BISON SIGN FORWARDS MIKHAIL ABRAMOV AND GRIFFEN FOX
By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington Bison
Bloomington, Ill. – Bloomington Bison Head Coach and VP of Hockey Operations Phillip Barski announced today that the team has signed forwards Mikhail Abramov and Griffen Fox to standard player contracts.
Abramov, 27, played 25 games with the VHL’s Metallurg Novokuznetsk last season and has over six years of professional hockey experience between the VHL and the KHL, Russia’s highest-level league.
The 6-foot-1, 192-pound Neryungri, Russia, native has scored three goals and seven points in 39 career KHL games with Kunlun Red Star and HK Sochi and has amassed 50 points (21g-29a) in 158 career VHL games with numerous teams.
Fox, 25, began the season with the SHPL’s Peoria Rivermen and has registered 43 points (22g-21a) in 69 career SPHL games with a +33 rating.
From Brantford, Ontario, Fox attended Lakehead University before beginning his professional career with a nine-game ECHL debut in spring of 2024.
He scored one goal in seven games with the Fort Wayne Komets and finished the season by appearing in two games with the Allen Americans. In 70 university games, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound center tabbed 60 points (24g-36a).
DEFENSEMAN COOPER MOORE LOANED TO BISON
Bloomington, Ill. – New York Rangers Assistant General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that defenseman Cooper Moore has been loaned to the Bloomington Bison.
Moore, 24, signed a one-year contract with the Wolf Pack on June 23, 2025 and has contributed two assists in 12 games with Hartford this season.
The 6-foot-2, 187-pound Greenwich, Connecticut, product was selected with the 128th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings.
The left-shot blueliner played three seasons at the University of North Dakota and two with Quinnipiac University, where he represented his team as an alternate captain. In 163 career NCAA Division-I games, he totaled 63 points (11g-52a) and 133 penalty minutes with a +19 rating.
Moore played for the BCHL’s Chilliwack Chiefs in the 2019-20 season and earned a place on the All-Rookie Team. He led all defensemen with 12 goals and amassed 33 points in 55 games played.
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