ON THE ICE BETWEEN PERIODS at Phantoms hockey games at the Covelli Center in downtown Youngstown is mascot Sparky, pictured here participating in ice bowling. The event features Sparky sitting on an inner tube being shot onto the ice by a bungie cord, toward bowling pins. Sparky is actually 35-year-old Boardman native Ryan Cmil, who said he got a strike when the Phantoms faced the Muskegon Lumberjacks last Saturday, and also noted that Iceberg, the Pittsburgh Penguins mascot who attended the game, did not participate in ice bowling. Cmil is making somewhat of a second career out of being a mascot. He has also served as a mascot at arena football games for the Cleveland Gladiators and Mahoning valley Thunder, and when Youngstown State University gets in a pinch, he has taken on the roles of Pete and Penny Penguin. “For a second job, the pay is pretty good, and it is a blast. I love it,” Cmil said this week. He began his career as a mascot in 2007.