The Bakersfield Condors announced Tuesday that the team has re-signed defenseman Jake Kulevich and forward Jakob Stukel to AHL contracts for the upcoming season.

Don’t ask Condors coach Jay Woodcroft to give an evaluation on the Edmonton Oilers Development camp, which ended last week in Edmonton.

His ultimate goal is to become a head coach at the National Hockey League level and Jay Woodcroft believes the best path to reach that destination is to pick up where he left off this past season: as head coach of the Bakersfield Condors.

You may not be able to skate up the ice like defenseman Caleb Jones, or handle the puck like rookie AHL All-Star Cooper Marody, but you can have some of the equipment they used this past season for the Bakersfield Condors.

The ultimate goal — a Calder Cup Championship — remained elusive, but by any other standard the Bakersfield Condors met or exceeded all expectations in the just completed season.

When Josh Currie scored a dramatic goal 13 minutes into double overtime game at Rabobank Arena last Saturday night, hopes ran high that it would help propel the Condors to a Game 7 on Wednesday night on their home ice.

The air conditioners at Rabobank Arena can be turned up, the ice chillers can be turned off.

Throughout the season Condors coach Jay Woodcroft has touted the contributions of every player in the dressing room, from those who play heavy minutes in every game to those who rarely see game action.

When Josh Currie’s line hopped off the bench to take a face-off late in double overtime on Saturday night at Rabobank, there was a plan in play.

There was no comeback for the Condors on Friday night in San Diego.

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Condors coach Jay Woodcroft has said all season long that wins were worth about 10 or 15 minutes of celebration before resetting to the next task on hand.

The Condors have taken a glance in the rearview mirror, but are now squarely focused on their biggest game of the season.

It was too little, too late for the Condors on Saturday night at Rabobank Arena.

The opening game of the American Hockey League Pacific Division Finals on Friday night at Rabobank Arena turned into a marathon.

They’ve got a solid group of veteran leaders, a number of young prospects and strong goaltending.

Back in 1995, six cities were chosen to be part of a hockey movement on the West Coast.

For the second time in two weeks, another top Edmonton Oilers prospect is headed to the Bakersfield Condors.

The Colorado Eagles tried everything they could on Saturday night at Rabobank Arena to get the Condors off their game.

The Condors had just defeated the Colorado Eagles 5-2 on Tuesday night when a scrum developed along the boards just south of the Condors bench.

Much will be made about defenseman Evan Bouchard’s American Hockey League debut with the Bakersfield Condors on Tuesday night, and with good reason.

To a man, Jay Woodcroft and the Condors say they feel no pressure heading into the third game of the opening round American Hockey League playoff matchup against the Colorado Eagles on Tuesday night at Rabobank Area.

The Bakersfield Condors will start their quest for the Calder Cup on Friday at Colorado. The top-seeded Condors and the Pacific Division’s fourth-seeded Eagles will drop the puck for Game 1 of the best-of-five series at 6:05 p.m. at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado.

Reaching the playoffs for the first time in the team’s AHL history was the top goal for the Bakersfield Condors and first-year head coach Jay Woodcroft heading into the 2018-19 season.

The 2018-19 season had already been one filled with historic achievements and plenty of Bakersfield American Hockey League firsts.

Two Bakersfield Condors have been named to the American Hockey League Second All-Star Team.

Condors forward Josh Currie scored a hat trick — on three consecutive goals all in the second period — in his second game back from the NHL to lead Bakersfield (40-21-3-2) past Tucson (33-25-5-3), 4-3, at Rabobank Arena on Wednesday.

The Bakersfield Condors third period rally was for naught as the host Manitoba Moose scored with less than four minutes left and skated away with a 3-2 win on Wednesday.

The Bakersfield Condors fell to the Manitoba Moose, 3-1, on Tuesday to start a three-game road swing despite outshooting the Moose by 20. It was the Condors’ second straight loss and first consecutive losses for the team since Jan. 11.

The San Jose Barracuda made winning plays in the third period and escaped Rabobank Arena on Saturday with a late season win.

The Bakersfield Condors rolled through the Ontario Reign, 5-1, on Wednesday at Rabobank Arena.

The Ontario Reign scored twice in the shootout as they defeated the first-place Bakersfield Condors 5-4 in Ontario on Friday.

The Condors' lineup was short on manpower Saturday night. No matter, however. They still had more than enough ammunition to blow the Ontario Reign out of the water.

Rookies have been vital to the success of the Bakersfield Condors this season.

While first-year players have made significant contributions to the Bakersfield Condors' success this season, head coach Jay Woodcroft cautioned to not overlook veteran teammates who've enabled their younger brethren to shine.

The Bakersfield Condors fell on their home ice, 5-4 in overtime, to the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday.

Jay Woodcroft pointed to a key stat this week when talking about his team’s success.

The Bakersfield Condors dominated the San Jose Barracuda on the road for a 7-1 win on Saturday, adding their lead atop the division. The Condors (36-17-2-1) have won 20 of their last 22 games.

It didn't take long for the Bakersfield Condors to return to their winning ways.