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Bakersfield Condors (AHL)

Bakersfield Condors
2016–17 AHL season
Bakersfield Condors logo (2016).svg
City Bakersfield, California
League American Hockey League (AHL)
Conference Western
Division Pacific
Founded 1984
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
Media The Bakersfield Californian
Prime Ticket
Fox Sports 970
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.

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.


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