ECHL Bakersfield Condors

Ice Dogs Beat Condors in a Shocker

Published on November 7, 2002 under ECHL (ECHL)
Bakersfield Condors News Release


Bakersfield, Calif. – The Long Beach Ice Dogs scored three times late in the third period to overcome a 3-2 deficit and hand the Condors a 5-3 loss in front of 3,587 fans at Centennial Garden on Wednesday night.

Long Beach opened the scoring when Tomas Kapusta scored on the teams' first shot of the game. Later in the first, the Condors got the equalizer on the power play, when Jeff Goldie scored his fourth of the season, and his third on the power play to make it 1-1. The first period shots on goal were 17-8 in favor of Bakersfield.

The Condors took the lead early in the second, when Christian Skoryna netted his second of the season just 49 seconds in to make it 2-1. Condors netminder Fredrik Jensen, in his second start of the season, kept the Ice Dogs off the board during the middle frame, taking the lead into the third.

Long Beach turned on the offense in the third period, scoring four times on 11 shots. Rookie Jeff Marshall scored the first goal of his pro career at 8:45 to tie the game at 2-2. Skoryna later slipped home a rebound to regain the lead at 11:11. The game stayed 3-2 until the final 1:21, when Yevgeniy Kabanets lifted a backhander past Jensen to tie the game at 3-3. Then, seconds after Skoryna rang a potential go-ahead goal off the post, Jeff Ewasko skated into the Condors zone and fired one to the top shelf to make it 4-3 Ice Dogs with just 48 seconds left in the game. Chris Kenady added an empty-net goal to make the final score 5-3.

The Condors travel to Fresno for a pair of games on Friday and Saturday night, both starting at 7:30pm. Condors full season ticket holders received a voucher for one free ticket to the game on Saturday night in Fresno, in their ticket books. The vouchers must be redeemed in person at the Selland Arena box office in Fresno at 700 M Street.

On Sunday, the Condors return home to Bakersfield on Sunday evening in a 5:00pm start for the first Jersey Off Our Backs Jersey Raffle and Auction. There will be a pre-game fiesta on the Centennial Garden Plaza starting at 3:00pm, featuring live music, a clown and magician, and bounce houses for the kids. The Condors will wear commemorative red, white and blue Veteran's Day Jerseys for the game, sponsored by KUZZ. Five jerseys will be raffled off during the game, and the rest will be auctioned off after the contest to raise money for the Petroleum Shrine Club.

Sunday is also the first Toys for Tots night at Centennial Garden. Anyone who donated a new, unwrapped toy to the annual U.S. Marine Corps holiday collection will receive a free terrace ticket to Sunday's game.

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.

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