Buzzer-Beating Condors Stun Utah in OT; Game 5 Is Friday at Home
April 25, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Bakersfield Condors News Release
CONDORSTOWN, Calif. - F Andrew Carroll's shot with less than seven minutes remaining in overtime found its way to the back of the net to propel the Bakersfield Condors to a 3-2 comeback victory in Game 4 Thursday night at Rabobank Arena.
The Condors lead the best-of-seven series, 3-games-to-1, with an opportunity to eliminate the Grizzlies in Game 5, Friday night at Rabobank Arena.
1st Period
CONDORS goal: C Greg Miller (2nd) on a rebound chance slipped a shot in at 8:05 (Collins, Bennett assist); BAK leads, 1-0Shots: BAK - 13 | UTA - 5
2nd Period
Utah goal: F Charles Sarault with a wrist a wrist shot from the right circle on the power play at 18:21; Game tied, 1-1Utah goal: F Phil Mangan gave the Grizzlies their first lead of the game just 33 seconds later, scoring at 18:54; UTA leads 2-1 Shots: BAK - 4 | UTA - 16
3rd Period
CONDORS goal: D Collin Bowman (2nd) wrist shot from the right circle, with the extra attacker snaked through traffic and under G Igor Bobk ov as time expired (Schaber, Watson assist) at 19:59; tied, 2-2Shots: BAK - 1 | UTA - 9
Overtime CONDORS goal: F Andrew Carroll with a shot from the left corner that slipped through Bobkov at 6:34 (Little assist); BAK wins 3-2Shots: BAK - 6 | UTA - 0
W: Brossoit (3-1; 22/20)
L: Bobkov (0-1; 32/29)
Condors droppings: Three Stars: 1. Carroll (BAK), 2. Bowman (BAK), 3. Miller (BAK) Final shots: BAK - 32 | UTA - 22 Power plays: BAK - 0/3 | UTA - 1/4Bakersfield has a 3-games-to-1 series lead for the first time in team history. C Greg Miller has goals in back-to-back games.For the second straight game the Condors erased a deficit in the third period to force overtime.F Andrew Carroll has a point in all four games (2g-2a).Carroll has two game-winning goals in the series. Bakersfield has the first goal of the game in all four games. All four games in the series have been one-goal games. Scratches: Thurber, Joe, Gawryletz, Holmberg
OPENING ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS
Condors (#6) vs. Utah Grizzlies (#3)
Home games BOLD
G1 - BAK @ UTA, Fri, 4/18 - W, 1-0; BAK leads 1-0
G2 - BAK @ UTA - Sat, 4/19 - L, 2-1; series tied 1-1
G3 - UTA @ BAK - Tues, 4/22 - W, 4-3; BAK leads 2-1
G4 - UTA @ BAK - Thurs, 4/24 - W, 3-2; BAK leads 3-1
G5 - UTA @ BAK - Fri, 4/25 @ 7 p.m. - Team Card Set Giveaway
G6 - BAK @ UTA - Sun, 4/27 @ 3 p.m. (if necessary)
G7 - BAK @ UTA - Wed, 4/30 @ TBA (if necessary)
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