LINEUP

FIRST PERIOD

• Pretty well off the draw at centre, Kale Kessy drops the gloves with Barracuda defenceman Gus Young. Call it a draw after both guys land a couple good rights.
• A point shot and Matthew Ford bowls over Rumpel trying for the loose puck. Surprisingly, there’s no call on the Bakersfield winger.
• San Jose’s Karl Stollery tries to pry the puck off the pads of Eetu Laurikainen after the whistle had gone and he’s scrummed in the corner by Andrew Miller and Jujhar Khaira.
• Bakersfield captain Ryan Hamilton lazily slides a backhand up the boards and it’s captured by former Oilers draft pick Bryan Lerg but his wrister is easily handled by Laurikainen.
• Simpson glides in from point, cuts from the half-wall, and bulldozes the crease. A loose puck is gunned in by Khaira but the goal is immediately waved off and Simpson is sent off for goaltender interference.
• The Condors go down 5-on-3 as Ford is called for a cross-check. Laurikainen is positioned perfectly to field long-range one-timers from three different Barracuda.

SECOND PERIOD

• Hamilton is dumped into the boards and it’s a penalty on Young. The Condors get their own 5-on-3 after they pressure the Barracuda. Bogdan Yakimov puts it off the post during the delayed call. Ford can’t jam in a shot at the front of the net.
• After the PK, the Barracuda get a point shot from Patrick McNally that creates all kinds of havoc. Laurikainen makes the first save, a mad scramble ensues, and a Condor gets a skate on the puck just before the goal line.

• Bakersfield gets virtually the same opportunity that the Barracuda just scored on but Rob Klinkhammer is stopped.
• Brad Hunt makes a nifty spinarama at the blue line and heads down low. Kessy’s attempt at a pick play along the half-wall is more of a shoulder block on San Jose’s Jeremy Langlois and he’s nailed for the penalty penalty.

• Joey LaLeggia moves the puck around the zone with some ease and gets two shots away. Good pressure from the Condors fourth line is put to a halt, though, when Kessy is called for high-sticking and subsequent unsportsmanlike conduct.
• The teams exchange three consecutive penalties. With the teams playing 4-on-3, Josh Winquist bombs a one-timer on a sweet set-up from Miller but can’t find the back of net. Jordan Oesterle then tries to bring it from the point and try a wraparound and he’s foiled.

THIRD PERIOD

• Right off the hop, Yakimov, who has a spring in his step that wasn’t often shown prior to him fleeing to Russia, cruises through the slot and draws a holding call on Julius Bergman. 
• A weak clearing attempt from the endboards floats to the point. Brad Hunt steps into it and nearly puts the puck in the parking lot.
• Tough night for the Barracuda announce team. Instead of Moroz, “Munoz” chases after the puck. The Condors head coach is apparently “Gary” Fleming.
• Yakimov throws a beauty move on the San Jose defender at the top circle, strides in and nearly tucks it in short side. The loose puck is played right through the crease by Anton Slepyshev. Ford has it and tries a bank shot from the goal line but the puck goes off the post and into Rumpel.
• Behind the Bakersfield net, Winquist unintentionally buries Carpenter with a cross-check and is sent off.
• McCarthy aims a cross-crease pass and instead get the puck back but can’t tap it in.
• The Condors get a 2-on-1 shorthanded but Khaira is neatly poke-checked. The Condors are back in shorthanded again, this time 3-on-2. The Barracuda are called for too many men.
• Winquist steps out of the penalty box. He goes right back in for interference.

• Laurikainen races out of the net with 90 seconds to go.

1. Joel Rumpel – San Jose
2. Petter Emanuelsson – San Jose
3. John McCarthy – San Jose 

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