BISON KALEINIKOVAS HAS MULTI-POINT NIGHT VS IOWA

BISON KALEINIKOVAS HAS MULTI-POINT NIGHT VS IOWA

By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington BIson

Bloomington, Ill. – Mark Kaleinikovas recorded a two-point night but the Bloomington Bison dropped a 4-3 game to the Iowa Heartlanders at Grossinger Motors Arena on Friday evening.

Bloomington started the frame with pressure and fired eight of the first 13 shots on goal through the first 20 minutes, despite neither team lighting the lamp. Kaleinikovas came up with the best chance of the period but was denied before the intermission.

Early in the second stanza, Shane Ott potted a wraparound goal to give Bloomington a 1-0 lead. Ott circled the zone after Chongmin Lee sauced him the puck from a Kaleinikovas dump-in. Bloomington continued to push and eventually doubled its lead. Kaleinikovas tipped in a pass from Lee to give the Bison a 2-0 advantage at 14:15. Ott began the sequence from his own zone, but Iowa answered soon after. On a delayed penalty, a Heartlander split Bloomington’s defense and made it a one-goal game at 18:26. Moments later, Iowa tied the game off a Bison icing call at 18:42 to tie the game at 2’s. The teams headed into the third period in a tie.

SOUNDS OF THE GAME

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Before the halfway point, Iowa struck to go up 3-2, but Parker Gavlas tied the game from Cullen Ferguson and Parker Lindauer at 12:08. Bloomington surrendered the game-winning goal with 20 seconds left in regulation on a penalty kill.

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