Youngstown Phantoms Tickets

Youngstown Phantoms

Youngstown Phantoms hockey enters 2026-27 under new head coach Nathan Paetsch, a former NHL defenseman hired this summer after Ryan Ward departed for an assistant coaching job with the AHL's Providence Bruins. Ward leaves as the winningest coach in franchise history, having led Youngstown to the 2023 Clark Cup title and last season's Anderson Cup as USHL champions. The Phantoms finished 2025-26 with a 43-14-5 record, the best in the league, before falling to Madison in the conference semifinals. Get set for a new era in Youngstown at Event Tickets Center.

USHL Eastern

USHL standings had Youngstown atop the entire league in 2025-26, with the Phantoms clinching the Eastern Conference's top seed and the franchise's first Anderson Cup since 2014-15. The Madison Capitols ended Youngstown's season in the conference semifinals, eliminating the top seed in four games and adding fresh stakes to a rivalry that will carry into this year's schedule. Dubuque, Muskegon, and Cedar Rapids round out an Eastern Conference that has produced deep playoff runs from Youngstown's own group in recent seasons. The Phantoms' only Clark Cup title came in 2023, giving the program real recent hardware to build on.

Youngstown Phantoms at Covelli Centre

Covelli Centre upcoming events keep the building busy well beyond hockey nights, with concerts and other bookings filling the downtown Youngstown arena throughout the year. The rink holds just under 5,700 for hockey and opened in 2005 as part of a broader push to revitalize the city's downtown core. In February 2023, the team even took its rivalry outdoors, hosting Cedar Rapids RoughRiders at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland in the franchise's first outdoor game. Expect a tight, loud atmosphere on game nights, especially with a new coaching staff trying to make an early impression.

Youngstown Phantoms Schedule

Youngstown's 2026-27 regular season runs the standard USHL slate of 62 games, with new head coach Nathan Paetsch making his debut behind the bench. Madison returns to Youngstown at home on November 7, 2026, the first regular season meeting since the Capitols eliminated the top-seeded Phantoms from last year's playoffs. A full slate against the rest of the Eastern Conference will decide whether Youngstown can defend its regular-season title. Fargo, Waterloo, and Dubuque also visit at various points on the home schedule.

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Youngstown enters the new season fresh off the best regular-season record in the USHL and under a coach with real NHL and AHL pedigree in Nathan Paetsch. Covelli Centre remains one of the more compact, energetic buildings in junior hockey, putting fans close to the ice all night, and this group looks ready to keep the winning culture intact under a new bench boss. Get your Youngstown Phantoms tickets at Event Tickets Center.