Bakersfield Condors (AHL)

Bakersfield Condors
Bakersfield Condors
City	Bakersfield, California
League	American Hockey League (AHL)
Conference	Western Conference
Division	Pacific Division
Founded	1984
Operated	2015–present
Home arena	Rabobank Arena
Colors	Blue, Orange, Dark Gray, White;
Owner(s)	Oilers Entertainment Group; Daryl Katz
General manager	Bill Scott
Head coach	Gerry Fleming
Captain	Ryan Hamilton
Affiliates	Edmonton Oilers (NHL); Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)
Franchise history
1984–1988	Nova Scotia Oilers
1988–1996	Cape Breton Oilers
1996–2003	Hamilton Bulldogs
2003–2004	Toronto Roadrunners
2004–2005	Edmonton Road Runners
2010–2015	Oklahoma City Barons
2015–present	Bakersfield Condors

The Bakersfield Condors are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) based in Bakersfield, California. The team is owned and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers. The Condors play their home games at Rabobank Arena. The AHL franchise is a relocation of the Oklahoma City Barons, which joined four other AHL franchises as the basis to form a new Pacific Division in California.

The Condors replaced the ECHL team of the same name, which played as a charter member of the West Coast Hockey League from 1995 until 2003 and then in the ECHL from 2003 until the end of the 2014–15 season, after which they moved to Norfolk, Virginia to play as the Norfolk Admirals.

History[edit]

On December 18, 2014, the Oklahoma City Barons and Edmonton Oilers mutually agreed to end the Barons' operations after the end of the 2014–15 season, with the Barons management citing financial problems and the Oilers citing a desire to "move on."^[1] One month later, on January 29, 2015, the AHL announced that the Oilers would relocate their franchise to Bakersfield as one of five charter members to form the basis of a new Pacific Division beginning in the 2015–16 season.^[2]

A name-the-team contest was held from January 30 until February 15, 2015. The Condors name was announced as the winner on February 25, 2015.^[3] The Condors unveiled their new logo and colors on April 2, 2015.^[4]

Players[edit]

Current Roster[edit]

Updated November 21, 2015.^[5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
31	Canada !	Brossoit, LaurentLaurent Brossoit	1.0 !G	L	22	2015	Surrey, British Columbia	Oilers
21	Canada !	Chase, GregoryGregory Chase	4.0 !C	R	20	2015	Sherwood Park, Alberta	Oilers
23	Canada !	Christoffer, BradenBraden Christoffer	4.0 !C	L	21	2015	Sherwood Park, Alberta	Oilers
11	United States !	Ford, MatthewMatthew Ford (A)	7.0 !RW	R	31	2015	West Hills, California	Condors
28	Slovakia !	Gernat, MartinMartin Gernat	2.0 !D	L	22	2015	Kosice, Slovakia	Oilers
12	Canada !	Hamilton, RyanRyan Hamilton (C)	6.0 !LW	L	30	2015	Oshawa, Ontario	Oilers
29	Canada !	Hunt, BradBrad Hunt (A)	2.0 !D	L	27	2015	Maple Ridge, British Columbia	Oilers
22	Canada !	Kessy, KaleKale Kessy	6.0 !LW	L	22	2015	Shaunavon, Saskatchewan	Oilers
7	Canada !	Khaira, JujharJujhar Khaira	4.0 !C	L	21	2015	Surrey, British Columbia	Oilers
13	Canada !	LaLeggia, JoeyJoey LaLeggia	2.0 !D	L	23	2015	Burnaby, British Columbia	Oilers
1	Finland !	Laurikainen, EetuEetu Laurikainen	1.0 !G	L	22	2015	Jyvaskyla, Finland	Oilers
34	Canada !	Loiseau, AlexisAlexis Loiseau	4.0 !C	L	21	2015	Havre-aux-Maisons, Quebec	Condors
10	United States !	McRae, PhilipPhilip McRae	4.0 !C	L	25	2015	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Condors
17	United States !	Miller, AndrewAndrew Miller (A)	7.0 !RW	R	27	2015	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	Oilers
19	Canada !	Moroz, MitchellMitchell Moroz	6.0 !LW	L	21	2015	Edmonton, Alberta	Oilers
6	Czech Republic !	Musil, DavidDavid Musil	2.0 !D	L	22	2015	Calgary, Alberta	Oilers
8	Russia !	Nikitin, NikitaNikita Nikitin	2.0 !D	L	29	2015	Omsk, Soviet Union	Oilers
15	United States !	Oesterle, JordanJordan Oesterle	2.0 !D	L	23	2015	Dearborn Heights, Michigan	Oilers
24	Canada !	Pageau, NickNick Pageau	2.0 !D	R	27	2015	Gatineau, Quebec	Condors
9	United States !	Pitlick, TylerTyler Pitlick	7.0 !RW	R	24	2015	Centerville, Minnesota	Oilers
14	Canada !	Platzer, KyleKyle Platzer	4.0 !C	R	20	2015	Waterloo, Ontario	Oilers
38	Canada !	Roy, Marc-OlivierMarc-Olivier Roy	4.0 !C	L	21	2015	Boisbriand, Quebec	Condors
30	Canada !	Scrivens, BenBen Scrivens	1.0 !G	L	29	2015	Spruce Grove, Alberta	Oilers
18	Canada !	Simpson, DillonDillon Simpson	2.0 !D	L	22	2015	Edmonton, Alberta	Oilers
33	Russia !	Slepyshev, AntonAnton Slepyshev	6.0 !LW	R	21	2015	Penza, Russia	Oilers
27	Canada !	Winquist, JoshuaJoshua Winquist	6.0 !LW	L	22	2015	St. Albert, Alberta	Condors
39	Russia !	Yakimov, BogdanBogdan Yakimov	4.0 !C	L	21	2015	Nizhnekamsk, Russia	Oilers
	Russia !	Zharkov, DaniilDaniil Zharkov	6.0 !LW	L	21	2015	St. Petersburg, Russia	PTO