BISON COME AWAY WITH A 3-2 VICTORY OVER IOWA HEARTLANDERS, DESPITE BEING OUTSHOT BY 13

IMAGE COURTESY OF BLOOMINGTON BISON MEDIA TEAM

NORMAL, Ill. – After a close win on Friday with a dull offensive performance, the Bloomington Bison flipped the script with a 7-2 win over the Iowa Heartlanders after scoring seven straight goals.

Unlike Friday’s match, the start of Saturday’s game was full of action from both sides. After a quick back and forth, Iowa scored the first goal at 4:00. The Bison played a little more aggressively for the rest of the period, but entering the second period they remained trailing by one.

In the second, Iowa got another quick goal after just 2:36. From here on out however, the tone of the game would completely change.

After some more back and forth, Ayden MacDonald scored the first of many goals for the Bison in the middle of the second.

The Bison kept up the momentum, as just three minutes later they scored for a second time. And less than a minute later, leading scorer Eddie Matsushima got his 18th goal.

Heading into the third period with a 3-2 lead, Bloomington showed no signs of slowing down. Iowa got a couple of early shots, but Hugo Olias held strong. Just under seven minutes into the period, defenseman Brenden Datema scored the teams’ fourth goal.

Continuing to attack, the Bison scored two more goals, one of which was made by Parker Lindauer, who made his ECHL debut in his first game with the Bison. With two and a half minutes left, Bloomington got one last goal, securing their 7-2 victory.

The Bison play one more game against Iowa at home on Sunday, March 22. After they head to Indiana to face the Fort Wayne Komets in their first of three road games.

For all things Bloomington Bison, stay tuned to WZND.com.