Lou-Felix Denis started the scoring for Bloomington just one minute and 44 seconds into the game when he caught a pass from Brad Morrison and picked off the Komets netminder. The Bison led the pace of play for almost the entire period and extended the lead by going up 2-0 at the 13:05 mark. Eddie Matsushima entered the offensive zone and dropped the puck for Shane Ott, who banked in his ninth goal of the season from the top of the faceoff circle. Tung made 12 saves in the first period and limited rebounds with strong positional goaltending.
Less than five minutes into the second, Bloomington took advantage of a Fort Wayne slump and Mack finished off an odd-man rush chance from Morrison and Matsushima to go up 3-0. The attacking outburst continued late in the period when Zakary Karpa made it 4-0. Mikhail Abramov drew attention to himself along the boards, just inside the blue line, before sailing a pass to Ayden MacDonald on the other side of the ice. MacDonald then left a drop pass for Karpa, who scored the fourth Bison goal with less than two and a half minutes to go. Tung saved all ten shots put on net in the period and would be tested even more in the third.
Bloomington started the final frame on a power play thanks to a cutting penalty on the horn, and Mack scored from Abramov and Denis at 1:39 to give the Bison their fifth goal. Fort Wayne outscored the visitors 15-3 in that period, and Tung was under fire for most of the final ten minutes of the game. With almost five minutes left, he made a full overtime save on a hug stop after a rebound bid and finished the game with 37 saves.
With the win, Bloomington jumped two points ahead of the Indy Fuel to take sole possession of third place in the Central Division, and now sits just five points behind Fort Wayne for second place.
The Bison are back on home ice for Country Night, presented by Texas Roadhouse, when Brushville will perform a free post-game concert for all ticketed fans and the first 2,000 in the building will receive a free cowboy hat!
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