TONIGHT IN 2 Chris Kaufman D 6-2 200 10 Tyler Wooddisse D 6-0 200 3 Andrew Thomas D 6-2 220 11 Kazuma Takahashi F 5-11 185 6 Jay Langager D 6-1 215 14 Tom May F 6-3 220 7 Scott Balan D 6-3 205 15 Andy Sertich D 6-0 183 8 Sean Hurley D 6-3 225 16 Evan Kotsopoulos LW 5-11 185 9 Andrew Ianiero LW 6-0 201 19 Mark Pavli F 6-0 180 10 Matt Pope F 6-1 200 21 Evan Stofl et D 6-1 195 11 Bruce Graham C 6-6 235 24 Scott Thauwald LW 6-0 187 12 Brett Pilkington F 6-0 200 25 Matt Rogers F 5-11 190 14 Tylor Michel F 5-10 192 27 Tim Maxwell D 5-11 168 15 Dave Bonk C 5-10 185 28 Will Bodine D 6-4 225 18 Jason Bailey F 6-1 210 32 Tim Verbeek RW 5-11 205 19 Mark Derlago LW 5-11 197 37 James Brannigan RW 5-11 185 20 Danny LaPointe C 6-1 200 47 Michael Mole G 5-11 178 22 Liam Huculak RW 6-5 220 49 Rob Hennigar C 5-11 175 23 Donny Grover D 6-1 205 71 Vladimir Nikiforov RW 5-8 170 24 Bobby Bolt F 6-3 219 96 Greg McCauley C 5-9 175 25 Ryan Mahrle D 5-11 175 32 Mike Wirll F 5-10 206 36 Tom Morrow D 6-7 220 41 Dave McKee G 6-1 187 44 Yutaka Fukufuji G 6-1 186 Head Coach - Marty Raymond Asst. Coach - Mark Pederson Head Coach - Kevin Colley Asst. Coach - Jeff Dwyer TEAM LEADERS TEAM LEADERS GOALS ASSISTS SAVE % GOALS ASSISTS SAVE % 30 44 .902 26 33 .898 POPE PAINCHAUD FUKUFUJI VERBEEK HENNIGAR MOLE ‘What Could Have Been’ - The Bakersfi eld Brontos The Condors name has become known across North America for its standing in the minor league hockey community. Now in its 11th season, it’s hard to imagine the team being named anything OTHER than Condors. But when the team moved into the brand-spanking new Cen- tennial Garden (now Rabobank Arena), the team changed its name from the Fog, and coming up with the new name was an interesting process. “The two primary criteria probably boiled down to being unique from other sports teams and be- ing indigenous to the area. We have satisfi ed both of those and expect the name and logo to be very popular,” said Condors Owner Jonathan Fleisig in a press release dated July 7, 1998. Curiously, in a classifi ed document recently uncovered by Nightly Notes, dating Dec. 30, 1997, the listed fi nalists for the team name were the Brontos, Valley Bears and OilCats. Listed under the “OTHERS” heading is Condors, as well as various oil rig terms such as Roughnecks. It happened so long ago that it’s a faint memory for many. Some of the biggest Condors fans in attendance tonight were just a twinkle in their daddy’s eye when it actually happened. But one guy in town that defi nitely remembers is Bakersfi eld Californian writer Mike Griffi th, who has covered pro hockey the entire step of the way here in town. When it got out that it was a fi nalist, it got leaked,” recalls Griffi th. “The Fog booster club caught word of the Brontosaurus being the new team name and it wasn’t a