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TONIGHT’S GAME – The Colorado Eagles take on the Bakersfield Condors tonight in the first game of a two-game series. THE SERIES – Colorado will face Bakersfield eight times this season, with four of those games taking place at the Budweiser Events Center. The season series stands tied at 1-1 after the first two meetings of the year. THE ALL-TIME SERIES – The Eagles are 5-5-0 all-time against the Condors, including a 3-3-10 mark in games played at the BEC. EAGLES’ LAST GAME (12/17) – Kevin Connauton and Jacob MacDonald each registered four points, as 18 different Eagles registered a point in a 10-4 blowout of the Manitoba Moose on Wednesday. Colorado’s 10 goals were the most the team has scored since joining the AHL last season. The last time the Eagles netted 10 goals was in a 10-3 defeat of the Utah Grizzlies on November 7, 2012. Eight Colorado skaters notched multiple points in the victory, as the power play finished 4-for-10. CONDORS’ LAST GAME (12/14) – Shane Starrett made 20 saves on 21 shots, while Colby Cave and Anthony Peluso each found the back of the net as the Condors defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins. LAST MEETING (11/16) – Tomas Jurco scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the third period, as the Bakersfield Condors netted three unanswered goals to erase a 2-0 deficit and defeat the Colorado Eagles, 3-2. Connor Timmins and Sheldon Dries each scored in the loss for Colorado. Hunter Miska suffered his first loss in the last four starts, surrendering three goals on 22 shots. UP NEXT FOR THE EAGLES – Colorado will take on the Bakersfield Condors on Sunday, December 22nd at 3:05pm MT at the Budweiser Events Center. UP NEXT FOR THE CONDORS – Same as above. OFFENSIVE OUTBURST- Colorado enters tonight’s meeting COLORADO EAGLES with the Bakersfield Condors having scored 15 goals in the last PP: 14.0% (25th) two games, including 10 goals in the Eagles 10-4 victory over PK: 79.4% (24th) the Manitoba Moose on Wednesday. Colorado is the first AHL team this season to post 10 goals in a contest. It was also the Recent Transactions: most goals scored by the Eagles in a single game since joining Add (D) Calle Rosen --- Reassigned by Colorado (NHL) the AHL last season. BAKERFIELD CONDORS th SHREER EFFORT- Second-year forward Igor Shvyrev has PP: 15.7% (20 ) th honed-in on the net as of late, having scored three goals in his PK: 84.0% (10 ) last two games. The 21-year old netted a pair of goals in Colorado’s 5-3 victory over Manitoba on Tuesday and has now equaled his goal total from last season with six tallies on the year. Shvyrev’s eight points through the first 25 games puts him only five points shy of his total of 13 during the 2018-19 campaign. $500 .