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 25 Ryan Mahrle D 5-11 175 96 Greg McCauley C 5-9 175 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 2,000 Matt Popes running Around Imagine you are at work tomorrow, minding your own business, earning a paycheck, working hard. Now imagine that when you showed up at work thousands of people were there to watch your every movement – watching you punch the clock, watching you log onto your computer, watching you hit up the water cooler for a tasty, refreshing drink. Now imagine that out of all those people there to watch you work, there are 2,000 kids on hand wearing a shirt with your name on it. That’s what Condors F Matt Pope is feeling like right now. “Being a fi rst year player and having some fans here rooting for you, and getting chosen to go on the jersey is pretty cool,” says Pope, who has made a splash in Condorstown during his rookie season. And yes, he has fans here. In fact, Pope has had lots of fans in Bakersfi eld since Opening Weekend when he racked up 2g-2a while dishing out a couple big hits in just his sec- ond pro game. Pope has won a couple of fan polls already this season on Bakersfi eldCondors.com, including a Kern Trophies Condor of the Month award and a couple others, such as tonight’s youth replica jersey giveaway. “The fi rst jersey I ever got was a Canucks jersey, the really ugly ones… the skate ones,” says Pope, recalling his youth growing up in the Vancouver area. “It was a #10 Pavel Bure jersey. He was awesome; I loved watching him play.” And although “The Russian Rocket” isn’t the reason Pope wears 10 today (his father wore it when he played junior hockey), it’s hard to miss the irony that Pope’s #10 is now going to be many Bakersfi eld kids’ fi rst jersey, just as that #10 was Pope’s. And while Bure was a star on the International stage, it’s Pope and his teammates that are stars on the smaller Bakersfi eld stage. “When you go around town some places people know who you are. And especially at the games, when I was walking around the concourse when I was out of the lineup injured, I had kids coming up to me and talking to me and asking for my autograph. And then their parents would tell me that I was their kid’s favorite player and they were really looking forward to Matt Pope Jersey night.” Plenty of kids look forward to youth jersey night here in Condorstown. Because the hockey jersey is a prized possession. And just for tonight, while he’s on the clock, Matt can enjoy how cool it is that there will be 2,000 Matt Popes running around the arena. 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.