At times the noise was ear piercing.

At 30 years of age, Greg McKegg is making adjustments.

The game of hockey can be cruel at times.

After taking over for Jay Woodcroft (who was elevated to head coach of the Edmonton Oilers), Colin Chaulk shed the “interim” title and was named head coach of the Bakersfield Condors on June 27. He is the third head coach in the team’s American Hockey League history and ninth in the team's 2…

It started with a semi-pro team on the stage at the then Civic auditorium, morphed into a fledgling pro West Coast Hockey League team named the Fog the next year and then, with the building of what is now Mechanics Bank Arena, the Bakersfield Condors were born.

With several players still battling for jobs with the Edmonton Oilers and a handful of injuries keeping other players off the ice, the time is now for prospective members of the Bakersfield Condors to shine.

Two weeks after the Edmonton Oilers brought the Fort Wayne Komets into the fold as their ECHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors signed three former Komets to one-year contracts.

The Bakersfield Condors announced Thursday their schedule for the 2022-23 American Hockey League season, their first under new coach Colin Chaulk and his staff.

The Bakersfield Condors' coaching carousel is finally grinding to a halt.

The Bakersfield Roughnecks may be brand new, but their creation has been years in the making.

After the Edmonton Oilers called up Bakersfield Condors head coach Jay Woodcroft in February, forcing Colin Chaulk to take over in Bakersfield on an interim basis, both teams have ended up happy.

As former Bakersfield coaches Jay Woodcroft and Dave Manson bow out of the Stanley Cup playoffs — the Colorado Avalanche completed a sweep of the Edmonton Oilers with a 6-5 overtime win Monday — one longtime Condors staffer is still going in the American Hockey League.

When Braden Wingle finished his high school football career, it was November 2017. He was already a year removed from setting the CIF Central Section passing record for Bakersfield Christian as a junior and had wrapped up a decorated career with the Eagles.

The absolute quiet of the Condors locker room late Friday night at Mechanics Bank Arena spoke volumes.

The stakes are high for the Bakersfield Condors Friday night.

Sometimes the game of hockey can be decided on one bounce.

The effort was there for the Bakersfield Condors on Tuesday night. The attention to detail was lacking and that proved costly.

They played each other 10 times during the regular season and not much separated the Stockton Heat from the Bakersfield Condors.

The Bakersfield College softball team bounced back from a one-run loss to open the weekend, sweeping a doubleheader with El Camino on Saturday to advance to the second round of the CCCAA SoCal Regional playoffs.

“I’m definitely going golfing tomorrow.”

They were nearly dead even in their eight-game regular season series and when the American Hockey League 68-game season came to a conclusion the Bakersfield Condors and Abbotsford Canucks were dead even in points with 84.

Home sweet home.

He’s winding up his ninth professional hockey campaign and Bakersfield forward Seth Griffith is playing better than ever.

The math is simple.

For just over two periods, the Condors gave the thousands of students in attendance for Field Trip Day a pretty ideal exhibition of Bakersfield hockey.

The Bakersfield Condors announced that their games at Mechanics Bank Arena will no longer require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test result as of Friday.

More reinforcements from Bakersfield are set to join Jay Woodcroft and Dave Manson in Edmonton next year.

With two pivotal games against Henderson pending over the weekend at Mechanics Bank Arena, the Bakersfield Condors didn't have long to pick a new head coach.

After losing to the Chicago Blackhawks Wednesday to drop to 23-18-3, the Edmonton Oilers announced the firing of head coach Dave Tippett and assistant Jim Playfair Thursday morning. 

The Bakersfield Condors had their second game in a row postponed Thursday, this time due to their own COVID-19 issues.

After posting three straight wins on the road against the Abbotsford Canucks in the span of a week, the Bakersfield Condors will have to wait for their fourth.

Talk about making up for lost time.

The Bakersfield Condors' wait to return to the ice will have to continue. The American Hockey League announced Sunday that Monday's game between the Condors and San Jose Barracuda in San Jose was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols affecting the Barracuda. 

The Bakersfield Condors announced Tuesday morning that their game against the Ontario Reign, previously scheduled for Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m., would be postponed.

Two days after the Bakersfield Condors' own COVID-19 issues forced a postponement, the Condors are facing another delayed game Friday as the Henderson Silver Knights enter COVID-19 protocols.

The Bakersfield Condors' road game in Stockton on Wednesday has been postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 issues within the Condors organization, the American Hockey League announced Tuesday morning.

The Bakersfield Condors announced Friday morning that their road game at the Ontario Reign, previously scheduled for Friday night, would be postponed.

The Bakersfield Condors are hosting their annual Teddy Bear Toss on Saturday. Fans can bring two new stuffed animals to Mechanics Bank Arena to throw onto the ice when the Condors score their first goal, and the toys will be collected and contributed to local charity organizations.

The Bakersfield Condors announced Wednesday afternoon that their upcoming games in Abbotsford, British Columbia, slated for Nov. 19 and Nov. 21, will be rescheduled for Jan. 5 and Jan. 10.

Fresh off a Pacific Division championship, the Bakersfield Condors featured plenty of familiar faces when they took the off ice for Saturday's 2021-22 American Hockey League season opener, part of two weekend home games at Mechanics Bank Arena.

Starting Monday, events at Mechanics Bank Arena will require proof of either COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test within the previous 72 hours, the Bakersfield Condors announced Friday.

The full slate of the Bakersfield Condors' 2021-22 American Hockey League schedule was unveiled on Friday, which features two home games in the opening weekend of the season and games against all nine Pacific Division foes and the Central Division's Grand Rapids Griffins. 

Tyler Benson scored 8:51 into the third period to put the Condors ahead and Bakersfield held on to defeat the Henderson Silver Knights 3-2 to capture the John D. Chick Trophy as the AHL’s Pacific Division champions on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.