2022-23 BAKERSFIELD CONDORS

POSITION: DEFENSEMAN

SHOOTS: LEFT

HEIGHT: 6’3” WEIGHT: 187

DOB: 05-17-1999

HOMETOWN: HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA

Max Gildon

POSITION: GOALIE

CATCHES: LEFT

HEIGHT: 6’1” WEIGHT: 175

DOB: 07-06-2000

HOMETOWN: CHICOUTIMI, QUEBEC, CAN

Olivier Rodrigue

POSITION: GOALIE

CATCHES: LEFT

HEIGHT: 6’1” WEIGHT: 210

DOB: 04-15-1992

HOMETOWN: MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, CAN

Calvin Pickard

POSITION: MASCOT

DRUMS: RIGHT

HEIGHT: 6’1” WEIGHT: 198

DOB: 10/23/1998

HOMETOWN: BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, CA

COLONEL CLAW’D

MATTHEW RILEY Team President

Riley is responsible for the growth and development of KG (US) Oilers Corp. and the Bakersfield Condors, the organization he has guided since its inception in 1998. Riley serves on the AHL’s Board of Governors, and various league committees. He was previously the vice chairman for the ECHL Board of Governors, and served on the league’s Executive Committee.

He was instrumental in negotiations in the January 2014 purchase of the Condors by the Edmonton Oilers and the team’s elevation to the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2015-16. Now in their seventh AHL season,

Riley joined the organization late in 1997, when they were known as the Bakersfield Fog, to execute the transition from the Bakersfield Convention Center to Bakersfield Centennial Garden (now known as Mechanics Bank Arena). With a new name and a new arena in 1998, the Condors were named the West Coast Hockey League Organization of the Year.

The Keokuk, Iowa, native previously served as the Executive Director of the Mobile (AL) BayBears Baseball Club, the class-AA Southern League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and was integral in the construction of Hank Aaron Stadium. Riley is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University with a degree in communications. He earned a master’s degree in sport management from the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama.

KEITH GRETZKY General Manager

Keith Gretzky serves as the Condors General Manager and is an assistant general manager with the Edmonton Oilers, joining the organization in 2016. He previously worked as the director of amateur scouting for two NHL organizations in Boston (2013-16) and Phoenix (2007-11) in addition to being a scout for both franchises. Behind the bench, he was a head coach for the Asheville Smoke of the United Hockey League (UHL) from 1998-00 and the then Bakersfield Fog of the WCHL from 1995-98.

As a player, Gretzky played parts of five seasons in the International Hockey League (IHL) with Flint, Phoenix, and San Diego in addition to two seasons in the AHL with Rochester.