
SEASON SYNOPSIS
The Bakersfield Condors had a respectable 2022-23 season of AHL hockey. After a slow start to the year, the Condors found themselves in ninth place out of 10 Pacific Division teams on January 21 with a 13-20-3 record. In the 36 following games, Bakersfield went 24-9-7, finishing fifth to clinch a postseason spot with a 37-31-4 record, .542 points percentage, and 78 points.
Veteran forward Seth Griffith led the way scoring-wise for the Condors, posting 17 goals and 43 assists for 60 total points in all 72 games played. Griffith also received an All-Star nod for the 2023 All-Star Classic in Laval. Goaltender Calvin Pickard posted an impressive 23-12-2 record in 38 games played. He also posted a 2.70 goals against average, a .912 save percentage, and four shutouts during the regular season.
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UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS
Forwards
- Xavier Bourgault – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
- Seth Griffith – Last year of two-way NHL contract
- James Hamblin – Last year of entry-level contract
- Dylan Holloway – Last year of entry-level contract
- Dino Kambeitz – Last year of AHL contract
- Brad Malone – Last year of two-way NHL contract
- Gregg McKegg – Last year of two-way NHL contract
- Carter Savoie – Last year of entry-level contract
- Tyler Tullio – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
- Jake Chiasson – Signed a three-year, entry-level NHL contract on March 18 (played with the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades and Brandon Wheat Kings in 2022-23)
- Carl Berglund – Signed a two-year, entry-level contract on March 22 (played on an ATO with Bakersfield and UMass Lowell [NCAA] in 2022-23)
- Raphaël Lavoie- Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 15
Defensemen
- Philip Broberg – Last year of entry-level contract
- Vincent Desharnais – Last year of two-way NHL contract
- Cam Dineen – Last year of two-way NHL contract
- Markus Niemeläinen – Last year of NHL contract (one-way)
- Alex Peters – Signed one-year, one-way AHL contract extension on April 26
- Xaviver Bernard – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract on May 19
- Philip Kemp – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract on May 30
Goaltenders
- Ryan Fanti – Last year of entry-level contract
- Calvin Pickard – Last year of two-way NHL contract
- Olivier Rodrigue – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 4
NEW ADDITIONS
Forwards
- Ethan De Jong – Signed a two-year AHL contract on April 25 (played for Quinnipiac Univ. [NCAA] in 2022-23)
- Matvei Petrov – First year of three-year entry-level contract (entry-level slide; played for the OHL’s North Bay Battalion in 2022-23)
- Jayden Grubbe – Rights acquired via trade from the New York Rangers and signed a three-year, entry-level NHL contract on May 31 (played for the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL in 2022-23)
- Drake Caggiula – Signed a two-year. two-way NHL contract on July 1 (played for the Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2022-23)
- Lane Pederson – Signed a two-year, one-way NHL contract on July 1 (played for Columbus, the Vancouver and Abbotsford Canucks, and Chicago Wolves in 2022-23)
- Cameron Wright – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 1 (played for the Colorado Eagles and ECHL Utah in 2022-23)
- Alexis D’Aoust – Signed a one-year AHL contract on September 14 (played for Eispiraten Crimmitschau of the DEL2 and Västerviks IK of HockeyAllsvenskan in 2022-23)
Defensemen
- Maximus Wanner – First year of entry-level contract (entry-level slide; played for the WHL’s Moose Jaw Warriors in 2022-23)
- Connor Corcoran – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 1 (played for Henderson and ECHL Savannah in 2022-23)
- Noel Hoefenmayer – Signed a one-year, entry-level NHL contract on July 1 (played for the Toronto Marlies in 2022-23)
- Jake Johnson – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 1 (played for ECHL Fort Wayne and Quinnipiac Univ. [NCAA] in 2022-23)
- Ben Gleason – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract on July 2 (played for Texas in 2022-23)
Goaltenders
- Tyler Parks – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 1 (played for Tucson and ECHL Atlanta in 2022-23)
DEPARTURES
Forwards
- Noah Philp – Announced his retirement on June 14
- Drake Rymsha – Signed a one-year contract with HKM Zvolen of the Slovakian Tipos Extraliga on June 20 (played vast majority of 2022-23 season with ECHL Fort Wayne)
- Matt Boudens – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Henderson on July 7 (played all of 2022-23 season with ECHL Fort Wayne)
- Tyler Benson – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Henderson on July 10
- Luke Esposito – Signed a one-year DEL contract with the Augsburger Panther on July 17
- Samuel Dove-McFalls – Signed one-year contract with Lausitzer Fuchse of DEL2 on July 24
- Garrett Van Wyhe – Signed a one-year contract with ECHL Jacksonville on August 10 (played for ECHL Fort Wayne & Adirondack in 2022-23)
- Mark Rassell – Signed a one-year contract with ECHL Idaho on September 12 (played vast majority of 2022-23 season with ECHL Fort Wayne)
- Justin Bailey – Signed a PTO with the San Jose Sharks on September 18
Defensemen
- Darien Kielb – Signed an ECHL contract with Fort Wayne on July 3 (played 2022-23 split between Bakersfield and ECHL Fort Wayne)
- Yanni Kaldis – Signed a one-year contract with Dinamo Minsk of the KHL on July 10
- Max Gildon – Signed a one-year contract with Adler Mannheim of the DEL on August 3 (loaned to Bakersfield from NHL Florida in December 2022)
- Jason Demers – “Pretty much” retired (per San Jose Hockey Now podcast); joined NHL Network crew on August 28
FREE AGENTS
Defensemen
- Adam Brubacher – UFA (AHL); played majority of 2022-23 with ECHL Fort Wayne
(Special thanks to CapFriendly and Elite Prospects for all the contract terms and definitions for this offseason player tracker!)
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Other 2023 AHL Off Season Trackers :
Links will be updated as articles are released.
Central
- Chicago Wolves
- Grand Rapids Griffins
- Iowa Wild
- Manitoba Moose
- Milwaukee Admirals
- Rockford IceHogs
- Texas Stars
Pacific
- Abbotsford Canucks
- Bakersfield Condors
- Calgary Wranglers
- Coachella Valley Firebirds
- Colorado Eagles
- Henderson Silver Knights
- Ontario Reign
- San Diego Gulls
- San Jose Barracuda
- Tucson Roadrunners
Atlantic
- Bridgeport Islanders
- Charlotte Checkers
- Hartford Wolf Pack
- Hershey Bears
- Lehigh Valley Phantoms
- Providence Bruins
- Springfield Thunderbirds
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
North
- Belleville Senators
- Cleveland Monsters
- Laval Rocket
- Rochester Americans
- Syracuse Crunch
- Toronto Marlies
- Utica Comets
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