Condors fall in OT, 3-2 in Vegas
LAS VEGAS -The Bakersfield Condors (2-2-1, 5pts) rallied from two deficits but eventually fell to the Las Vegas Wranglers (2-1-1, 5pts) in overtime, 3-2 Saturday night at Orleans Arena.
An entertaining first period of action led to two goals scored on one Condors power play, with the Wranglers scoring shorthanded and Bakersfield netting a power-play tally. At 17:12, Wranglers F Eric Lampe collected a loose puck at his defensive blue line and skated length of the ice before beating Condors G Bryan Pitton with a high shot. The shorthanded goal gave Las Vegas a 1-0 lead. Bakersfield responded immediately on the same power play with LW Jesse Gimblett banging home a crisp pass from behind the net by C Mathew Sisca just 81 seconds later to tie the game at 1-1. The score remained that way through twenty minutes of play with the Condors outshooting Las Vegas, 18-12.
Las Vegas regained the lead at 2-1, 3:55 into the second period, when F Adam Miller poked the puck through Pitton. However, with both teams down a man in a four-on-four situation, Condors D Matt Campanale scored his first professional goal to tie the game, 2-2, at the 10:09 mark, with a shot from the point that beat Wranglers G Mitch O’Keefe. Sisca and RW Scott Freeman collected the assists. Shots favored Las Vegas, 10-8 in the frame.
Both teams had near-misses in the third period while the clubs battled for the go-ahead goal. The Condors nearly took the lead with just over a minute left when LW Matt Marquardt rang a shot off the post. Shots were 12-6 Vegas in the third stanza, and 35-32 overall as the game headed to overtime.
In the extra session, the Wranglers went on the power play after a roughing penalty was called against Campanale with less than two minutes remaining. Right off the ensuing face off, Lampe jumped on a loose puck and snuck a backhander under Pitton for the game winner.
Condors Droppings:
Las Vegas Head Coach Ryan Mougenel was an assistant coach in both Fresno and Stockton, when Condors Head Coach Matt O’Dette was a player under him… For the second straight game the Condors had a goal disallowed due to a play being blow dead… tonight’s game was the first OT game of the season for Bakersfield… Power plays: BAK – 1/3; LV – 1/2… Three Stars: 1. Lampe (LV); 2. O’Keefe (LV); 3. Gimblett (BAK).
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