| Bakersfield Condors | |
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| City | Bakersfield, California |
| League | American Hockey League (AHL) |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Pacific |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Home arena | Dignity Health Arena |
| Colors | Blue, orange, silver, white |
| Owner(s) | Oilers Entertainment Group Daryl Katz |
| General manager | Keith Gretzky |
| Head coach | Colin Chaulk |
| Captain | Seth Griffith |
| Media | The Bakersfield Californian Prime Ticket Fox Sports 970 AHL.TV (Internet) |
| Affiliates | Edmonton Oilers (NHL) Fort Wayne Komets (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 |
| Championships | |
| Division titles | 2 (2018–19,2020–21) |
 Current season | |
TheBakersfield Condors are a professionalice hockey team based inBakersfield, California. They are theAmerican Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of theNational Hockey League'sEdmonton Oilers. The Condors play their home games atDignity Health Arena. The AHL franchise is a relocation of theOklahoma City Barons, which joined four other AHL franchises in 2015 as the basis to form a new Pacific Division inCalifornia.
The Condors replaced theECHLteam of the same name, which played as a charter member of theWest Coast Hockey League from1995 until2003 and then in the ECHL from2003 until the end of the2014–15 season, after which they moved toNorfolk, Virginia, to play as theNorfolk Admirals. The Condors are the only AHL team in the United States affiliated with a Canadian team.
On December 18, 2014, theOklahoma City Barons andEdmonton Oilers mutually agreed to end the Barons' operations after the end of the2014–15 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 relocate their franchise to Bakersfield as one of five charter members to form the basis of a new Pacific Division beginning in the2015–16 season.[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, 2015.[3] The Condors unveiled their new logo and colors on April 2, 2015.[4]
On December 18, 2015, the Condors participated in the AHL's first outdoor game in California, called the Golden State Hockey Rush, atRaley Field inWest Sacramento against theStockton Heat. The Heat would defeat the Condors 3–2 in front of 9,357 fans.[5] Despite not making the playoffs in their first season, the Condors still contributed to the overall increase in AHL attendance[6] with an average of 5195 per night,[7] an increase of about 1900 spectators compared to the former Barons[8] and similar to the former ECHLCondors.[9]
In the2016–17 season, the Condors were named as hosts for their secondAHL Outdoor Classic game, named the Condorstown Outdoor Classic, against theOntario Reign held on January 7, 2017, at Bakersfield College'sMemorial Stadium.[10] Despite sometimes heavy rain, the game went on as scheduled and the Condors defeated the Reign 3–2 in overtime.
During the2018–19 season, the Condors tied the second-longest AHL winning streak at 17 games from January 12 to February 25, 2019.[11] The Condors finished in first place in Pacific Division in the regular season before the San Diego Gulls eliminated them in the second round of the playoffs.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | Standing | Year | Prelims | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals |
| 2015–16 | 68 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 71 | .522 | 212 | 222 | 5th, Pacific | 2016 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2016–17 | 68 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 72 | .529 | 200 | 188 | 5th, Pacific | 2017 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2017–18 | 68 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 72 | .529 | 188 | 206 | 7th, Pacific | 2018 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 2018–19 | 68 | 42 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 89 | .654 | 242 | 182 | 1st, Pacific | 2019 | — | W, 3–1,COL | L, 2–4,SD | — | — |
| 2019–20 | 56 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 50 | .446 | 162 | 202 | 6th, Pacific | 2020 | Season cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020–21 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 49 | .628 | 129 | 104 | 2nd, Pacific | 2021[a] | — | BYE | BYE | W, 2–1,SD | W, 2–1,HSK |
| 2021–22 | 68 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 84 | .618 | 225 | 192 | 4th, Pacific | 2022 | W, 2–0,ABB | L, 0–3,STK | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 72 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 78 | .542 | 212 | 212 | 5th, Pacific | 2023 | L, 0–2,ABB | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 72 | 39 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 84 | .583 | 223 | 202 | 6th, Pacific | 2024 | L, 0–2,ONT | — | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 72 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 74 | .514 | 224 | 233 | 8th, Pacific | 2025 | Did not qualify | ||||
Updated October 15, 2025.[12]
List of Bakersfield Condors alumni who played more than 100 games in Bakersfield and 100 or more games in theNational Hockey League.
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