Condors gobble up Bulls, 5-2
DALY CITY, Calif. – Trailing 2-1 entering the third, the Bakersfield Condors (4-12-0-1, 9pts) stormed back with three goals in the span of 1:10 and defeated the San Francisco Bulls (5-11-1-1, 12pts) by a 5-2 margin on Wednesday night at the Cow Palace.
First period
- Condors goal: RW Jordan Knackstedt (5) banged home arebound off a two-on-one shot attempt from C Joel Broda. Time of goal: 7:04;Condors lead, 1-0
- Shots: BAK- 13 | SF – 2
- Bulls goal: C Adrian Foster deflected a D Dylan King shot past G Tyler Bunz. Time of goal: 0:59; Game tied, 1-1
- Bulls goal: F Tyler Gron finished off a two-on-one odd-man rush. Time of goal: 16:50; Bulls lead, 2-1
- Shots: BAK – 5 | SF – 16
- Condors goal: C Ryan Watson tipped in front off a shot from the left-wing circle from D Wes Cunningham. Time of goal: 2:14; Game tied, 2-2
- Condors goal: Broda (4) powered one past G Tyler Beskorowany. Time of goal: 2:51; Condors lead, 3-2
- Condors goal: Broda (5) on the power play, blasted a shot from the slot off a faceoff win. Time of goal: 3:24; Condors lead, 4-2
- Condors goal: Knackstedt (6) empty-netter from 150 ft. Time of goal: 19:33; Condors win, 5-2.
L – Beskorowany (5-6-1-1, 26/22)
- Three stars: 1. Broda (BAK) 2. Knackstedt (BAK) 3. Bunz (BAK)
- Final shots on goal: BAK- 27 | SF- 26
- Power plays: BAK- 1/4 | SF- 0/2
- D Joey Leach fought for the second time in three games, in the second period, against F Kris Belan.
- F Tyler Brenner was released earlier today.
- C Ryan Watson was signed earlier today and made his debut along with C Matt Thurber
- Scratches: Follmer, Garlock, Steffes, Oakley, Abney
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