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 by and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers. The Condors play their home games at Mechanics Bank Arena. The AHL franchise is a relocation of the Oklahoma City Barons, which joined four other AHL franchises in 2015 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. The Condors are the only AHL team in the United States affiliated with a Canadian team.
==History==
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." 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. 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. The Condors unveiled their new logo and colors on April 2, 2015.
On December 18, 2015, the Condors participated in the AHL's first outdoor game in California, called the Golden State Hockey Rush, at Raley Field in West Sacramento against the Stockton Heat. The Heat would defeat the Condors 3–2 in front of 9,357 fans. Despite not making the playoffs in their first season, the Condors still contributed to the overall increase in AHL attendance with an average of 5195 per night, an increase of about 1900 spectators compared to the former Barons and similar to the former ECHL Condors.
In the 2016–17 season, the Condors were named as hosts for their second AHL Outdoor Classic game, named the Condorstown Outdoor Classic, against the Ontario Reign held on January 7, 2017, at Bakersfield College's Memorial Stadium. Despite sometimes heavy rain, the game went on as scheduled and the Condors defeated the Reign 3–2 in overtime.
During the 2018–19 season, the Condors tied the second-longest AHL winning streak at 17 games from January 12 to February 25, 2019. The Condors finished in first place in Pacific Division in the regular season before they were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs by the San Diego Gulls.
==Season-by-season results==
Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Playoffs	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OTL 	SOL 	Pts 	PCT 	GF 	GA 	Standing 	Year 	Prelims 	1st round 	2nd round 	3rd round 	Finals
2015–16 	68 	31 	28 	7 	2 	71 	.522 	212 	222 	5th, Pacific 	2016 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2016–17 	68 	33 	29 	5 	1 	72 	.529 	200 	188 	5th, Pacific 	2017 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2017–18 	68 	31 	27 	9 	1 	72 	.529 	188 	206 	7th, Pacific 	2018 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2018–19 	68 	42 	21 	3 	2 	89 	.654 	242 	182 	1st, Pacific 	2019 	— 	W, 3–1, COL 	L, 2–4, SD 	— 	—
2019–20 	56 	21 	27 	5 	3 	50 	.446 	162 	202 	6th, Pacific 	2020 	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 	39 	24 	14 	0 	1 	49 	.628 	129 	104 	2nd, Pacific 	2021 	— 	BYE 	BYE 	W, 2–1, SD 	W, 2–1, HSK
2021–22 	68 	37 	21 	5 	5 	84 	.618 	225 	192 	4th, Pacific 	2022 	W, 2–0, ABB 	L, 0–3, STK 	— 	— 	—
2022–23 	72 	37 	31 	2 	2 	78 	.542 	212 	212 	5th, Pacific 	2023 	L, 0–2, ABB 	— 	— 	— 	—
2023–24 	72 	39 	27 	4 	2 	84 	.583 	223 	202 	6th, Pacific 	2024 	L, 0–2, ONT 	— 	— 	— 	—
==Players==
===Current roster===
Updated May 10, 2024.
 
 
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===Team captains===
*Ryan Hamilton, 2015–2018
*Keegan Lowe, 2018–2020
*Brad Malone, 2020–2024
===Notable alumni===
List of Bakersfield Condors alumni who played more than 100 games in Bakersfield and 100 or more games in the National Hockey League.
*Vincent Desharnais
*Caleb Jones
*William Lagesson
*Brad Malone
*Greg McKegg
*Stuart Skinner
*Ryan Stanton
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Professional ice hockey teams in California
Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 2015