hit. They sold pins with a brontosaurus wearing a hockey jersey with a big slash through it. I imagine these are col- lector’s items now,” he says with a laugh, holding said pins in his hand. “How much fun would I have had if the team was named that?” Griffi th says, pointing out that the brontosaurus is a massive, plant-eating, slow-moving “fodder for ole’ T-Rex… dinner, lunch, midnight snack… They used to serve up Bronto Burgers on The Flintstones.” Griffi th’s opinion hasn’t really changed much since Feb. 20, 1998, when in a Californian column he penned: “The image of purple Barneys is nauseating to most everyone over the age of fi ve.” “It’s a cool promotion now though,” he concedes. Indeed it is. And the Brontos logo you see tonight is almost identical to one of the preliminary mock-ups for the team logo, would it have been named such. So this truly is a trip down Con- dors memory lane. Ahhh….. What could have been! CONDORS STATS as of 03.09.09 Name GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG Pt/G PIMPG 15 Dave Bonk C 50 23 43 66 -6 55 11 0 1.32 1.1 27 Chad Painchaud RW 57 20 44 64 -7 46 4 2 1.12 0.81 * 10 Matt Pope F 54 30 33 63 -4 72 13 3 1.17 1.33 19 Mark Derlago LW 39 26 35 61 5 28 10 0 1.56 0.72 32 Mike Wirll (total) RW 47 20 28 48 -12 36 4 2 1.02 0.77 9 Andrew Ianiero F 62 16 28 44 -10 44 6 1 0.71 0.71 11 Bruce Graham (total) C 62 20 20 40 -17 55 8 0 0.65 0.89 20 Danny LaPointe (total) C 57 12 17 29 3 61 4 3 0.51 1.07 12 Brett Pilkington (total) C 39 8 16 24 -16 6 2 0 0.62 0.15 23 Donny Grover (total) D 58 3 21 24 3 73 2 0 0.41 1.26 25 Ryan Mahrle (total) D 57 3 20 23 2 36 1 1 0.4 0.63 * 14 Tylor Michel F 54 7 13 20 -6 56 1 0 0.37 1.04 *3 Andrew Thomas D 24 0 14 14 5 19 0 0 0.58 0.79 * 2 Chris Kaufman D 39 3 8 11 -4 24 1 0 0.28 0.62 22 Liam Huculak RW 41 4 5 9 -14 134 0 0 0.22 3.27 * 8 Sean Hurley D 42 1 7 8 -14 28 0 0 0.19 0.67 7 Scott Balan D 50 0 7 7 -15 90 0 0 0.14 1.8 6 Jay Langager D 21 2 4 6 -6 16 2 0 0.29 0.76 * 36 Tom Morrow D 58 0 6 6 -7 66 0 0 0.1 1.14 * 18 Jason Bailey RW 26 0 1 1 -8 34 0 0 0.04 1.31 44 Yutaka Fukufuji G 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 Dave McKee G 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Name GP Mins GA Shutouts Avg. W L OTL SOL SA SVS % 44 Yutaka Fukufuji 26 1312 76 0 3.48 11 10 1 0 777 701 0.902 41 Dave McKee 27 1467 91 0 3.72 9 12 1 3 774 683 0.882 UTAH GRIZZLIES as of 03.09.09 Name GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG Pt/G PIMPG * 49 Rob Hennigar C 30 13 33 46 19 34 0 3 1.53 1.13 32 Tim Verbeek RW 59 26 19 45 12 67 12 0 0.76 1.14 * 14 Tom May F 54 22 17 39 1 21 6 3 0.72 0.39 16 Evan Kotsopoulos LW 49 14 24 38 3 158 3 2 0.78 3.22 17 Mike Walsh RW 45 12 20 32 6 28 3 0 0.71 0.62 * 71 Vladimir Nikiforov RW 38 10 17 27 0 10 2 0 0.71 0.26 10 Tyler Wooddisse (total) D 