Condors In A Battle for Playoffs
March 28, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Bakersfield Condors News Release
Last Week
Tuesday, Long Beach 4 vs. CONDORS 3; attn: 4,406
Bakersfield held three separate one-goal leads against the Ice Dogs but couldn't hold on, dropping a regulation loss when leading after two periods for the first time all season. Long Beach scored twice in the final stanza, including Chris Kenady's game winner with just 3:05 remaining.
Friday, Gwinnett 3 vs. CONDORS 2, OT; attn: 5,298
The Condors failed to hold a 2-0 lead heading into the third period against visiting Gwinnett, who ended up tying the game and forcing overtime with two goals by rookie Jeff Campbell. Veteran blueliner Rick Emmett scored the game winner on the power play for a 3-2 victory.
Saturday, Gwinnett 3 vs. CONDORS 1; attn: 5,499
G Sean Fields, who started the season with the Condors, turned aside 38 shots to beat his former team for the second straight night. Connor James scored the lone goal for Bakersfield, who outshot Gwinnett 39-30. Pat Dwyer had two assists for the road team.
Saturday, Condors 7 vs. LONG BEACH 3
The Condors matched their season-high goal output, scoring five times in the final two periods to erase a 2-2 tie after one. Lars-Peder Nagel and Vlad Serov each scored twice and Davis Parley stopped 32 shots for his first win with the Condors. Bakersfield wrapped up their series with Long Beach 5-4-1 and 4-1 in Long Beach.
Where we stand
Bakersfield went 1-2-1 during the busy week, improving to 38-20-10 through 68 games. The Condors are tied with Long Beach with 86 points in second place in the West Division. They trail first- place Alaska by six points and lead fourth-place Idaho by three and fifth-place Fresno by six. Since the Falcons have 80 points and six games remaining, Bakersfield needs to reach 92 points or three Fresno losses to ensure a playoff spot.
What's up this week
With just three home games remaining in the regular season, the Condors return home on Friday, April 1st to host the Fresno Falcons. The first 2,000 kids 12 and under will get a Condors Mr. Potato Head, sponsored by 98.5 The Fox and Barber Honda.
The Condors finish their season series with the Las Vegas Wranglers on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. at the Orleans Arena. Bakersfield is 4-4 against the Wranglers this season, but has been outscored 32- 20. It's the last meeting of the year between the two.
News from the Nest
· Lars-Peder Nagel and Connor James became the third and fourth Condors to reach 20 goals on the season. The team record is eight, by the 1996- 97 Bakersfield Fog. The 2002-03 Condors had seven 20-goal scorers.
· Nagel set a new team high this season by going +5 last night in Long Beach. The line of Nagel- Serov-Paul Rosebush finished the game +13 with four goals and six points.
· Bakersfield has scored seven goals in a game three times this season, twice on the road.
· With last weekend's games against Gwinnett, the Condors finished the year 0-2-1 against the American Conference, all at home.
· Davis Parley is now 1-0-1 for the Condors since being picked up seven days ago from Texas, where he was 5-13-7.
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