-544: The same ice as the Flyers had skated their first Stanley Cup 24 years earlier. On January 24, 1999, the Phantoms hosted the 1999 AHL All-Star Game before a crowd of 14,120 at the then First Union (now Wells Fargo) Center. Philadelphia defenseman Serhiy Klymentiev , center Richard Park and goaltender Jean-Marc Pelletier all skated for the PlanetUSA team in that game, while centers Peter White and Jim Montgomery joined Head Coach Bill Barber and Assistant Coach Mike Stothers on

8036-509: The season on the road, the Phantoms posted a 5–3 victory over Hamilton in their home opener on October 22 which would prove to be the first win in an AHL-record 17-game win streak which they set with 3–1 victory in Hershey on November 27. On April 15, Antero Niittymaki's 4–1 victory over Hershey also broke the team record for most wins in a season by a goaltender as he registered his 32nd win to break veteran teammate Neil Little's mark of 31 set in both 1996–97 and 1997–98. While Niittymaki saw most of

8134-466: The season. (The previous franchise record for shutouts was just five.) The following night the club ended the regular season by completing its improbable 12–0 season sweep in games of the rival Hershey Bears with a bizarre 3–2 overtime victory at the Giant Center in Hershey. Goalie Antero Niittymaki was credited with the game-winner on a shorthanded, empty-net goal 2:32 into the extra session, making him

8232-452: The series were tight-checking, low-scoring contests featuring stellar goaltending at both ends of the ice. Niittymaki, however, who was just a little bit better than Lehtonen, earned a surprise 1–0 shutout victory in Game 1. He was even better in Game 2, however, holding the high-scoring Wolves to just one goal in a 2–1 double overtime victory to send the series back to Philadelphia where the next three games—if necessary—would be played and where

8330-482: The summer of 1897 by a group of twelve local physicians, the Glens Falls Hospital was meant to serve the entire Upper Hudson River Valley . Solomon A. Parks donated his home in Glens Falls for the original hospital. The present structure has been extensively modified, enlarged, and modernized several times to better serve the needs of the community, and it is the region's fast-response trauma center. The hospital

8428-616: The team's inception in 2003 it has played at East Field . City Park is located in the city's business district and contains the public library. Crandall Park has a lowland pond, war monuments and recreation facilities bordering the city's Coles' Woods International Ski Trail system Glens Falls Civic Center opened in 1979 and hosts sports and entertainment events in downtown Glens Falls; it includes an arena for sporting events, concerts, family activities, dance, theater and trade shows as well as banquet facilities. The Adirondack Thunder and Adirondack Junior Thunder play here. The facility

8526-410: The team's scoring leader with 42 goals, 61 assists, and 103 points. The team finished the season second place in the NAHL with a 40–31–3 record and 83 points. The Firebirds faced the seventh place Long Island Cougars in the first round of the playoffs. Philadelphia won the first game 4–2, but lost the next three games in the best-of-five series by scores of 2–3, 2–5 and, 2–8 to finish the season. In

8624-535: The third period of game five, the Phantoms exploded for six unanswered goals over the game's final ten minutes en route to a 7–4 victory and a berth in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Providence Bruins whom the Phantoms dispatched as well in six games with another victory at the Center which also extended their post season home ice record to a perfect 11–0. With the victory over Providence,

8722-511: The two leagues formally merged on June 28, 1938, and the circuit renamed itself the American Hockey League in 1940. By 1942, however, that original Philadelphia franchise (which was renamed the "Rockets" in 1941 after losing its affiliation with the New York Rangers ) fell on hard times and permanently suspended operations. The AHL's next two tries in Philadelphia were made in 1946 by a new Philadelphia Rockets (1946–49) and again in 1977 by

8820-405: The war ended in 1783. Fire also ravaged the village in 1864, 1884, and 1902. In 1766 it was renamed Wing's Falls for Abraham Wing – the leader of the group of Quakers who established the permanent settlement – and for the falls on the Hudson River. Wing's claim to the name of the falls and the hamlet was transferred to Colonel Johannes Glen of Schenectady in 1788, either on collection of a debt, as

8918-453: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.91. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 20, 6.8% from 20 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 20 and over, there were 90.9 males. The median income for

9016-489: Was enough to give Philadelphia a 3–0 stranglehold on the series going into Game 4 on June 10. An AHL playoff-record crowd of 20,103 NHL-lockout hockey starved fans filled the seats as the puck dropped that night hoping to see a Philadelphia professional hockey team win a playoff title on home ice for just the fifth time in the 78 years since the C-AHL Philadelphia Arrows first played a professional hockey game in

9114-478: Was led by Rychard Campeau with 17 goals, 64 assists, and 81 points; and Mike Penasse with 21 goals, 37 assists and 58 points. The Firebirds scored the second most goals in the league with 373, and earned second place in the west division, and third overall in the NAHL with a 45–29–0 record. The Firebirds faced the west division's third place team, the Erie Blades in the first round of the playoffs. Philadelphia won

9212-445: Was named the new coach and general manager. The team was built with several Red Wings prospects, and many of the top players from the Firebirds' NAHL seasons returned. Gord Brooks and Bob Collyard continued to lead the team in scoring even after switching leagues. Collyard scored 28 goals, 62 assists, and 90 points. Good Brooks scored 42 goals, 56 assists, and 98 points to tie for first in the league in points scored with Rick Adduono of

9310-483: Was re-incorporated in 1874 and 1887, expanding the village to what would become the city limits when the state legislature granted the city charter in 1908, at which time the city became independent from the town of Queensbury. In 2003, with permission from Queensbury, Glens Falls annexed approximately 49 acres (0.20 km ) of the town. The land, known as Veterans Field or the Northway Industrial Park,

9408-736: Was renamed Cool Insuring Arena in 2017. Past teams include the Adirondack Wildcats basketball team of the USBL , and the one year (1994) roller hockey franchise Empire State Cobras , as well as the ice hockey teams Adirondack Flames , Adirondack Frostbite , Adirondack Phantoms , and the Adirondack Red Wings . East Field is home to the Glens Falls Dragons, of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League ;

9506-500: Was replaced behind the Phantoms' bench by former Flyer winger John Paddock , a five-time Calder Cup winner as a player (two times) and coach (three times), including with the 1987–88 Hershey Bears when that team was the Flyers' AHL affiliate. The Phantoms clinched the F. G. (Teddy) Oke Trophy as the AHL's East Division 2003–04 regular-season champion with a 0–0 tie in Bridgeport on April 10 for its fourth division title and 13th shutout of

9604-407: Was then changed to Finch Paper LLC. Atlas then sold all of the forestland to The Nature Conservancy. The Glens Falls Cement company, established 1893, is now a part of Lehigh Northeast, itself a division of HeidelbergCement , one of the world's largest cement producers. Glens Falls has an old and prevalent history in the region's finance sector. Arrow Financial Corporation, headquartered downtown,

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