Fuel win second in two nights against the Bloomington Bison

The Indy Fuel wrapped up their three-game week with a 3-1 victory Saturday night in Bloomington, taking the early season series against the Bison two games to one.

The Fuel wasted no time getting on the board, scoring on their first power play just three minutes into the game. Brett Moravec found the back of the net, assisted by Kevin Lombardi and Jesse Tucker — the same trio that led the team’s offense in Friday’s home win.

Both teams spent much of the first period trading penalties, but neither side could capitalize again. Indy outshot Bloomington 11-8 and took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.

Midway through the second period, Bloomington appeared to tie the game on a goal by Nikita Sedov, but it was overturned for goaltender interference. Moments later, a double-minor penalty on Indy’s Christian Berger gave the Bison their first power play of the night. Bloomington’s Riku Ishida converted to even the score 1-1 at 13:52.

The Fuel had one more man-advantage before the end of the period but couldn’t regain the lead, sending the game into the third tied at one.

After a quiet start to the final frame, Jesse Tucker broke the stalemate at 14:57, finishing off a setup from Owen Robinson and Lombardi to put Indy up 2-1. With less than two minutes left, Robinson sealed the win with an empty-net goal after Bloomington pulled goaltender Dryden McKay for an extra attacker.

Indy goaltender Ryan Ouellette turned aside 25 shots to earn the win as the Fuel outshot the Bison 34-26.

The victory capped off a strong weekend for the Fuel. Indy returns home Wednesday, taking on the Rapid City Rush.