March 6, 2010
Idaho takes rubber match over Bakersfield, 7-3
Condors return home for two-game series against Las
Vegas, beginning Tuesday
BOISE,
Idaho. -
The Idaho
Steelheads (39-13-1-4, 83pts) knocked off the Bakersfield
Condors (31-21-4-1,
67pts) 7-3 Saturday night at Qwest Arena. The line of LW Mark Derlago, C Tyler
Spurgeon and LW Evan Barlow registered five goals and seven assists. The Steelheads won two of three games against the Condors this week.
Idaho grabbed
a 1-0 when LW Adam Huxley scored on the doorstep, 1:47 into the first period.
The Condors countered on the power play. F Gino Guyer jammed home his ninth of
the season at 5:22 of the opening period. Idaho scored the next two to take a
3-1 lead. F Brendan Kushnirik directed in a puck past G J.P. Levasseur with his
skate with 5:05 remaining of the first period. Derlago had a shot from the half
boards deflect off D Eric Regan and over the goal line with 2:19 remaining in
the first periods. Shots were even at eight after 20
minutes.
Idaho padded their lead, adding two more goals in the
second period. Spurgeon tallied both goals, scoring at 6:48 and 18:10 of the
middle frame to take a 5-1 lead. Idaho out-shot Bakersfield 18-4 in the middle
frame.
In the third period, tempers boiled over and goals were
a plenty. In the opening 48 seconds of the period, RW Nick Kemp and D Steve
Oleksy dueled, RW Erick Lizon earned a fighting major and received a game
misconduct after dorpping the gloves with RW Ashton Rome, Derlago scored to make
it 6-1 and D Ken Morin countered to cut the lead to 6-2. Kemp added a goal with
2:19 remaining in the third period for a 6-3 game, before Barlow made it 7-3
with just 42 seconds remaining.
RW Erick Lizon earned 17 penalty minutes tonight,
moving him into third in the ECHL in penalty minutes. He is also fifth in the
ECHL with 18 major penalties... D Ken Morin scored his first professional goal
and also fought LW Adam Huxley. Ten players have recorded their first
professional goal with the Condors this season... Idaho out-shot Bakersfield
35-23... Bakersfield went 1-for-4 on the power play, while Idaho was 1-for-5...
Three Stars: 1. Mark Derlago (IDH); 2. Adam Huxley (IDH); 3. Steve Oleksy
(IDH).
ON
THE DOCKET:
The
Condors return to home ice on March 9 and 10 to host the Las Vegas Wranglers.
March 9 is Canned Food Collection, sponsored by My 45, La Preciosa 105.3 and
Payment Systems Worldwide. Bring two non-perishable food items and get in for
just $1. March 10 is High School/College Student ID Night, sponsored by 106.1
KRAB Radio. Get a lower level ticket for just $1 by showing your student ID at
the box office.
GET
TICKETS:
Individual
game tickets are on sale and may be purchased through the Rabobank Arena Box
Office, which is regularly open from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturday with extended hours on game days. Tickets may also
be purchased by phone at 1-800-745-3000, online at www.bakersfieldcondors.com, or at any Ticketmaster
location. Season tickets, mini-plans and group outings are available at the
Condors office located at 1001 Truxtun Avenue or by calling 324-PUCK
(7825).
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