Bakersfield Condors beat Colorado Eagles 4-1 after Tucker Robertson’s short-handed go-ahead goal

The Bakersfield Condors scored three unanswered goals after the Colorado Eagles tied the game in the second period and won 4-1 on Saturday at Blue Federal Credit Union Arena in Loveland. Tucker Robertson put Bakersfield ahead for good with a short-handed goal, and Aku Räty scored twice for the Condors.

Räty struck first in the opening period, and Bakersfield carried a 1-0 lead into intermission. The Eagles’ answer came at 14:17 of the second, when Nikita Prishchepov scored short-handed while Colorado was killing a roughing penalty against Sean Behrens. The goal made it 1-1, the only tie after scoring began.

Then Bakersfield scored a man down. With Josh Brown serving a holding penalty, Robertson scored short-handed at 15:35 of the second to restore the Condors’ lead at 2-1. Seth Griffith scored before the period ended, sending Bakersfield into the second intermission ahead 3-1. Colorado had gone from an equalizer to a two-goal deficit before the third began.

The Eagles put 13 shots on goal in the third period but could not cut into that deficit. Räty scored again at 14:32 to make it 4-1, completing Bakersfield’s three-goal run from the tie game. The Condors had pulled away after the teams traded short-handed goals in the second, and Prishchepov’s equalizer remained Colorado’s only goal.