YOUNGSTOWN PHANTOMS: The National Team Development Program hosts the Youngstown Phantoms in a three-in-three series at USA Hockey Arena this weekend. The U.S. National Under-17 Team will take on  the Phantoms Friday and Saturday before the U.S. National Under-18 Team rounds out the weekend with a matchup of  its own with Youngstown. 

The Phantoms enter the series 7-22-3-2 in the USHL, sixth in the Eastern Conference standings. Youngstown meets the NTDP after splitting a weekend series against the Dubuque Fightings Saints.