Condors get even with Victoria, win 2-1
Victoria struck first, as for the second straight game D Ryan Turek notched the game’s opening goal. Just 47 seconds into the contest Turek squeaked a backhander home to put Victoria up 1-0.
The Condors finally solved G David Shantz in the second frame after over four periods of shutout hockey. F Tibor Varga banged home his first ECHL goal at 12:32, sliding a rebound through the five-hole and tying the game at 1-1. 2:04 later, LW Guillaume Lefebvre gave the Condors a 2-1 lead when he popped a rebound into the top corner of the net.
The Condors held Victoria to just 4 shots in the second and only 12 over the final two periods, as Bakersfield shut down Victoria in the third to earn a 2-1 win. G Brian Stewart stopped 22 of 23 shots in the contest, picking up his 7th win in his last 8 starts.
Notes:
F Tibor Varga picked up a goal in his first action since Feb. 12 when the Condors visited Idaho… Bakersfield has lost its top two scorers from February this week, as C Joel Broda and RW Pascal Morency have both been recalled to Houston… Bakersfield jumped over Utah for 5th in the Western Conference with the win… The Condors can clinch a playoff birth with 11 more points either won by the Condors or lost by the Reign… Power plays: BAK 0/3; VIC 0/5.. Three stars: 1. G. Lefebvre (BAK); 2. M. Gergen (BAK); 3. D. Shantz (VIC).
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