Condors vs. Ontario - Teddy Bear Toss Night
November 24, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Bakersfield Condors News Release
Condors vs. Ontario - Teddy Bear Toss Night
Bring TWO stuffed animals to throw on the ice!
Nov. 24, 2012
Game Preview: Bakersfield vs. Ontario
Time: Doors open at 6 p.m. (5:45 for STH); puck drops at 7 p.m.
Promotion: Teddy Bear Toss - bring a teddy bear to the game and when the Condors score their first goal, throw them onto the ice; Teddy Bear Jersey Off Our Backs Raffle & Auction
Place: Dignity Health Home Ice at Rabobank Arena
Radio: Fox Sports Radio 970 AM, iheartradio app, www.foxsports970am.com/
Television: Bright House Networks, ch. 10
Webcast: America One, www.americaonesports.com
Matt O'Dette's pre-game interview
*It is recommended that you beat the box office lines and purchase your tickets to tonight's game early.
TONIGHT
The Bakersfield Condors return home to Rabobank Arena for their third meeting of the season with the Ontario Reign. The two sides will meet a total of 10 times this season and four more times in Condorstown. Bakersfield is in search of their first victory of the season against Ontario, dropping a 5-2 decision down in the Inland Empire on Nov. 4 and a shootout loss on home ice exactly one week ago. This is game number 19 for the Condors and home game number 10.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
The Condors erased two, one-goal deficits and even took a 3-2 lead early in the second period, but surrendered four unanswered goals on 50 shots and fell 6-3 last night in Stockton. F Alex Hudson, D Francis Meilleur, and D Olivier Dame-Malka each potted goals for Bakersfield in the loss.
TEDDY BEAR TOSS BY THE NUMBERS
Teddy Bear Toss has become the most anticipated tradition in Condorstown each and every year. Entering its 14th season, 73,111 bears have been tossed onto the ice for an average of 5,624 per game. Attendance-wise, 104,270 fans have come through the doors, and average of 8,021 every year. A number that could fall tonight with multiple players, the highest jersey number to score "the goal" was #48 Nate Metcalf in 2005-06. Four of the last five years and five times overall in the 13-year history,"#11" has scored the goal. Last year was the latest the goal had ever been scored, by F Scott Freeman with 7:47 left in the third period against the Reign.
CONDORS NOTES
D Olivier Dame-Malka scored his fourth power-play goal of the season last night which is tied for the league lead among defensemen... D Francis Meilleur's first period goal was his first tally as a Condor... F Alex Hudson now has goals in each of the last two games... G Brian Stewart stopped an ECHL season-high 23 shots in the second period last night, just four off the Condors single period record... D Tyson Gimblett is tied for third in the ECHL with 7 major penalties... C Peter Boyd leads the ECHL with four shootout goals.
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