Denis Gets Three in Iowa
Published on February 26, 2026 under ECHL (ECHL)
Bloomington Bison News Release
Coralville, Iowa - Lou-Felix Denis scored twice and added an assist but the Bloomington Bison were defeated 5-3 by the Iowa Heartlanders at Xtream Arena on Wednesday evening.
Early on, Callum Tung was tested by a flurry of shots and Bloomington's netminder denied a cross-crease feed nearly six minutes in. A minute later, Chongmin Lee was denied on a two-on-one rush toward Iowa's net, and back-and-forth action continued. The Bison remained trapped in their own end toward the end of the period, and Iowa opened the scoring on their 19th shot of the game with 5:31 left in the period. The Bison made one final push but were stopped with just over three minutes remaining and took a 1-0 score and 24-8 shot deficit into the second.
For a second-straight frame, Bloomington allowed the first goal, and the Heartlanders took a 2-0 lead at 3:12 of the middle period. The Bison pushed and had three quality chances near the halfway point, but could not find success. With just 10 seconds remaining on a penalty kill, Iowa increased its lead to 3-0 at 16:52 before Bloomington answered. Thirty-five seconds later, Denis scored from Kyle Jackson and Riku Ishida and the Bison ended the period down by two, but earned a powerplay that carried into the final stanza.
The visitors were held off the scoresheet while on the man-advantage, but got to within one goal of tying Iowa less than two and a half minutes in when Jackson scored from Denis and Gavlas. The Heartlanders jumped ahead 4-2 one second past the halfway mark of the third, and Denis responded with his second tally of the evening, but a late empty-net goal punctuated Bloomington's comeback attempt. In total, Tung made 36 saves while the Bison scored three times on 33 shots.
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