Matt Thurber, who played as a rookie for the Condors during the 2013-14 season, died Monday night in Omaha, Nebraska.
There are two types of coaches.
Jay Woodcroft went from minor league hockey player to an assistant coach in the National Hockey League. Now, he can add American Hockey League head coach to his resume.
The Condors are having a locker room clearance sale on Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at Rabobank Arena and pretty much everything must go.
No disrespect intended, but the Condors not making the playoffs for the third straight season in the American Hockey League should come as no real surprise.
The Bakersfield Condors ended the season on Saturday night, beating the Ontario Reign 5-1 in the season finale at Rabobank Arena.
Derek Thorn won’t be racing for a Spears Southwest Tour championship this year, but that doesn’t change his attitude heading into Saturday night’s 100-lap race at Kern County Raceway.
Wednesday night was definitely a time for the Bakersfield Condors to look to the future as they headed into their final three games of the season.
JC Lipon completed a hat trick into an empty net as the Manitoba Moose pushed the Condors to the brink of playoff contention elimination with a 4-1 victory on Friday night in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Where: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Short on bodies to start the game and shorter by the end, the Condors keep finding ways to keep their playoff hopes alive.
When: Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
The Condors aren’t going to be eliminated from playoff competition without a fight.
The Condors are playing their best hockey of the season but it won’t mean a thing if they don’t keep racking up the wns.
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
A late goal by the Tucson Roadrunners with just over two minutes remaining in the third period sent the Bakersfield Condors to 2-1 loss at home.
Make no mistake about it, the Bakersfield Condors are here to serve the Edmonton Oilers
The Condors scored four unanswered goals on Friday night in Ontario to beat the Ontario Reign 4-1.
When: Friday 7 p.m.
The Condors signed forward Ostap Safin and goaltender Dylan Wells to Amateur Try Out agreements on Tuesday.
The Bakersfield Condors scored five unanswered goals and erased a 2-0 deficit to defeat the San Diego Gulls 5-2 on Saturday in San Diego.
Edmonton Oilers Vice President of Hockey Operations Craig MacTavish met with around 100 Condor season tickets holders before Friday night’s game and promised one thing: That the team would be playing with energy.
When: 7 p.m. Friday
The Condors needed a win on Wednesday night.
Two times in the span of less than a minute the Condors had the opportunity to put the dagger into the San Diego Gulls on Saturday night at Rabobank Arena.
And so the countdown to the end of the season really begins.
The Condors have 16 games remaining in the regular season, but in reality any chance of making a suge and reaching the AHL playoffs for the first time is a game-by-game proposition.
The 60th Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet is set to kick off a four-day run Thursday at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, but a good number of racers were getting a jump start Wednesday during an open test session at the track.
Hundreds of kids at Rabobank Arena were wearing special youth jerseys with his name and number on Saturday night, so it seemed fitting when Josh Currie brought them to their feet early in the third period.
Four different Condors scored and Laurent Brossoit stopped 20 shots as the Condors beat the San Jose Barracuda 4-1 on Friday night.
Cal State Bakersfield freshman Hannah Walker placed third in the high jump Friday during the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boise, Idaho.
The Condors lost much more than a game Wednesday night in San Diego, they lost captain Ryan Hamilton to a broken leg.
The biggest race in Kern County — the 60th edition of the famed March Meet — is two weeks away, but there will be a preview of what’s to come this weekend at Auto Club Famoso Raceway.
Condors Callahan suspended 20 games by AHL for violation of Performance Enhancing Substances Program
Bakersfield Condors forward Mitch Callahan has been suspended 20 games for violating terms of the American Hockey League/Professional Hockey Players Association Performance Enhancing Substances Program, the league announced Tuesday.
Ty Rattie scored on a penalty shot with 15 seconds left in overtime as the Condors beat Ontario 6-5 in Ontario on Saturday night for their second straight win.
The Bakersfield Condors played before royalty on Friday night at Rabobank Arena and snapped a five-game winless streak with a 3-2 victory over the Ontario Reign.
Five years ago the Condors organization thought it would be a good idea to bring a live Condor into Rabobank Arena as a way to educate fans about real Condors while getting a few more people to take notice of a team named Condors.
The Bakersfield Condors lost 8-0 to the Iowa Wild on Friday at Rabobank Arena.
When: 7 p.m. Friday
The Edmonton Oilers traded Condors goaltender Eddie Pasquale to the Tampa Bay Lighting for future considerations on Wednesday. The Condors also acquired goaltender Nic Riopel and right wing Ty Loney from Syracuse for future considerations.
The X-wing starfighters didn’t even get off the flight deck early on Saturday night at Rabobank Arena.
The Condors needed two points.
The Condors paid tribute to former player Andrew Carroll with a minute-long tribute video and a moment of silence before the start of Friday night’s game against San Diego.
The Condors are nestled in last place in the American Hockey League Pacific Division but two wins this weekend against the San Diego Gulls could lift the team into the middle of the pack.
Former Condors player Andrew Carroll jumped to his death from an airport upper level Saturday, according to a police document. The reasons Carroll jumped or the distance he fell remain unclear.
The Bakersfield Condors couldn’t hang on to a 1-0 lead, surrendering four goals in the final period in a 4-1 road loss to the Rockford IceHogs on Tuesday night.
Former Bakersfield Condors player Andrew Carroll, who helped lead the team on a deep playoff run during its time in the ECHL, died after taking a fall recently at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.
The Bakersfield Condors fell behind 2-0 four minutes into the game and 3-0 after the first period.
For the third straight game the Bakersfield Condors went to overtime, and on Friday it was Ethan Bear who was the hero in a 4-3 road win against the Iowa Wild.
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