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Pope and Condors smash Stockton, 7-4
| By: Bill Curtis 7:55 PM Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Viewed 67 times. Rating: 0 |
Rookie F Matt Pope notched his first career goals with a hat trick and a four-point night to lead the Bakersfield Condors to a 7-4 win over the Stockton Thunder before 3,716 fans at Rabobank Arena on Wednesday night.
The Condors fell behind in the first after a pair of goals by Thunder C Cory Urquhart, but rallied to tie it. F Matt Caruana snapped home his second of the season, on a power play, from the right circle to cut the lead in half at 16:49. Just 1:11 later, it was tied up. C Dave Bonk grabbed a turnover along the end boards in the Stockton zone and found Pope in the slot for his first professional goal. G Dave McKee made 18 first period saves for the Condors.
Bakersfield erupted in the second period, scoring four times to take a commanding lead. C Charlie Kronschnabel scored shorthanded at 8:11 to start the surge. Caruana netted his second of the game at 10:19, and then Pope scored twice in the waning minutes of the frame to make it 6-3 through 40 minutes.
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The Thunder cut the deficit down to two with a goal at 10:02, but RW Chad Painchaud rifled home his first of the season into the empty net to seal the Condors first win of the campaign. McKee stopped 33 shots in the game to collect his first win as a Condor.
The Condors take to the road Friday night as they travel to Fresno for the first of a home-and-home with the Falcons. Game time is 7:35 p.m. from Selland Arena and can be heard only on ESPN Radio 1230 and bakersfieldcondors.com.
The Condors return home Saturday to host the Falcons at Rabobank Arena. The first 2,000 kids, 12-and-under, will receive a Condors replica goalie mask, courtesy of 106.1 KRAB Radio and the Bakersfield Ice Sports Center. Doors open at 6 p.m., puck drops at 7 p.m.
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