Truelson Scores Twice as Condors Beat Falcons for 300th All-Time Victory, 3-2
March 31, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Bakersfield Condors News Release
FRESNO, Calif. - Kevin Truelson blasted home two goals in the third period to lead the Bakersfield Condors to their 300th franchise win, 3-2 over the Fresno Falcons, Friday night, in front of 5,060 at Save Mart Center.
The win gave the Condors 93 points on the year, a team record, and was their 41st of the season, tying the team mark set in 2002-03. In addition, the Condors clinched no lower than the third seed in the National Conference.
"This game was won with a good commitment to defense and great play by our special units," said Condors head coach Marty Raymond. "Everything added up to a good win."
For the seventh consecutive game, the Condors opponent scored first, when Jason Tejchma swatted his own rebound out of the air and past Jamie Hodson to make it 1- 0 Fresno at 5:55 of period two.
Bakersfield (41-16-11, 93 points) tied it up at 19:04 of the second stanza, when Brett Lutes finished off a two-on-one break with Alex Kim by beating Ryan MacDonald for his team-leading 31st of the year.
The Condors took the lead early in the third on the power-play, when Kevin Truelson drove in a slapshot from the right point to make it 2-1.
But Fresno (34-26-8, 76 points) knotted the contest at 2-2 just 1:31 later when John Morlang stuffed the puck into the net.
It looked bad for Bakersfield when Alexandre Bolduc took a slashing penalty with less than eight minutes remaining, but Truelson's second of the night and 17th of the season came short-handed with just 5:48 left in the game, and broke the 2-2 tie.
Notes: Bakersfield finished the 2006-07 season series 7-0-2 against Fresno, including 1-0-2 on the road.
The Condors are back at The Nest Saturday night to face Stockton with the Blues Brothers Act in town, courtesy of Fox 58, 98.5 The Fox and Three Way Chevrolet. See Jake and Elwood Blues perform their song and dance routines from their hit movies in their final hockey performance ever. Plus, the Bluesmobile with the big speaker on top will be out front so fans come see it and have their picture taken with it.
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