The Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the Flyers' top farm team, remained alive in the Calder Cup playoffs Wednesday night.
Barely.
Veteran right winger Chris Conner scored on a breakaway 1 minute and 49 seconds into overtime, lifting the Phantoms to a 2-1 win over host Hershey, which would have swept the best-of-five, opening-round AHL series with a victory.
Game 4 will be Saturday in Hershey's Giant Center at 7 p.m. A Phantoms win would force a decisive Game 5 on Sunday in Allentown at 5:05 p.m.
Thirty-seven seconds into the third period, a bizarre goal by Phantoms captain Colin McDonald tied the score at 1.