Bakersfield Condors (AHL)

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) Daryl Katz
Head coach Gerry Fleming
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 will be a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) which will begin play for the 2015–16 season. Based in Bakersfield, California and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers, the Condors will play their home games at Rabobank Arena. The AHL franchise will take the place of the Oklahoma City Barons, joining several other AHL franchises to form a new AHL Pacific Division in California.

The Condors will replace 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 will move to Norfolk, Virginia to play as the Norfolk Admirals.

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."[1] One month later, on January 29, 2015, the AHL announced that the Oilers would take over the Barons' franchise and relocate the team to Bakersfield as one of five charter member's of the AHL's new Pacific Division.[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 of that year.[3] The Condors unveiled their new logo and colors on April 2, 2015.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "OKC Barons To Cease Operations At End Of Current Season". news9.com. December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bakersfield will join the American Hockey League in 2015-16". Bakersfield Condors. January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ Griffith, Mike (February 25, 2015). "Condors team name remains the same". Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "AHL CONDORS LOGO UNVEILING APRIL 2 AT 12 P.M.". Bakersfield Condors. March 27, 2015.

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