Bakersfield Condors

Bakersfield Condors
2010–11 ECHL season
City	Bakersfield, California
League	ECHL
Conference	Western Conference
Division	Pacific Division
Founded	1995
Home arena	Rabobank Arena
Colors	Maroon, tan, black, gray, white
Owner(s)	Jonathan Fleisig
General manager	Matt Riley
Head coach	Matt O'Dette
Media	Fox Sports 970
Franchise history
1995–1998	Bakersfield Fog
1998–present	Bakersfield Condors
Championships
Division Championships	2009–10

The Bakersfield Condors are a minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California. The team plays in the Pacific Division of the ECHL's Western Conference. The Condors join the Houston Aeros as an affiliate of the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League. The Condors play home games at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, until recently known as Centennial Garden.

Originally known as the Bakersfield Fog, the team was founded in 1995 as a charter member of the West Coast Hockey League. The team assumed its current name in 1998 when it moved into the new Centennial Garden. The Condors, and other West Coast Hockey League affiliates, joined the ECHL in 2003.

For the 2008–09 season, the Condors announced an affiliation with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League on May 21, 2008. They became the Ducks secondary affiliate, after the Iowa Chops of the American Hockey League. In the following 2009–10 season, the Condors became the Ducks primary affiliate after the Chops were suspended from operations. As a result the Condors started the season with a handful of the Ducks prospects and finished the season first in the Pacific to capture their first division title. On July 12, 2010, the Ducks opted to move closer to their east coast AHL affiliate and cut ties with the Condors after two seasons.

On August 25, 2010, the Condors secured their second ever NHL franchise affiliate by partnering with the Minnesota Wild for the 2010–11 season.

Season-by-season record

Season	League	Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	PCT	GF	GA	PIM	Coach(es)	Result
1995–96	WCHL	WCHL	58	24	29	0	0	5	53	0.457	271	323	1439	Keith Gretzky	Out of playoffs
1996–97	WCHL	WCHL	64	33	26	0	0	5	71	0.555	345	325	2061	Keith Gretzky	Lost in round 1
1997–98	WCHL	WCHLS	64	22	37	0	0	5	49	0.383	226	330	1949	Keith Gretzky	Lost in round 1
1998–99	WCHL	WCHLS	70	21	40	0	0	9	51	0.364	213	308	2010	Kevin MacDonald	Lost in round 1
1999–00	WCHL	WCHLS	72	34	29	0	0	9	77	0.535	244	272	2343	Kevin MacDonald	Lost in round 1
2000–01	WCHL	WCHLS	72	26	36	0	0	10	62	0.431	220	273	2147	Kevin MacDonald	Lost in round 1
2001–02	WCHL	WCHLS	72	32	35	0	0	5	69	0.479	213	237	1377	Paul Kelly	Lost in round 1
2002–03	WCHL	WCHL	72	41	22	0	0	9	91	0.632	253	186	1625	Paul Kelly	Lost in round 1
2003–04	ECHL	Pacific	72	25	38	0	0	9	59	0.410	201	236	1750	Paul Kelly, Marty Raymond	Out of playoffs
2004–05	ECHL	West	72	40	22	0	5	5	90	0.625	232	205	1691	Marty Raymond	Lost in round 1
2005–06	ECHL	Pacific	72	40	26	0	2	4	86	0.597	221	222	1814	Marty Raymond	Lost in round 3
2006–07	ECHL	Pacific	72	41	19	0	3	9	94	0.653	270	236	1556	Marty Raymond	Lost in round 3
2007–08	ECHL	Pacific	72	26	37	0	2	7	61	0.424	230	280	1772	Marty Raymond	Lost in round 2
2008–09	ECHL	Pacific	72	33	31	0	3	5	74	0.514	246	263	1250	Marty Raymond	Lost in round 1
2009–10	ECHL	Pacific	72	38	29	0	4	1	81	0.563	232	243	1270	Marty Raymond	Lost in round 2
2010–11	ECHL	Pacific	2010-2011 ECHL Season
Totals			1,048	476	456	0	19	97	1003	0.510	3617	3939	26054	4	13 Playoff Seasons

Records as of September 1, 2010.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, PTS = Points, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Current roster

