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Bakersfield Condors beat Colorado Eagles 4-3 as Ethan Keppen scores late

·Loveland·Larimer County

Colorado took the first lead, then tied the game in both the second and third periods. Viljami Marjala assisted on Bakersfield’s first-period goals and scored on the power play before the final tie.

The Bakersfield Condors scored late in the third period and beat the Colorado Eagles 4-3 on Saturday at Dignity Health Arena in Bakersfield. Colorado twice tied the game after falling behind in the first period, but Ethan Keppen broke the final tie. Neither team led by more than a goal.

Keaton Middleton gave Colorado a 1-0 lead at 16:28 of the first period. Bakersfield answered with a power-play goal by Atro Leppänen and another goal by Eduards Tralmaks, taking a 2-1 lead into intermission. Viljami Marjala assisted on Leppänen’s tying goal and Tralmaks’ go-ahead goal.

Gustav Stjernberg tied it 2-2 in the second period. Taylor Makar’s penalty for closing his hand on the puck put Bakersfield back on the power play late in the period, and Marjala scored at 19:53 to give the Condors a 3-2 lead at intermission. Bakersfield converted two of its three power plays.

Matt DiMarsico tied it 3-3 midway through the third period. Colorado had 12 shots in the period but did not score again. The Eagles also had a power play after Daniel D'Amato’s holding penalty in the third but did not score on it. Keppen scored at 19:16, with Leppänen assisting, to put Bakersfield ahead 4-3 for good. The Eagles play at the Ontario Reign on Sunday, Nov. 15.

Final
Team123T
Colorado Eagles1113
Bakersfield Condors2114

ScoringScore after each, COL-BAK

  1. 1st 16:28Keaton Middleton, assisted by Domenick Fensore1-0
  2. 1st 17:23Atro Leppänen, assisted by Viljami Marjala and Quinn Hutson (PP)1-1
  3. 1st 17:52Eduards Tralmaks, assisted by Viljami Marjala1-2
  4. 2nd 5:46Gustav Stjernberg, assisted by Francesco Arcuri and Reilly Connors2-2
  5. 2nd 19:53Viljami Marjala, assisted by Atro Leppänen and Seth Griffith (PP)2-3
  6. 3rd 10:06Matt DiMarsico, assisted by Adam Beckman and Sean Behrens3-3
  7. 3rd 19:16Ethan Keppen, assisted by Atro Leppänen (GWG)3-4

Shots on goal

Team1st2nd3rdT
Colorado Eagles4101226
Bakersfield Condors1211730

Goaltenders

  • Samuel Jonsson, 23 saves on 26 shots
  • Ilya Nabokov, 26 saves on 30 shots
Penalties 6
  1. 1st 4:20John Gormley, Tripping, 2 minutes
  2. 1st 16:44Reilly Connors, Slashing, 2 minutes
  3. 2nd 15:14Samuel Sjölund, Slashing, 2 minutes
  4. 2nd 19:47Taylor Makar, Closing hand on puck, 2 minutes
  5. 3rd 2:07Francesco Arcuri, Slashing, 2 minutes
  6. 3rd 15:32Daniel D'Amato, Holding, 2 minutes

Dignity Health Arena, Bakersfield, CA. Attendance 5,176.

Every score that day

Play-by-play as the American Hockey League publishes it. Clock times are time elapsed in the period.