Murry Gunty, Phantoms co-owner, wants to host world championship event

Gunty offered up the Covelli Centre for the Women’s U18 World Championship

@YtownPhantoms & @_BBSG are willing to host the girls U18 Worlds @CovelliCentre1 in the great City of Youngstown, OH Jan 10-15. We will cover all expenses for ice/building/insurance. Girls just need to show up wearing their flags on their jerseys.@nhl @usahockey @Buccigross @USHL

— murry gunty (@MurryGunty) December 27, 2021

The co-owner of the Youngstown Phantoms hockey team is making a big pitch to take hockey to a higher level in Youngstown. Gunty is offering to cover all expenses for the ice and building and said the girls just need to show up and play.

“What the Youngstown Phantoms are for us is a chance to give young men the ability to pursue their dreams, whether it’s pro hockey, college hockey or they just want to play junior hockey. We thought that the whole framework in Youngstown of giving young men the chance to pursue their dreams should be the same for young women, so that’s why we thought Youngstown would be a great location for it,” Gunty said.