Condors vs. Wranglers – Boxing Day Game Preview

Game Preview: Bakersfield vs. Las Vegas
Time: Doors open at 6:00 p.m. (5:45 p.m. for season ticket holders); puck drops at 7:00 p.m.
Promotion: Free lower level tickets for kids 14 and under with the purchase of at least one adult ticket of equal value (kids must be present at the time of purchase)
Place: Dignity Health Home Ice at Rabobank Arena
Radio: Fox Sports Radio 970 / iHeartRadio / click here
Webcast: America One, www.americaonesports.com
Tickets: Ticketmaster, Condors office 661-324-PUCK (7825)
TONIGHT
The Condors get right back to work after the holidays, hosting a Boxing Day matchup against the Las Vegas Wranglers. The two teams are tied for 4th in the Pacific Division and 7th in the Western Conference. This is the third meeting of 11 on the season between the two sides, with each team winning on their home ice in the series. It is the first of two consecutive holiday meetings between the two teams as the series shifts to Las Vegas on New Year’s Day. The Condors won the lone meeting in Bakersfield this season, a 2-1 win on Nov. 9.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Bakersfield went 2-2-0-0 on a four-game road trip through Stockton and Idaho, including taking two of three games in Boise. The Condors took the rubber match on Sunday against the Steelheads, 4-3, with C Joel Broda notching the deciding goal early in the third period. It was the Condors sixth win in nine games as the team has moved up two spots in the Western Conference standings.
CONDORS NOTES
G Laurent Brossoit began his ECHL career with three consecutive shutouts, two for Alaska and one for Bakersfield, which tied an ECHL record. He finished with a shutout streak of 211:17, falling just over 25 minutes shy of the ECHL consecutive shutout minutes record set by G Daryl Paquette for Hampton Roads in 1996-97… RW Michael Neal has points in six of his last seven games (3g-3a)… G Tyler Bunz has won his last four starts dating back to 11/27… C Gary Steffes has three goals in his last four games.
TRANSACTIONS
12/18 F Chris Collins returned from Norfolk (AHL)
12/17 G Laurent Brossoit assigned by Edmonton (NHL)
12/17 G Chet Pickard recalled by Oklahoma City (AHL)
12/16 F Andrew Carroll assigned by Hartford (AHL)

WHAT’S FOR DINNER?

Come to Condorstown hungry and check out what’s on the Club Room and Tap Room menus!

Tap Room – Chili and cornbread

Club Room – Tri tip dinner, ranch beans, roasted potatoes, house salad, roasted asparagus, banana bread with honey pecan butter