Showing posts with label ECHL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ECHL. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2014

Bakersfield Condors rock the 'Puffy Shirt' on 'Seinfeld' night (VIDEO)

The Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL have always been one of the more creative minor league clubs when it comes to promotions. And on Saturday night, the team hosted Seinfeld Night and didn't disappoint.

Starting with the Condors players wearing jerseys that replicated the “Puffy Shirt” from a classic episode of the popular comedy down to putting some names from the show's characters on their backs — it was a fun night. Even if they didn't want to be pirates.



Gimmicks included a Kramer impersonator and Seinfeld-related promotion with a new spin on the “shoot the puck” competition that was called "shoot the marble rye."




Although the Condors lost the game 2-1 in overtime to the Idaho Steelheads, the jerseys were auctioned off for charity.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

ECHL hockey fans litter the ice with underwear after goal (Video)

Fans of the Bakersfield Condors would probably give the ECHL team the shirts off their backs for a win but, when it comes to winning hearts for charity, they offer up even more.

During the 'Undie Sunday' game against the Las Vegas Wranglers, the home fans littered the ice with over 6,000 pieces of underwear and socks after Joel Broda scored a goal with 1:02 left in regulation.

The Condors were going by “Teddy Bear Toss” rules, meaning that a goal needed to be scored before the fans tossed their unmentionables (and socks) from the stands. So that late score must have had fans hanging on to their knickers in anticipation.



But before you start thinking skid marks, shriveled waistbands and toe holes — the underwear and socks tossed on the ice were new and still in their packages — and nobody dropped trou.  At least we hope so.

From the Condors organization, a roundup of the clothing picked up:


Undie Sunday brought a rain of underwear, socks, bras, diapers and socks down onto the ice. Nearly 6,000 clothing items were collected, including 1,096 pairs of socks, 2,773 pair of underwear, 1,747 diapers and 55 bras, among other items. The items will be donated to the Mission at Kern County and the Kern County Network for Children.

Good stuff.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Idaho Steelheads hockey fans sue arena owner over beer sizes

A group of Idaho hockey fans sued a Boise arena this week, saying they were duped into thinking a $7 beer contains more brew than a $4 beer.

The lawsuit says CenturyLink Arena, home of the Idaho Steelheads hockey team, defrauded customers by charging $3 more for a tall, narrow cup advertised as a "large" that actually holds the same amount of beer as the shorter, yet wider cup described as a "small."

And, as any beer guzzling fan will tell you, size matters.




Four outraged fans of the ECHL team filed the suit Tuesday in Boise's 4th District Court against Block 22 LLC, which does business as CenturyLink Arena. Brady Peck, Michele Bonds and William and Brittany Graham are seeking $10,000 in damages.

The lawsuit came just two days after another hockey fan posted a video on YouTube of what the fan said was a beer purchased at CenturyLink Arena on March 8. That video shows a patron holding a large cup of beer and pouring it into an empty small cup. In both cups, the beer reaches nearly to the brim.


CenturyLink officials announced a short time later that the company would purchase new cups for the large beers that would hold 24 ounces instead of the previous 20 ounces for a bigger difference in size.

At the time, Eric Trapp, the president of the Idaho Steelheads hockey team and CenturyLink Arena, wrote on the team's Facebook page that the company had ordered 16-ounce and 20-ounce cups and never intended to mislead customers.

"It's amazing what can be done with one little video and the power of social media," said Gwen Gibbs, who down loaded the video. It already has over half-a-million views on YouTube.

CenturyLink Arena hosts concerts and other events and is also home to the Idaho Stampede, an NBA development league team.