Condors Weekly: Victory over Stockton opens home stand

CONDORSTOWN, Calif. – The Bakersfield Condors opened up a three-game home stand Sunday night with a 4-1 win over Stockton. They now sit at 7-14-1-2 on the season, two points behind Las Vegas for 4th place in the Pacific Division standings.

COMING UP:
Friday, Dec. 14 vs. Idaho (7 p.m. at Rabobank Arena)
Saturday, Dec. 15 vs. San Francisco (7 p.m. at Rabobank Arena)
Sunday, Dec. 16 at Las Vegas (11:59 p.m. at Orleans Arena) 

LAST WEEK (Home team in CAPS):
Wednesday
SAN FRANCISCO 4 vs. Condors 1
When F Zach Cohen scored midway through the second, it cut the Bulls lead to 2-1. But the rally was short-lived, as San Francisco scored just 11 seconds later to regain the two-goal lead. They added another before the period was up, and cruised to the 4-1 win.

The Condors surrendered three goals in less than two minutes early in the first period on Friday, but they rallied to make a game of it. C Levi Nelson scored midway through the second, and F Peter Boyd scored early in the third to cut the deficit to one. But Bakersfield gave up an empty net goal in the late moments to thwart the comeback. 

• Rookie LW Brett Lyon was signed by the team on Sunday. He recorded the first two points of his career in his Condors debut.
• Sunday’s game was the third time G Scott Greenham has made 40 or more saves in a game this season. G Brian Stewart has also made 40+ saves on three different occasions.
• D Tyson Gimblett scored his first goal of the season Sunday night.
• C Levi Nelson had his third three-point game of the season Sunday, and his first since Opening Weekend, when he recorded back-to-back three-point games in the series with San Francisco.
• Nelson has 11 points in his last 11 games (4g-7a).
• D Francis Meilleur recorded the second multi-point game of his career on Sunday (1g-1a), and his first as a Condor.
• The Condors are ranked 5th in road power play pct at 21.2%, but at home they are second to last at just 9.1%. They have a power play goal in four straight games and rank 15th at 16.4% overall.

• D Tyson Gimblett is 4th in the ECHL (and 1st among defensemen) with eight major penalties (all fighting majors).
• F Peter Boyd (pictured) leads the ECHL with five shootout goals.
• G Scott Greenham leads the league lead with four shootout wins and is 4th with a .941 shootout save percentage.
• D Olivier Dame-Malka is tied for second in the league lead among defensemen with four power play goals.
• The Condors rank 5th in the ECHL with a .444 shooting percentage in shootouts.
• They rank 3rd in the shootouts with a .800 save percentage.

TEAM LEADERS
Points – C Levi Nelson (19)
Goals – C Levi Nelson (7)
Assists – C Levi Nelson (12)
PIM – D Tyson Gimblett (78)
+/- – D Tyson Gimblett (+1)
Wins – G Scott Greenham (5)