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Bakersfield scores two third period goals for 5-4 win

April 19, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings News Release


Victoria, BC - The Victoria Salmon Kings and Bakersfield Condors met for Game 5 of their National Conference Quarter-Final series tonight in Bakersfield. Victoria held a 3-1 series lead after Wednesday evening's 4-1 victory in California.

Bakersfield came out and took a 1-0 lead in the game's first two minutes when Brett Lutes counted a power play goal. Lutes fired a shot from the top of the left circle past Salmon Kings' netminder Billy Thompson. Victoria would even it up with a power play goal of their own when Dylan Yeo scored his fourth goal in three games with a fireball from the high slot past Condors' goalie Yutaka Fukufuji. Bakersfield retook the lead when Andrew Ianiero picked up his own rebound and slipped it through a maze of bodies in front of Thompson. The Condors would lead 2-1 after the first period.

The Salmon Kings came out with a ton of energy in the second period and it paid off. After peppering Fukufuji, who made a handful of brilliant saves, Victoria's Ash Goldie tied the game when he charged down the right side of the ice and snapped a shot past the Condors' goaltender. The Salmon Kings would take the lead a few minutes later when Ryan Wade took a pass from Wes Goldie and fired it past Fukufuji. The Condors would tie the game on a great individual effort by Alexander Naurov. The Condor controlled the puck below the goal line despite having Kevin Estrada dog-his-tracks, and then slipped a beautiful pass out to Eric Sonnenberg who blasted a one-timer past Thompson. The game would be tied 3-3 after 40 minutes.

The Salmon Kings took the lead just after the halfway mark of the third period when Ryan Wade worked a perfect give-and-go passing play with Wes Goldie who trickled it past Fukufuji for the 4-3 lead. Bakersfield would respond moments later when a Ryan Salvis shot beat Thompson to tie the game. Then off of a rebound the Condors' Mark Derlago picked up the puck on the goal line and banked it off Billy Thompson for the game winning goal. Condors 5 Salmon Kings 4. Victoria leads the series 3-2.

Victoria went 2/6=16.7% with the man advantage and Bakersfield went 1/3=33.3%. The Salmon Kings out shot the Condors 39-33.

The Salmon Kings and Condors travel to Victoria for Tuesday's Game 6 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Puck drop is at 7:05 p.m. If necessary the teams will meet Wednesday for Game 7 also at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre beginning at 7:05 p.m. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. call 220-7777 for tickets.



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