One of the strengths of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms throughout the season was the fact they had two strong goalies, both capable of shutting down opposing offenses.

In the final week of the season, though, Anthony Stolarz went down with a knee injury that requires surgery, and in Game 2 of the Atlantic Division series, Alex Lyon also went down with a knee injury.Lyon was on crutches after the game, but it was later reported that the injury isn't as severe as the one suffered by Stolarz and he won't require surgery. He will, however, be lost for the rest of the series against Hershey, which the Phantoms trail two-games-to-none.Lyon was perfect through regulation in the series opener on Friday before giving up the game's only goal to Nathan Walker 7:38 into overtime, giving Hershey a 1-0 win and a 1-0 series lead. The loss was especially devastating since it came on the Phantoms home ice.Things were going much better for Lehigh Valley Saturday night in Game 2, as they limited Hershey to just eight shots on goal through the game's first 45 minutes. After the injury to Lyon, Martin Ouellette - who had been recalled from Reading after the injury to Stolarz - came into the 4-3 game in a tough situation, and the Bears saw their opportunity. Hershey's first shot on Ouellette deflected off him and then bounced off the post and into the net to tie the game at 4-4. From there, Hershey looked like a different team and with just 32 seconds left to play, Bourque struck again with what would prove to be the game-winner.Now, with his team down 2-0 in games in the best-of-five series, all eyes are on Scott Gordon to see how he handles the rest of the series. Besides Ouellette, who played in four games with Lehigh Valley this season and went 3-0 with a 1.06 goals against average, the only other available goalie is Carter Hart, an 18-year old prospect who joined the Phantoms last week after his juniors season with the WHL's Everett Silvertips ended."Fortunately, Marty's played well for us in the four games that he's played, and Carter's a good prospect," said Gordon. "It's not like we're just getting a guy that's been a career East Coast League player here. He's got a bright future. We're in good hands as far as that goes."In addition to Hart, Gordon has two other young prospects on the roster in defenseman Phil Myers, 20, and 19-year old center Connor Bunnaman, who signed an entry-level contract with the Flyers last week.One school of thought has Gordon throwing the young players into playoff hockey with his team seemingly having nothing to lose with his team facing elimination. Of course, there's also the thought that this might not be the time to see what young kids can do for a hockey team.Gordon is especially interested in seeing Myers, but that decision will depend on what the young player shows in practice leading up to Wednesday night's game."I think it would have been different had he come in three weeks ago and played some games, even two weeks ago," said Gordon after Friday night's loss. "But right now, he just flew in yesterday, so there's no way he's going to play [this weekend]. We haven't thought past that. We'll get him on the ice in practice."On the agenda - Games 3 and 4, if necessary, - will be in Hershey, with Game 3 on Wednesday night and Game 4 Saturday night. If the Phantoms can take both games on the road, they would return home for a deciding Game 5 Sunday evening at the PPL Center.A LOUD AND ROWDY CROWD ... There was a crowd of 7,012 on hand Friday and another 7,516 on Saturday in the PPL Center. These were for the first two playoff games ever held in the PPL Center. Among teams with two home playoff games so far, the Phantoms have the highest overall attendance. Albany had a total of just 5,551 for their two games. Most of the fans were wearing orange as part of an "orange out" for the two games.A RARE THING ... Friday's game was just the 12th time in Calder Cup history that a game was scoreless after regulation.