Updated October 13, 2011.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
	United States !	Benson, HansHans Benson	7.0 !RW	R	28	2011	Menlo Park, California	Condors
	United States !	Burgdoerfer, ErikErik Burgdoerfer	2.0 !D	R	23	2010	East Setauket, New York	Condors
	United States !	Campanale, MattMatt Campanale	2.0 !D	L	24	2011	Phoenixville, Pennsylvania	Condors
	Canada !	Frazee, ThomasThomas Frazee	4.0 !C	R	21	2011	North Vancouver, British Columbia	Condors
	Canada !	Freeman, ScottScott Freeman	7.0 !RW	R	24	2011	Whitby, Ontario	Condors
	United States !	Gergen, MichaelMichael Gergen	6.0 !LW	L	25	2010	Hastings, Minnesota	Condors
	Canada !	Gimblett, JesseJesse Gimblett	6.0 !LW	L	27	2011	Newtonville, Ontario	Condors
	Canada !	Goulet, AlainAlain Goulet	2.0 !D	R	23	2011	Kapuskasing, Ontario	Condors
	Canada !	Keetley, MattMatt Keetley	1.0 !G	R	25	2011	Medicine Hat, Alberta	Condors
	United States !	Kramer, MikeMike Kramer	3.0 !F	R	24	2011	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Condors
	United States !	Lawson, DanDan Lawson	2.0 !D	L	23	2011	Oak Forest, Illinois	Condors
	United States !	Lohry, KevinKevin Lohry	3.0 !F	R	24	2011	Sioux City, Iowa	Condors
	United States !	Loprieno, JoeJoe Loprieno	2.0 !D	R	25	2011	Bloomington, Illinois	Condors
	Canada !	Marquardt, MattMatt Marquardt	6.0 !LW	L	24	2011	North Bay, Ontario	Condors
	United States !	Martin, JimmyJimmy Martin	2.0 !D	R	23	2011	St. Louis, Missouri	Condors
	Canada !	McKenzie, IanIan McKenzie	7.0 !RW	R	24	2011	Weyburn, Saskatchewan	Condors
	Canada !	Pierro-Zabotel, CaseyCasey Pierro-Zabotel	4.0 !C	L	23	2011	Ashcroft, British Columbia	Condors
	Canada !	Pitton, BryanBryan Pitton	1.0 !G	L	24	2011	Mississauga, Ontario	Condors
	Canada !	Sisca, MathewMathew Sisca	4.0 !C	L	21	2011	Woodbridge, Ontario	Condors
	United States !	Stanfield, ParkerParker Stanfield	7.0 !RW	R	21	2011	Anaheim Hills, California	Condors
	Canada !	Wynn, KeithKeith Wynn	2.0 !D	L	25	2011	Orleans, Ontario	Condors

Forwards No. Player Pos. shoots Ht Wt DOB Birthplace 8 Parker Stanfield F R 6-2 185 Jun. 20, 1990 Anaheim Hills,CA 10 Aaron Lewadniuk F R 5-11 175 Aug. 7, 1989 Carman, MB 11 Scott Freeman RW R 5-10 180 Jan. 12, 1988 Whitby, ON 12 Tyler Helfrich F R 5-10 195 Jul. 2, 1987 Calgary, AB 14 Peter Boyd F L 5-10 190 Feb. 23, 1988 Cambridge-Narrows, NB 15 Robby Dee F L 6-1 195 Apr. 9, 1987 Plymouth, MN 18 Chris Kushneriuk F R 6-0 200 Dec. 24, 1986 Ottawa, ONT 19 Casey Pierro-Zabotel F L 6-2 202 Nov. 8, 1988 Ashcroft, BC 24 Evan Trupp F L 5-10 155 Oct. 22, 1987 Anchorage, AK 25 Kyle Calder LW L 5-11 180 Jan. 5, 1979 Mannville, AB 27 Ian McKenzie F R 6-5 236 May. 23, 1987 Weyburn, SK 32 Hans Benson LW R 6-0 200 Sep. 20, 1983 Menlo Park, CA 55 Jesse Gimblett LW L 6-3 220 Jan. 4, 1985 Newtonville, ON Defencemen No. Player pos shoots ht wy Birthplace 2 Erik Burgdoerfer D R 6-2 210 Dec. 11, 1988 East Setauket, NY 4 Justin Pender D L 6-4 215 Oct. 25, 1988 St. Johns, NL 5 Ryan Annesley D R 5-10 185 Mar. 2, 1986 Ajax, ON 7 Tyson Gimblett D L 6-3 220 Jan. 4, 1985 Newtonville, Ont 20 Alain Goulet D R 6-1 205 Sep. 22, 1988 Kapuskasing, ON 22 Josh Van Dyk D L 6-1 190 May. 9, 1986 Woodstock, ON 36 Keith Wynn D L 6-0 197 Feb. 25, 1987 Orleans, ON Goalies No. Player Pos. Catches Ht Wt DOB Birthplace 31 Bryan Pitton G L 6-2 195 Jan. 26, 1988 Brampton, ON Thunder 33 Matt Keetley G R 6-2 200 Apr. 27, 1986 Medicine Hat, AB

