The Indy Fuel opened their Halloween weekend on the road Friday night and fell 4-2 to the Bloomington Bison, who remain unbeaten in the 2026-27 ECHL season.

The teams were tied 1-1 after the first period. Bloomington pulled ahead in the second and third periods and finished it with an empty-net goal.

Grant Porter opened the scoring for the Bison with an unassisted goal at 9:57 of the first period. Twenty seconds later, Matt Petgrave went to the penalty box for holding and Killian Kiecker-Olson for unsportsmanlike conduct. Both penalties were killed off.

Cody Laskosky tied the game for Indy at 16:44, assisted by Paul Ludwinski and Aaron Bohlinger. About a minute later, Laskosky was called for slashing at 17:52, and Tommy Budnick followed six seconds later for high sticking. The Fuel killed off both penalties.

Bloomington outshot Indy 10-5 in the opening period.

Petgrave was called for high sticking at 5:23 of the second period, and the Fuel killed that penalty too. Raivis Ansons gave the Bison a 2-1 lead at 12:35. Less than a minute later, Bloomington’s Brenden Datema went off for tripping, but the score held. The Bison led 2-1 after two periods and had outshot the Fuel 19-12.

Michael Milne made it 3-1 for Bloomington at 2:20 of the third period. Less than three minutes later, Dean Loukus scored his first goal for the Fuel, cutting the lead to 3-2.

With just over five minutes left, Petgrave appeared to tie the game, but the goal was disallowed after a review.

Indy pulled goaltender Adam Gajan for an extra skater. Vladislav Kamenev then scored into the empty net to make it 4-2, and time ran out less than a minute later.

Bloomington outshot Indy 25-21 for the game. The Fuel had more shots in the third period, 9-6.

The Fuel are the ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks and the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs. The Fuel next take on the Fort Wayne Komets at the Fishers Event Center Sunday at 4pm