GAME RECAP: CONDORS 5, TEXAS 2

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CONDORSTOWN, Calif. – The Bakersfield Condors (5-4-0-0) scored five unanswered, all in the third period, for the second night in a row to upend the Texas Stars (5-4-0-1) by a 5-2 final on Thursday night at Rabobank Arena. RW Ty Rattie had four points (3g-1a) in the third period including his second career hat trick.  A crowd of over 5,319 took in the action on a Thursday night.
The Condors look for a winning homestand and three straight victories on Saturday at 7 p.m. against Manitoba.
FIRST PERIOD 
  • STARS GOAL: RW Brian Flynn (2nd) off a turnover behind the net; Assist: Morin; Time of goal: 1:33; TEX leads, 1-0
  • SHOTS: BAK – 5, TEX – 13
SECOND PERIOD  
  • STARS GOAL: Flynn (3rd) redirected a point shot; Assists: Heatherington, Hintz; Time of goal: 7:34; TEX leads, 2-0
  • SHOTS: BAK – 8; TEX – 10
THIRD PERIOD 
  • CONDORS GOAL: LW Joey LaLeggia (3rd) followed up a rebound at the top of the crease; Assists: Rattie, Downing; Time of goal: 2:16; TEX leads, 2-1
  • CONDORS GOAL: RW Ty Rattie (3rd) on the power play broke in on a breakaway; Assist: Simpson; Tine of goal: 8:49; Game tied, 2-2
  • CONDORS GOAL: C Joe Gambardella (2nd) found a loose puck and beat G Mike McKenna; Unassisted; Time of goal: 12:09; BAK leads, 3-2
  • CONDORS GOAL: Rattie (4th) on the power play took a cross-slot feed and beat McKenna; Assists: Hamilton, Puljujarvi; Time of goal: 14:07; BAK leads, 4-2
  • CONDORS GOAL: Rattie (5th) completed the hat trick into an empty net unassisted; BAK leads, 5-2
  • SHOTS: BAK – 8, TEX – 10
 
QUICK HITS
  • THREE STARS: 1.  Rattie (BAK) 2. LaLeggia (BAK) 3. Gambardella (BAK)
  • POWER PLAYS: BAK – 2/6; TEX – 0/2
  • SHOTS ON GOAL: BAK – 21; TEX – 33
  • GOALTENDERS: BAK – Pasquale (2-2-0; 33/31); TEX – McKenna (5-3-1; 20/16)
  • The Condors now have power-play goals in three straight games and are 5 for their last 14 over that stretch
  • Rattie is the third Condors player to record a hat trick in the AHL era with Josh Currie (2) and Anton Lander (2) recording the others last season
  • It was Rattie’s second career hat trick in the AHL and his first since Nov. 15, 2014 with Chicago
  • The five third period goals were the most scored in a period in team history
  • Bakersfield has now scored nine unanswered goals in the third period over the last two games
  • RW Jesse Puljujarvi (1g-2a) ran his scoring streak to three games
  • Scratches: Fayne, Butcher, Bear, Lowe
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