There is reason to believe that the Condors will emerge victorious Wednesday night in Idaho, as the team  — not this one but the franchise in general — is 1-0 in the state of Idaho after coaching meltdowns the previous game. (see video on Condors Talk blog). You can look it up.

Diehards might  recall that on Oct. 29, 2003, then Condors coach Paul Kelly went all Lou Piniella on an ECHL referee in Boise, chucking just about everything that crossed his path on the bench and a few things that didn't, including a folding chair and a goalie mask, onto the ice after  about the sixth straight bad call against his team. Kelly drew a one-game suspension and the Condors lost the game to Idaho 4-3 in a shootout, but came back a few nights later to beat Idaho in Boise, 4-2.

The coach behind the bench that night was none other than Marty Raymond, Kelly's assistant who took over later in the year after Kelly was fired and who went ballistic Sunday afternoon, and may have one-upped his predecessor.

Both Kelly and Raymond have failed, however, to overtake Mike Butters as the all-time meltdown king in Bakersfield hockey history. Butters, as some of you might recall, while playing for the Bakersfield Oilers in 1994 decided it was good idea to vent his frustration over something er other by climbing over the boards, reaching into a bucket of pucks and one by one hurling them at whatever opposing player happened to be within range.

That's a tough act to follow.