Condors soar previous Eagles, advance to second spherical | TheAHL.com

Patrick Russell‘s shorthanded aim halfway by way of the third interval broke a 2-2 tie and despatched Bakersfield to a 5-2 victory over Colorado and a Three-1 collection triumph of their Pacific Division semifinal collection.Bakersfield scored 4 occasions within the closing body to erase a 2-1 Eagles lead and safe a spot within the second spherical in opposition to San Diego. That collection will start Friday.After a scoreless first interval, two-time Calder Cup champion Mitch Callahan slipped a backhand previous Pavel Francouz at four:03 of the second to provide Bakersfield a 1-Zero lead.The Eagles tied it up at eight:16 as Martin Kaut pounced on a defensive-zone turnover by the Condors and scored his first aim of the collection.Colorado then beat the buzzer to take a 2-1 lead into the locker room after 40 minutes, as Kaut redirected a back-door cross from Shane Bowers with Zero.5 seconds exhibiting on the clock.The Condors’ comeback started when Evan Bouchard made it 2-2 at 2:23 of the third interval with a power-play blast from the middle level, his second aim in as many AHL video games.Russell then completed off a two-on-one shorthanded rush along with his second aim of the collection at 9:05 to place Bakersfield in entrance for good.The Condors acquired an enormous insurance coverage aim at 10:54 when William Lagesson‘s shot from the left wing hit teammate Brad Malone crashing the web and dropped in behind Francouz (1-Three).Luke Esposito put the ultimate touches on the collection win with an empty-net aim at 19:07.Shane Starrett (Three-1) stopped 24 pictures to choose up the win for Bakersfield.Attendance at Rabobank Area for Sport four was eight,120.Pacific Division Semifinals – Sequence “G” (best-of-5)P1-Bakersfield Condors vs. P4-Colorado EaglesGame 1 – Fri., Apr. 19 – Bakersfield Three, COLORADO 2 | RecapGame 2 – Sat., Apr. 20 – COLORADO four, Bakersfield 1 | RecapGame Three – Tue., Apr. 23 – BAKERSFIELD 5, Colorado 2 | RecapGame four – Sat., Apr. 27 – BAKERSFIELD 5, Colorado 2