You won't find a tighter division race in the AHL than the Atlantic Division, where three teams are tied for first and five teams are all within four points of each other.

Even with Lehigh Valley's 15-4-0-0 run, it still remains tied with rivals Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Hershey with 35 points. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are just one point off the pace and the Providence Bruins are four points behind the front-runners.Lehigh Valley continued its hot streak over the weekend with a sweep of the Rochester Americans in two games at the PPL Center. In Friday's win, Chris Conner led the Phantoms with a goal and two assists for a 4-3 win. Saturday, Jordan Weal scored his 10th goal and added his 16th assist of the season to continue his reign as the Phantoms points leader. Lehigh Valley is now 7-3-1-0 at home this season.Meanwhile, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton continues to play well, beating Hershey and Bridgeport after losing the opener of a two-game home set with the Bears on Friday. The Penguins are now 6-2-2-0 in their last 10 games. Hershey weathered the split and then handed Rochester its fourth straight loss on Sunday.Lehigh Valley has four games remaining on its six-game homestand and it looks to take advantage of the home ice to try and separate itself from the pack. The stretch is especially important since the Phantoms will host Hershey twice, along with Bridgeport and Providence."Usually, when you play for a stretch on the road and you come back home, it can be a letdown," said coach Scott Gordon after Saturday's win. "It was anything but a letdown last night. For 30 minutes, I thought we were the same team as last night, but that second half, we weren't as good as we have been."With a host of division rivals set for the rest of the homestand and an Atlantic Division race that seems destined to be a battle all season long, forward Andy Miele is looking for good things to happen for the club."It's great. It's so much fun winning in front of this crowd. To have that ahead of us, and confidence, which is huge, we're excited," said Miele.Phantoms Facts• This past weekend's Teddy Bear Toss netted 4,125 stuffed animals that will be donated to Valley Youth House. The annual event encourages fans to bring a stuffed animal to the game and throw them onto the ice after the Phantoms score their first goal. In year one, a total of 1,728 toys were collected and last season, 2,773 were collected. This year's toss brings the three-year total to over 8,600 stuffed animals for area children.• Daniel Briere and Terry Murray will serve as honorary captains for the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic slated for the PPL Center at the end of next month. Briere played for the Flyers from 2007-2013 and Murray coached for both the Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms.• Last Wednesday at Syracuse, the Phantoms set a new mark for shots on goal in a game (since they moved to the Lehigh Valley). Unfortunately, the 50-shot onslaught wasn't enough, as Crunch goaltender Adam Wilcox turned away a career-high 48 shots in the game. Cole Bardreau slipped two shots past him, but the end result was a 4-2 loss.• Forward Steven Swavely and defenseman Maxim Lamarche were returned to the Reading Royals. Swavely, who hails from Reading, is in his first full professional season and appeared in eight games with the Phantoms. Lamarche is in his fourth season and helped LV with two goals and three assists in 10 games.