Bakersfield Condors
| Bakersfield Condors | |
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 2012–13 ECHL season |
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| 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 |
| Affiliates | None |
| 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 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.[1] 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.[2]
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Season-by-season record [edit]
| 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. [3]
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 [edit]
Updated March 29, 2013[4]
Current staff [edit]
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| Title | STAFF MEMBER | |||||
| Head Coach | Matt O'Dette | |||||
| Assistant Coach | Kevin Barrett | |||||
| Head Athletic Trainer | George Bullock Jr. | |||||
| Equipment Manager | Brian Schmidt | |||||
Team captains [edit]
- 2007–08 - Sean Venedam
- 2008–09 - Jay Langager
- 2009–10 - Shawn Weller
- 2010-11 - Mika Suoraniemi / Andrew Ianero
NHLers [edit]
- 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 Yutaka 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. He was the first 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.[5]
Notable players [edit]
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.[6] 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 [edit]
- 16 - Paul Willett
- 17- Paul Rosebush
- 26 - Glen Mears
- 28 - Jamie Cooke
- 74 - Steve Dowhy
Team highs [edit]
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.
Controversy [edit]
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.
In March of 2011, the Condors held "Charlie Sheen Night" which garnered national media attention as one of the best promotions in minor league sports history. The night, based on the antics of the Two and A Half Men star, offered fans free admission with proof of a clean drug test, Tiger Blood Margaritas, Charlie Sheen heads on sticks, and if anyone had the money, they could buy the team for $2 million dollars outright. That was Sheen's annual salary for the show he was eventually fired from.
In 2012, the Condors offered Canadian pop-star Justin Bieber an entry level contract, stating that "he has some hockey skills" which received worldwide notoriety and publicity.[7]
Lawsuit [edit]
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.[8] 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."[9] 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.[10] 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."[11]
References [edit]
- ^ "Condors join Ducks organization". KGET TV 17. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Ducks to get new ECHL partner". OC Register. 2010-07-12. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ "Bakersfield Condors season statistics and records 1995-Present". Hockeydb.com. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ "Roster - BakersfieldCondors.com". Retrieved 2013-03-13.
- ^ "Pogge recalled by Ducks". Bakersfield Ducks. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2009-11-03.[dead link]
- ^ "Ken Baker profile". HockeyDB.com. 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ "Justin Bieber offered pro hockey tryout". The Vancouver Sun. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ Rodriguez, Sabrina (29 May 2009). "Racist comments may have led to Condors coaches' suspension". Bakersfield Now. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ Baxter, Kevin (26 January 2011). "Former Ducks minor league player says he faced anti-Semitic remarks". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "US Jewish ice hockey player sues club for anti-Semitism". BBC News. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ Burnside, Scott (28 January 2011). "Details emerge of Jason Bailey's suit". ESPN. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
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