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Condors Drop Game In Shootout Thriller, 5-4
Nov 3, 2007

Condors Drop Game In Shootout Thriller, 5-4

Team Heads Across Country, Plays Reading Wednesday At 3:35 p.m.

VICTORIA, BC. - The Condors fell to the Victoria Salmon Kings Friday night, 5-4, in front of 3,911 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. Brett Lutes sent the game to overtime and a shootout with his fifth goal of the year in the third, but the Condors came up just short in the shootout, dropping a heartbreaker to the Salmon Kings.

The Condors (3-3-2, 8 points) got on the board first with Eric Sonnenberg's third goal of the year, coming on a Condors power play. David Kudelka and Justin Chwedoruk assisted the goal, as Kudelka sent a shot in from the right point that deflected off Sonnenberg and into the net, giving Bakersfield the early 1-0 lead.

The Salmon Kings (5-2-0, 10 points) managed to tie the game when Ash Goldie wristed a shot past Jamie Hodson, making the score 1-1 at the 12:19 mark of the first. Chris St. Jacques registered an assist on the goal.

The ever-active Chwedoruk picked up another point, as he put the Condors up 2-1 with a backhand goal from the top of the crease at the 5:11 mark of the second, assisted by Evan Kotsopoulos and Andrew Ianiero.

After Kiel Mcleod tied the game at 2-2, the Condors came right back at the 10:02 mark of the second with a monstrous Joe Dustin one-timer from the left point that found twine in Victoria's net, putting the Condors up 3-2. Tim Konsorada and Kevin Truelson assisted the goal.

Mcleod struck again at the 11:16 mark of the second with his second goal of the period, tying the game at 3-3.

Victoria took its first lead of the game 2:29 into the third with Ash Goldie's second goal of the game, a power-play score, putting Victoria up 4-3.

Brett Lutes then made the score 4-4 when he ripped a slap shot past Thompson after Kudelka intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and set Lutes up for the game-tying score at 13:36 in the third. It was Lutes' fifth goal of the year, and Kudelka's second assist of the game.

The game then went to a shootout, and the Condors ended up falling in the shootout, 3-1, dropping the game 5-4.

To access the game's full box score click here.

Notes: Tamas Lencses recorded his first professional point Friday night, assisting Andrew Ianiero's short-handed goal. The Condors now head east to take on the Reading Royals this Wednesday at 3:35 p.m. Bakersfield will travel to Trenton and Elmira after Reading, before finally coming home on Nov. 14 to play Las Vegas at The Nest with a special 10:30 a.m. start time. Kevin Bartl makes his return to Condorstown Wednesday, as he will join the team on the east coast and will handle the majority of the broadcast duties for the remainder of the season!

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