Fans toss teddy bears, the Condors roll the Thunder, 6-3

CONDORSTOWN, Calif. – The Bakersfield Condors (5-12-0-1, 11pts) unleashed the teddy bears just 33 seconds into the game, scored four times in the first period, and slammed the Stockton Thunder (11-6-0-2, 24pts) 6-3 in front of 8,408 fans at Rabobank Arena Saturday night on Teddy Bear Toss Night. It was the fourth victory in the last six games for the Condors.

Box Score | Highlights

Post-game interviews: Collins | Kessy | Mann

First period

Condors goal: LW Kale Kessy (1st) wrist shot from the left circle (Teddy Bear Toss goal) at :33 (Cunningham, Schaber assist); BAK lead, 1-0
Condors goal: LW Chris Collins (5th) on a partial breakaway at 3:08; BAK lead, 2-0
Condors goal: RW Nicholas Tremblay (1st) from the left circle (Burgdoerfer assist)(pp);BAK lead, 3-0
Fight: BAK F Cameron Abney v. STK F Mathieu Coderre-Gagnon at 8:07
Thunder goal: D Landon Oslanski shot from the left point (pp) at 9:05; BAK lead 3-1
Condors goal: Collins 2nd of the game, from just off the right post off a redirected shot (Steffes, Cunningham assist) at 11:03 (pp);BAK lead 4-1
Thunder goal: F Brayden Irwin on a breakaway (sh) at 15:58; BAK lead 4-2
Thunder goal: F Joey Martin from the left point through traffic at 18:20; BAK lead 4-3
Shots: BAK- 10 | STK – 4

Second period

Condors replace starting G Tyler Bunz with G Chet Pickard to start the period
Condors goal: D Wes Cunningham (2nd) from the top of the left circle (Schaber assist) at 2:35; BAK lead 5-3
Shots: BAK – 14 | STK – 4

Third period

Condors goal: C Chase Schaber (4th) one-timer from the right circle (Broda, Knackstedt assist) at 8:23; BAK lead 6-3
Shots: BAK – 10 | STK – 8

Goaltenders

W – Bunz (2-1-0-1, 4/3)

No decision: Pickard (12/12)
L – Foster (9-2-0-2, 26/22)

Condors Droppings

Three stars: 1. Collins (BAK); 2. Cunningham (BAK); 3. Kessy (BAK)
Final shots on goal: BAK- 34 | STK – 16
Power plays: BAK- 2/7 | STK- 1/3
Kessy’s tally 33 seconds into the game was the fastest Teddy Bear Toss goal in team history
Kessy is also the youngest TBT scorer in Condors history
Cunningham (1g-2a), Collins (2g), Broda (2a), C Gary Steffes (2a) and Schaber (1g-2a) each had multiple point games.
The crowd of 8,408 was the largest of the season for Bakersfield, who ranks 5th in the league with an average of 5,553 per game.
Scratches: Follmer, Garlock, Bennett, Neal, Oakley

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