45 4 15 19 2 30 0 1 0.42 0.67 * 24 Scott Thauwald (total) LW 57 8 10 18 -20 50 1 1 0.32 0.88 25 James Sanford D 24 4 14 18 -6 26 3 0 0.75 1.08 * 37 James Brannigan RW 25 8 7 15 -3 24 2 0 0.6 0.96 * 19 Mark Pavli (total) F 41 6 9 15 -4 55 1 0 0.37 1.34 27 Tim Maxwell D 40 4 11 15 12 24 0 0 0.38 0.6 21 Evan Stoflet D 43 2 7 9 18 41 0 0 0.21 0.95 28 Will Bodine D 43 3 1 4 -11 66 0 0 0.09 1.53 25 Matt Rogers (total) F 28 1 1 2 -8 8 0 0 0.07 0.29 96 Greg McCauley C 16 0 2 2 -2 18 0 0 0.12 1.12 * 44 Dan McDonald LW 4 1 0 1 -1 4 0 0 0.25 1 47 Michael Mole G 45 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0.02 0.04 * 26 Jim Jensen D 6 0 0 0 -3 21 0 0 0 3.5 * 11 Kazuma Takahashi F 14 0 0 0 -5 8 0 0 0 0.57 Name GP Mins GA Shutouts Avg. W L OTL SOL SA SVS % 47 Michael Mole 45 2701 153 0 3.4 15 19 6 5 1502 1349 0.898 as of 03.09.09 ECHL LEAGUE STATISTICS ECHL STANDINGS GOALS American Player Team GP G Rank North GP W L OTL SOL PTS 1 Kevin Baker Florida Everblades 58 47 1 Cincinnati Cyclones 60 33 22 2 3 71 2 Wes Goldie Victoria Salmon Kings 60 43 2 Johnstown Chiefs 60 33 24 3 0 69 3 * Bryan Ewing Wheeling Nailers 55 39 3 Wheeling Nailers 60 31 22 2 5 69 4 * Michael Dubuc South Carolina Stingrays 48 35 4 Trenton Devils 59 31 22 2 4 68 5 * Ryan Huddy Stockton Thunder 60 31 5 Elmira Jackals 60 31 24 1 4 67 6 * Matt Pope Bakersfield Condors 54 30 6 Dayton Bombers 61 28 28 2 3 61 7 Jarrett Konkle Johnstown Chiefs (total) 58 29 7 Reading Royals 60 20 36 2 2 44 8 Cory Urquhart Stockton Thunder 54 28 Rank South GP W L OTL SOL PTS 1 x Florida Everblades 59 40 16 1 2 83 ASSISTS 2 South Carolina Stingrays 59 32 22 2 3 69 Player Team GP A 3 Charlotte Checkers 58 29 23 2 4 64 1 Travis Morin South Carolina Stingrays 59 50 2 * Jordan Morrison Wheeling Nailers 51 44 4 Gwinnett Gladiators 57 26 25 1 5 58 3 Chad Painchaud Bakersfield Condors 57 44 5 Mississippi Sea Wolves 59 25 27 6 1 57 4 Ryan Gunderson Trenton Devils 59 44 National 5 Dave Bonk Bakersfield Condors 50 43 Rank Pacific GP W L OTL SOL PTS 6 Peter Metcalf Florida Everblades 46 41 1 Ontario Reign 60 34 22 3 1 72 7 Colin Hemingway Alaska Aces 53 38 2 Las Vegas Wranglers 60 27 25 2 6 62 8 Kevin Baker Florida Everblades 58 38 3 Stockton Thunder 63 29 29 3 2 63 4 Bakersfield Condors 62 26 29 3 4 59 PENALTY MINUTES Rank West GP W L OTL SOL PTS Player Team GP PIM 1 Idaho Steelheads 57 35 18 2 2 74 1 Justin Johnson Cincinnati Cyclones 51 232 2 Alaska Aces 59 35 21 1 2 73 2 * Garet Hunt Stockton Thunder 56 230 3 Victoria Salmon Kings 60 31 23 2 4 68 3 Adam Huxley Stockton Thunder 52 199 4 Cedrick Bernier Charlotte Checkers (total) 41 183 4 Utah Grizzlies 60 23 22 6 9 61 5 Phoenix RoadRunners 57 26 28 1 2 55 5 Thomas Harrison Trenton Devils 33 160 6 Nate Kiser South Carolina Stingrays 51 160 x = Teams who have clinched a playoff spot.