2024-25 Youngstown Phantoms Statistics
Team Record: 42-18 (SO: 7-2) - 86 points
Finishing 2nd in the USHL's Eastern Conference
Location: Youngstown, Ohio
The Youngstown Phantoms of the United States Hockey League ended the 2024-25 season with a record of 42 wins and 18 losses, with a 7-2 showing in shootouts for 86 points finishing second in the USHL's Eastern Conference.
The Phantoms scored 232 goals and conceded 167. Michael Mesic netted 24 goals for Youngstown, while Adam Benak contributed 42 assists. Melvin Strahl earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.42 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Benak | F | 56 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 11.2 |
| Michael Mesic | C | 56 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 46 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 18.8 |
| Jamison Sluys | F | 41 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 57 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 16.7 |
| Evan Jardine | F | 62 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 49 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 17.7 |
| Ryan Rucinski | F | 49 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 16.0 |
| Luke Osburn | D | 55 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 7.2 |
| Jack Hextall | F | 53 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 8.3 |
| Landan Resendes | F | 52 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 90 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 96 | 15.6 |
| Kazimier Sobieski | D | 38 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 11.4 |
| Coleson Hanrahan | D | 60 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 126 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 8.9 |
| Jakub Hes | F | 60 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 22.4 |
| Brecken Smith | F | 61 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 13.0 |
| Kade Stengrim | F | 50 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 20.8 |
| Conner Haro | D | 56 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 7.9 |
| Kuzma Voronin | F | 33 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 12.8 |
| Justin Kerr | F | 36 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 10.7 |
| Michael Burchill | F | 43 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 14.5 |
| Carter Murphy | D | 54 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 |
| Peter Cisar | F | 20 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 |
| Cal Huston | D | 61 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 1.6 |
| Matvey Butkovskiy | F | 20 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 27.3 |
| Jack Willson | D | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 |
| Luke Santilli | D | 60 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 94 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.8 |
| Michael Coleman | F | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Quentin Bourne | D | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Michael Munroe | F | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Louis Wehmann | F | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Harrison Smith | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Luca Jarvis | F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Johnny Conlin | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zachary Morin | F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Owen Lepak | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant Young | F | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Owen Boucher | F | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Victor Mannebratt | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sam Ranallo | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jonathan Brown | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Molgachev | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Frossard | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Zachary Roussy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Melvin Strahl | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Fleet | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Malachi McKinnon | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1311 | 225 | 378 | 603 | 1079 | 251 | 57 | 110 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 1814 | 12.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Lepak | 19 | 1042:00 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2.76 | 403 | 355 | .881 | |
| Melvin Strahl | 48 | 2704:00 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 109 | 2.42 | 1124 | 1015 | .903 | |
| Empty Net | 27 | 33:00 | 0 | 8 | 14.55 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 94 | 3779 | 42 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 165 | 2.62 | 1535 | 1370 | .893 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Benak | F | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Michael Mesic | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Jamison Sluys | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Evan Jardine | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Rucinski | F | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42.9 |
| Luke Osburn | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Jack Hextall | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Landan Resendes | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kazimier Sobieski | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Coleson Hanrahan | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jakub Hes | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brecken Smith | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Kade Stengrim | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Conner Haro | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Justin Kerr | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Carter Murphy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Cisar | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Cal Huston | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Matvey Butkovskiy | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jack Willson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Luke Santilli | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Johnny Conlin | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Owen Lepak | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Melvin Strahl | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 64 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 63 | -18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 8.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Lepak | 2 | 87:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.76 | 27 | 23 | .852 |
| Melvin Strahl | 2 | 84:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.14 | 34 | 24 | .706 |
| Empty Net | 4 | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 181 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.30 | 63 | 47 | .746 |
