mostly nonfiction and bakersfield news | October 18th, 2009
Condors Downed 8-2 By Ontario Reign: Coach Leaves In Goalie For 7 Goals Before Pulling
It was the second game of the ECHL season and already a record was broken, not to mention the Condors morale for at least a game as they took on the Ontario Reign and were decimated 8-2.
Who knew the Reign could muster so much offense as a different Ontario team seemed to show against the [...]
Opening Night: Bako Condors Crush Ontario Reign 5-0
After what some fans called a bloody ECHL preseason (not for the home team, but their opponents) the Bakersfield Condors trounced a dismal Ontario Reign team 5-0 Friday night for the first game of the season at the Rabobank Arena in front of 5,007 fans.
Of course the pre-game started off in style with the team’s [...]
Commentary: Face News To Start 2nd Season Of Tweeting Bakersfield Condors Games
It’s all about innovation and telling a story. Even if it’s a sports story, right? Check it out…
“I imagine the ice hockey Bako Condors gearing up like gladiators, sharpening their hockey sticks, blessing the ice. And cursing LV,” I wrote on Twitter in an April 2009 Bakersfield Condors ECHL game against the Las Vegas Wranglers.
The [...]
Raw News From The Nest: Condors Preseason Shapes Up
Face News won’t be around for the Condors first home ice preseason game on Oct. 10. But you can be. Follow @Condors for some game-time Tweets ala Face News style.
Now check out all this raw news from the Nest:
Tuesday, Oct. 6:
Condors mascot Colonel Claw’d will be at Williams Elementary School, located at 1201 Williams St. [...]
Condors Annual Open House On Oct. 3 At Bakersfield Ice Sports Center Will Be A Packed Event
Jordan Belardes who works as a skate school coach and skate guard at the Bakersfield Ice Sports Center said the Oct. 3 open house for the Bakersfield Condors will be crazy.
“There will be 200-300 people on the ice,” he said, noting that Friday and Saturday nights at the ice rink normally only see 100-120 people.
According [...]
As Hockey Season Nears, Bakersfield Condors Announce ‘King Of Pop’ Jersey Night
I don’t know what it is lately — how the King of Pop could be affecting the culture of Bakersfield after the pop star’s untimely death. But it’s happening. First it’s carnival rides at the Kern County Fair that were once at Neverland Ranch. Now it’s a pre-Halloween tribute to Michael Jackson that only the [...]
Face News On ESPN With Condors’ Kevin Bartl
Face News Nick Belardes made an appearance on ESPN1230 radio with guest host Kevin Bartl of the Bakersfield Condors. They talked weird sports superstitions, the Cleveland Browns and the trivia book Random Obsessions. Bartl was overjoyed that he was listed in the book twice.
Make sure to watch the video as Bartl and Hop from ESPN [...]
Condors Sign Star Power In New Center Mathieu Aubin, Right Wing Stephane Goulet
If you had any doubt about star power on the Bakersfield Condors for the upcoming 2009-2010 season, think again.
According to BakersfieldCondors.com, Bakersfield’s Anaheim Ducks affiliate team signed center Mathieu Aubin and right wing Stephane Goulet. The announcement was made by Condors Head Coach Marty Raymond.
Aubin (pronounced aw-BAN), 22, joins the Condors after spending parts of [...]
Reebok Set To Supply Condors With More Cool Hockey Gear
Looks like the Bakersfield Condors are going to be decked out in Reebok again. Talk about some cool hockey gloves…
According to BakerfieldCondors.com, the ECHL announced that it has signed a three-year extension with Reebok Hockey to be the official provider of on-ice equipment to the Bakersfield Condors and all ECHL teams.
Reebok Hockey has been the [...]
Commentary: Are Condors Trying To Shake Up The ECHL?
While Pep Fernandez of ABC23 called the Condors latest off-season player additions of Pierre Luc Lessard on defense and forward Erick Lizon part of a “blue-collar, youth movement in Condorstown” I can only think, are the Condors trying to shake up Condorstown, or even the league in the upcoming season?
I can only hope so. I’d [...]
