Hockey Staff

O’Dette, 35, was named the fourth head coach in Condors history on July 12, 2011. He comes to the Condors from the Stockton Thunder, where he has served as an assistant coach for the past two seasons under head coach Matt Thomas. The Oshawa, Ontario native completed a 13-year pro career with the Thunder in 2009-10, competing in 14 games as a player/assistant coach, and spent the entire 2010-11 campaign as a full-time coach.

A familiar face to Condors fans, the 6-foot-5, 230-pound former blueliner also spent over four seasons patrolling the blueline for the Fresno Falcons, including three as the team captain. His 2005-06 Falcons squad clipped the Condors in a 7-game, 2nd round series, eventually losing to Alaska in the conference finals.

Prior to that, O’Dette spent six seasons in the American Hockey League with three clubs. He began his pro career in 1996-97 in the ECHL with the Roanoke Express. The following season he was a part of the St. John Flames in the AHL, who reached the Calder Cup Finals. He reached the finals again in 2002-03 as a member of the Hamilton Bulldogs.

O’Dette was drafted in the 7th round in 1994 by the Florida Panthers, attended eight NHL training camps, and played 663 professional games, including 263 in the AHL, with 38g-78a-116pts and 1,587 penalty minutes in his playing career.

For a link to O’Dette’s playing career, click here.

Barrett, 40, enters his first season in the professional coaching ranks, with a team that he spent parts of three seasons playing for. The Winnipeg, Manitoba, native played 123 games, primarily on defense, as player/assistant coach of the Fog in 1996-97, and with the Condors in 1998-99 and 1999-00. His 477 penalty minutes between the Fog/Condors ranks 6^th all-time in Bakersfield history.

His junior career was highlighted by a Memorial Cup Championship with the Swift Current Broncos in 1989, a team that has since been inducted into the Saskatchewan Hall of Fame, as well as the Broncos Hall of Fame, as one of the most dominant junior teams in history. Barrett played three seasons at the University of Manitoba, where he graduated with a psychology degree. He then put together a pro career that spanned seven seasons, from 1993-00. It included stops in Shreveport in the Western Professional Hockey League, Oklahoma City in the Central Hockey League, and Flint and Muskegon in the Colonial Hockey League. In 373 career games, Barrett racked up 47 goals, 149 points and 1,620 minutes in the penalty box. In 1993-94 as a rookie with Muskegon, he cracked the 300-PIM plateau, leading the CoHL in fighting majors and was named the Fury’s Rookie of the Year. He topped the 250-PIM mark four more times in his career.

He has been active in the Bakersfield community as well, founding the annual Condors Fighting Cancer Hockey-Thon in 2004-05, which has since raised over $270,000 in seven seasons. He also spent four seasons, from 2001-02 – 2004-05 as the color commentator on Condors radio and television broadcasts, while being active on the local youth hockey scene in Bakersfield as well as Winnipeg. Barrett and his wife, Mikie, reside in Bakersfield with their three children.

For a link to Barrett’s playing career, click here.

Olver was named to his current position on May 20, 2011. He will assist Matt O’Dette with the recruitment process and act as an advisor throughout the season. It is his first season in a hockey role with the Condors.

Olver’s career as a coach in the professional ranks spans over a decade, having guided three different Condors rivals in the West Coast Hockey League and ECHL, with the Fresno Falcons, Tacoma Sabercats and Idaho Steelheads. He has won two championships as a coach and has reached the finals five times in eight seasons. He guided the Sabercats to a Taylor Cup Championship in 1999 and took the Steelheads to a Kelly Cup Championship in 2004. Olver has been selected the Coach of the Year four times in his pro career. His involvement in the WCHL started from the very beginning, as one of the founders of the league, and was instrumental in bringing pro hockey to Bakersfield in 1995.

A graduate of the University of Michigan, Olver returned to the college level from 2005 – 2007 as an assistant coach at Northern Michigan, where he had the opportunity to coach his sons, Darin and Mark, who both play professionally. He returned to the pros in 2007-08 as president and G.M. of the Iowa Stars in the American Hockey League, in their first season of existence.

Olver was drafted by the NHL’s Colorado Rockies in 1978, but unconventionally chose to forgo a playing career instead to focus on coaching. He immediately turned to the management side of the game, spending six seasons as a head coach and general manager at the junior level, including New Westminster and Kelowna in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League and Tri-City in the Western Hockey League.

For a link to Olver’s coaching and playing career, click here.

Doolan is entering his sixth year with the Condors and his 39th season in professional hockey.

His four decades of experience includes over 2,700 games, and featured time with the American Hockey League’s San Antonio Rampage (2002-2005), United Hockey League’s Quad City Mallards (2000-2002), International Hockey League’s Kansas City Blades (1996-2000) and he worked with two different NHL clubs, the New York Islanders (1990-1996) and Pittsburgh Penguins (1973-1985). He was also the travel coordinator for the Mallards, Blades and Islanders.

In 2006-07, Doolan was selected to represent the Condors at the ECHL All-Star Game, but opted-out of participating. He was selected as an equipment manager for the 1996 NHL All-Star Game and the 2000 IHL All-Star Game, and worked the 2011 ECHL All-Star Classic. He also assisted the NHL with the International Ice Hockey Federation’s In-Line Championships in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Doolan resides in Bakersfield during the season. During the off-season he lives in Kansas City, Mo. with his wife Joan.

Bullock enters his first season with the Condors and 17th season in professional hockey. His career started in the ECHL with the Louisville RiverFrogs in 1995-96, and he has since worked over 1,000 games for the Wichita Thunder (CHL), Greensboro Generals (ECHL) and Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (CHL), where he was a part of a President’s Cup Championship in 2010-11.

George’s duties, as head athletic trainer, include overseeing all the medical needs of the Condors, both on and off the ice. The Lebanon, New York native was also named Athletic Trainer of the Year in the CHL in 2010-11. Bullock received his Bachelor’s degree in Sports Medicine at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, and his Master’s in Sport Injury Prevention & Management at Springfield College in Massachusetts.

In addition to his athletic trainer duties, he also spent a season as equipment manager with Wichita in 1996-97. Outside of hockey, he has also worked in the af2, independant baseball and Roller Hockey International (RHI) from 1996-98 (alongside former Condor Jamie Cooke with Orlando in 1997-98). George and his wife Sarah have two daughters, Emilia and Gabriella.