ECHL Bakersfield Condors

Condors battle but fall to Thunder, 5-4

December 30, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Bakersfield Condors News Release


BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bakersfield Condors lost to the Stockton Thunder Saturday night, 5-4, in front of 5,517 at Rabobank Arena in downtown Bakersfield. The Condors came from behind to tie the game twice, but they couldn't catch the Thunder late in the third.

C Jonas Almtorp and C Greg Paukovich gave Stockton (13-15-2, 28 points) a two-goal lead in the first. The Condors (7-17-5, 19 points) drew one goal closer at the 16:01 mark of the first when F Andrew Ianiero notched his eighth tally of the campaign. F Maxime Lincourt and F Sean Venedam picked up the assists on Ianiero's goal.

Although the Condors started the second period on the penalty kill, C Tim Konsorada tied the game with a shorthanded goal at 2:47. Konsorada intercepted a pass in the Bakersfield zone, skated the puck down the length of the ice and wristed a shot past Thunder G Glenn Fisher from the right-wing circle for his team-high 18th goal of the year. Stockton retook the lead at 5:10 of the middle frame, as LW Andy Contois beat Bakersfield G Yutaka Fukufuji to make the score 3-2.

Bakersfield battled back in the third and tied the game at 3-3 when LW Mark Derlago notched his seventh goal of the season after finding the puck in the low slot and slapping it through traffic in the crease for the score. However, LW Tom Zanoski put Stockton back in the lead with his first career goal at 12:30 of the final frame. RW Stephane Goulet padded the lead with an empty-net goal. One last goal by D Reagan Leslie in the waning seconds of the game accounted for the 5-4 final score.

Notes: F Andrew Ianiero scored his 251st and 252nd career points tonight and reached the 250 point mark on Dec. 21 against Stockton. C Tim Konsorada extended his goal-scoring streak to five games and his point streak to six games with a goal tonight. G Yutaka Fukufuji stopped 28 of 32 shots for Bakersfield tonight.

The Condors are back in The Nest tomorrow evening to host the Las Vegas Wranglers. Everyone in attendance tomorrow will receive a Condors cheer sign, courtesy of the Bakersfield Californian, KERN 1410 AM & Lennar Homes.

There will be the Season Ticket Holder Skate with the Team immediately following tomorrow's game, during which all season ticket holders are invited to lace up their skates and take the ice with the Condors. There will be limited skate rentals for $5.

Tomorrow will also be a Bakersfield Californian Chuck A Puck Post-it night, where fans can receive one free chuck a puck by presenting the Post-it coupon on the front of Sunday's Bakersfield Californian.

If you can't catch the games on KGEO AM1230 or B2 Networks, you can still stay up to date with the team by signing up for Condors text message score alerts, brought to you by the Condors and Bakersfield.com. Alerts will be sent to your phone with scoring updates at the end of each period and every game to keep you in the loop.

To sign up, just text the word "condors" to 47645, or click here. You can also sign up at www.bakersfieldcondors.com. The mobile alerts are free, though standard text messaging fees from your cell phone service provider may apply.

To view the full 2007-08 schedule, click here. For more information or to reserve season tickets, mini-plans and book group outings contact the Condors office at 324-PUCK (7825) or check out www.bakersfieldcondors.com!

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