Disappointing Weekend for Condors
October 21, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Bakersfield Condors News Release
Saturday, October 19
ACES TURN BACK CONDORS 3-2
The Condors hosted Anchorage on Saturday night, looking for their second win of the season. They took the lead when Jamie Cooke buried his own rebound with just 11 seconds left in the opening period to make it 1-0. It was the last lead they would have as the Aces scored twice early in the second period for the 2-1 advantage. Rookie Nate Anderson, who notched his first career point with an assist on Cooke's goal, tied the game up at 2-2 at 16:52 of the middle frame. Anchorage regained the lead, however, less than a minute later, and held the Condors off the board the rest of the way. Aces goalie Christian Soucy allowed just two goals on 38 Condors shots. Bakersfield outshot Anchorage 38-23 in the game.
Sunday, October 20
GULLS SPOIL JENSEN'S DEBUT
Goalie Fredrik Jensen made his first start in North America for the Condors on Sunday, but watched his counterpart from San Diego take most of the action in a 4-1 loss. The Condors pounded Gulls goalie Trevor Koenig with 25 shots in the first period, but came up empty, trailing 1-0 after one. It was 2-0 before Jamie Cooke put the Condors on the board with his second goal of the weekend to make it 2-1 after 40 minutes. Dean Tiltgen added his second of the game with less than eight minutes remaining to put it out of reach for Bakersfield. R.J. Enga scored into an empty net as time expired to make it 4-1 Gulls. Originally disallowed, officials later ruled it was a goal. The Condors outshot the Gulls 49-29.
This Week
The Condors take to the road for the first time this season, as they travel to San Diego for a Sunday matchup starting at 5:00pm. All Bakersfield games, home and away, can be heard live on KGEO AM 1230, with Condors Countdown starting 15 prior to game time. Play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Bartl covers all the action.
The Condors have no ice this week at Centennial Garden, and will practice on the road all week. The Valencia Ice Station will host practice from Tuesday - Friday. Tuesday and Thursday, the team skates at 9:00am, while on Wednesday and Friday, practice begins at 11:30am. They will depart for San Diego on Saturday, stopping in Long Beach for a 12:30pm practice at the Long Beach Arena.
Bakersfield travels to Fresno on November 1st before returning home on Saturday, November 2nd against the Gulls. Everyone in attendance will receive a free "Bakersfield's Best" poster, featuring the top players in franchise history, including Jamie Cooke, Steve Dowhy, Glen Mears, Paul Willett and more. KERN 1410 and Rio Bravo Country Club sponsor the posters.
Individual tickets can be purchased at the Centennial Garden Box Office, by calling Ticketmaster at 322-2525, online at ticketmaster.com or stopping by any Ticketmaster location. Season and group tickets may be purchased by calling 324-PUCK (7825) or by visiting the Condors office next to Centennial Garden.
CONDORS NOTES
· Sunday's game was the 800th of Paul Willett's career.
· The Condors outshot their opponent in each of this weekend's games, but dropped both. In the first game of the season, Bakersfield was outshot 35-22 but won 4-0.
· Nate Anderson recorded his first assist, goal and multi-point game on Saturday. He was also a +2 in a 3-2 loss.
· After going 2-for-8 on the power play on Opening Night, the Condors have gone 1-for-19 with the advantage since.
· In Sunday's loss to the Gulls, the line of Jeff Goldie-Shawn Byram-Jamie Cooke combined for 19 shots on goal. Byram recorded six shots on both Saturday and Sunday, while Goldie had seven shots against San Diego.
· David Bell's eight shots on goal Sunday is an individual league high this season and the 49 team shots Sunday is also a league high.
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