CONDORS: Bakersfield embrace elimination mindset ahead of Game 6
Condors face another 'win or go home' scenario in San Diego after Saturday's double-overtime triumph in Game 5
by Jamie Umbach / EdmontonOilers.com
SAN DIEGO, CA - Game 7 mentality.
It came through in a big way for the Bakersfield Condors on Saturday in Game 5, with Josh Currie finding the twine in double overtime for his first goal of the AHL Calder Cup Playoff campaign to stretch this AHL Pacific Division Final to a Game 6 tonight in San Diego.
Facing another elimination game tonight in hostile territory, the Condors know what's at stake. Both sides have fought fangs and talons across 22 periods of hockey this series, including three overtime contests and two that have gone into multiple frames of sudden death.
CONDORS: Bakersfield look to stave off elimination in Game 5
Condors return home for pivotal Game 5 against San Diego, aiming to keep their playoff hopes alive down three games to one
by Jamie Umbach / EdmontonOilers.com
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Backs against the wall.
The Condors, facing elimination, return to Rabobank Arena on Friday for Game 5 of the AHL Pacific Division Final down 3-1 to the San Diego Gulls.
CONDORS: Bakersfield eyes early start in Game 4 against Gulls
The Condors tied Game 3 late before winning in overtime, and are keen to be early risers as they look to even up the AHL Pacific Division Final against San Diego tonight
by Jamie Umbach / EdmontonOilers.com
SAN DIEGO, CA - Just 10.5 seconds separated the Bakersfield Condors from a three-game deficit in Game 3 of their AHL Pacific Division Final series against the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday.
Tyler Benson forced overtime in the dying moments to give William Lagesson the opportunity to put a thrilling 7-6 victory on ice just 33 seconds into overtime, injecting life into the Condors with their first win of the series to trail two games to one heading into Friday's second contest at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.
CONDORS: Bakersfield readies response in Game 3 against San Diego
The Condors look to establish themselves in their Pacific Division Final series with San Diego, down 2-0 to the Gulls
by Jamie Umbach / EdmontonOilers.com
SAN DIEGO, CA - It's a Game 3 roll call for the Bakersfield Condors.
The 2019 AHL Pacific Division Final shifts to southern California tonight, with the Condors keen to answer the rallying cry on the road down two games to none in Game 3 against the San Diego Gulls at Pechanga Arena.
CONDORS: Bakersfield managing energy and emotion for Game 2
Condors and Gulls return to the ice on Saturday less than 24 hours after playing to a fourth-overtime loss in Game 1
by Jamie Umbach / EdmontonOilers.com
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The Condors and Gulls went the distance.
Two full games in a single evening on Friday ended with only one result in favour of San Diego, who took Game 1 in quadruple overtime by a score of 3-2 in the fifth-longest game in AHL history to take the early lead in the Pacific Division Finals.
CONDORS: Bakersfield, San Diego set for Game 1 of Pacific Division Final
The Condors host the San Diego Gulls in Game 1 of the AHL Pacific Division Finals at Rabobank Arena on Friday night
by Jamie Umbach / EdmontonOilers.com
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The After Party rolls on to Round 2.
After bouncing the Colorado Eagles three games to one in their AHL Calder Cup Playoff debut, the Bakersfield Condors embrace for their first foray into the Pacific Division Final against the all too familiar San Diego Gulls on Friday night in Game 1 at Rabobank Arena.
CONDORS: Bakersfield have Eagles on brink of elimination in Game 4
Condors will try to end the series at four games on home ice
by Paul Gazzola / EdmontonOilers.com
BAKERSFIELD, CA - They're the hardest games to win.
Elimination games, that is, and the Bakersfield Condors will have an opportunity to out the Colorado Eagles on Saturday when the two teams meet for Game 4 at Rabobank Arena.
The Condors don't want to stop The After Party. As a result, the club is entering into Saturday's tilt with the same mindset as they have throughout the regular season as well as early in their Round 1 matchup.
CONDORS: Bakersfield embraces home-ice advantage ahead of Game 3
The Condors prepare for their first ever AHL playoff home game Tuesday against the Colorado Eagles in their 1-1 series
by Paul Gazzola / EdmontonOilers.com
BAKERSFIELD, CA - California, here they come.
The Bakersfield Condors are back home in Cali for Game 3 of their Pacific Division series against the Colorado Eagles, which currently rests at a 1-1 tie.
Tuesday's contest will be the first American Hockey League playoff game to be played at Rabobank Arena. There's a palpable sense of excitement surrounding the club and community, and the players want to have the seventh man behind them like Colorado did in Games 1 and 2.
CONDORS: Bakersfield looks to take series stranglehold in Game 2
The Condors are back in playoff action against the Colorado Eagles for Game 2, looking to take a 2-0 series stranglehold to Bakersfield
by Paul Gazzola / EdmontonOilers.com
LOVELAND, CO - Playoff hockey.
There's nothing quite like it and the Bakersfield Condors are having a ball so far at The After Party, also known as the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs.
After skating away with a 3-2 victory in Game 1 of their Pacific Division Semifinal showdown versus the Colorado Eagles, the nascent Condors seek gripping a stranglehold on Saturday in the best-of-five series when the two clubs claw it out in Game 2.
CONDORS: Bakersfield's Calder Cup quest begins
Game 1 against the Colorado Eagles gets under way Friday at Budweiser Events Center
by Paul Gazzola / EdmontonOilers.com
LOVELAND, CO - Welcome to The After Party.
Also known as the 2019 American Hockey League Calder Cup Playoffs, where the Bakersfield Condors - who clinched first in the AHL's Western Conference and Pacific Division in the 2018-19 regular season - will go talon-to-talon against the Colorado Eagles in a best-of-five series.
The Condors organization enter playoffs for the first time in their AHL history, going 1,788 days since the franchise's last postseason match in 2013-14 when they lost to the Alaska Aces in Round 3 of the ECHL Playoffs.