Current staff

Staff
Title	STAFF MEMBER
Head Coach	Matt O'Dette
Head Athletic Trainer	Jason Lindsey
Equipment Manager	John Doolan

Team captains

• 2007–08 - Sean Venedam
• 2008–09 - Jay Langager
• 2009–10 - Shawn Weller
• 2010-11 - Mika Suoraniemi / Andrew Ianero

NHLers

• 9 - C Connor James (2004–05) played in two games for the Los Angeles Kings during the 2005-06 season.
• 44 - G Yutaka Fukufuji (2004–05) was called up on emergency basis to the Los Angeles Kings on December 15, 2006. On January 13, 2007 the Los Angeles Kings replaced goaltender Barry Brust with Fukufuji in the third period of a game against the St. Louis Blues, thus becoming the first Japanese-born player to play in an NHL game.

• 49 - C Alexandre Bolduc (2005–2007) Played 22 games with the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League.
• 31 - G Justin Pogge (2009–2010) Played with the Anaheim Ducks on an emergency basis while J.S. Giguere was injured. Is currently the Anaheim Ducks #3 Goalie and was the first ever condor to be recalled straight to the NHL. Before the Ducks, Pogge played with the Toronto Maple Leafs for seven game with a 1-4-1 record.

Notable players

Journalist Ken Baker - Played one game as goaltender for the Condors in the 2001-02 season, finishing with a win, a 5.00 GAA and a 0.857 save percentage. Baker's dreams of playing professional hockey were cut short due to a tumor that inhibited his ability to build enough muscle for the sport. His book "They Don't Play Hockey In Heaven" tells the story of his experience with the Condors.

Retired numbers

• 16 - Paul Willett
• 17- Paul Rosebush
• 26 - Glen Mears
• 28 - Jamie Cooke
• 74 - Steve Dowhy

Lawsuit

Head coach Marty Raymond and former assistant coach Mark Pederson were briefly suspended in 2009 for an "internal matter", which was reported at the time to be due to anti-Semitic comments made by both men toward then-Condor Jason Bailey, a Jew. The team didn't publicly acknowledge the reason for the suspensions until after the season, when GM Matthew Riley stated that "all parties involved were satisfied with the action that was taken." However, in January 2011, the Anaheim Ducks, Condors, Raymond and Pederson were named in a lawsuit filed by Bailey's lawyer, Keith Fink, alleging that his client faced "a barrage of anti-Semitic, offensive and degrading verbal attacks regarding his Jewish faith" during this time with the team. On January 27, ESPN.com released details of court documents in which Fink alleges that Condors' owner Jonathan Fleisig failed to take action after being informed of the issue: promising Bailey's father that the Raymond and Pederson would both be fired, but then failing to do so. The documents also state that Raymond allegedly told Bailey his ex-wife was Jewish "and that she was a 'bitch' for taking all of his money."

Miscellaneous

Team highs

The Condors advanced past the 1st Round of the playoffs for the first time in their history in the 2005–06 season. They defeated the Long Beach Ice Dogs in seven games. The Condors lost in the seventh game of the next round against the Fresno Falcons, making it the longest playoff run in Condors history. The condors did it again the following year, defeating Fresno, but then lost in round 2 to the Alaska Aces in four games.

Infamous moments

In the 2004–05 ECHL playoffs, Condor Ashlee Langdone checked Alaska Ace Scott Gomez (who was playing that season in the ECHL due to the NHL strike) hard, sending him hip first into the sharp opening of the bench door at the exact moment the trainer opened it for a line change. The resulting injury, a broken pelvis, knocked Gomez out of the rest of the playoffs, and resulted in Langdone being given a boarding penalty and a one-game suspension. The incident drew a rather negative reaction due to Gomez' status as an NHL all star.

External links

• Bakersfield Condors Official Site
• ECHL Official Website
• Intotheboards.net - Bakersfield Condors