Sometimes, a team just has your number.

Such is the case between the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.For some reason, Bridgeport plays its best hockey against the Phantoms, having taken seven of the last nine meetings between the two teams, including winning all three times that the two teams have met this season.In their latest matchup Saturday night, the Phantoms came in looking nearly unbeatable. They were on an eight-game win streak and had come from behind the night before in a game against Providence. The Phantoms were in Providence Friday and trailed 3-1 going into the third period, but used an 18-5 shots-on-goal advantage to tie the game, which sent it to overtime. Travis Sanheim assisted on a three-on-three goal by Scott Laughton to give the Phantoms the win, and their third longest win streak in franchise history.Saturday night in Bridgeport, though, the Tigers took it to the Phantoms, scoring five times to snap the streak handing Lehigh Valley a 5-2 loss. Bridgeport has scored five goals in each of the three meetings between the two teams this season. In their 15 games overall this season, the Sound Tigers have scored 48 goals, or 3.2 goals per game. Excluding the wins over the Phantoms, Bridgeport is averaging just 2.75 goals per outing.Looking at it from the Phantoms view, they've allowed just 2.1 goals per game against teams not named the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, who score five each time they face guys in a Phantoms uniform. Lehigh Valley's 10-4-1-0 record looks much better if you subtract the three losses to Bridgeport. Overall, the Sound Tigers (10-5-0-0) trail Lehigh Valley by just one point in the standings.Even with the eight-game streak snapped, Lehigh Valley continues to put pressure on first place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Phantoms trail the rival Penguins (12-3-1-0) by four points in the Atlantic Division. Lehigh Valley downed the Penguins last Wednesday in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by a 4-1 score for the seventh win of its streak. The two teams don't meet again until the Penguins come to town on Jan. 20.ROAD WARRIORS ... Since the first three games of the season, which were all at home, Lehigh Valley has played 9 of 12 games on the road. The Phantoms have gone 6-3-0-0 on the road, the second best record in the AHL this season. Lehigh Valley plays in Binghamton tomorrow night before returning home Friday and Saturday against Binghamton and Hartford.FEELING BETTER? ... Robert Hagg, Andy Miele and Jordan Weal have all missed the last two games with various injuries. Hagg was injured when he took a puck to the face against Springfield earlier this month and Miele is battling an upper body injury. All are getting closer to returning. Weal took part in Friday morning's skate and could play this week. Miele and Hagg could return to practicing this week.HOW SOON CAN YOU GET HERE? ... With the injury to Weal, Steven Swavely was summoned to join the Phantoms. Swavely, who was with the Reading Royals, happened to be in nearby Manchester, New Hampshire while the Phantoms were in Bridgeport. Swavely was able to rent a car and drive to Bridgeport where he played in his first AHL game of the season Friday.