Bloomington Bison joining ECHL in 2024-25

[VaCaps Fan]

Any word on preseason?

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Any word on preseason?

One game versus their Indy cousins on the 12th.

Bloomington Bison | BISON TO PLAY FUEL IN LONE PRESEASON GAME

BLOOMINGTON - The Bloomington Bison will host the Indy Fuel at Grossinger Motors Arena in their lone preseason game on Saturday, October 12, 2024. This will be the first-ever game played for the Bloomington Bison, one of the newest teams to join the ECHL for the 2024-25 season along with the Lake...

bloomingtonbisonhockey.com

 

[JMCx4]

BISON BOLSTER ROSTER WITH PAIR OF SIGNINGS
Tuesday, September 24th

Bloomington, Ill. - Bloomington Bison General Manager and Head Coach, Phillip Barski, announced today the signings of forward Connor Lockhart and defenseman Wyatt McLeod to ECHL standard player contracts. ...

Read more at: Bloomington Bison | BISON BOLSTER ROSTER WITH PAIR OF SIGNINGS

 

[JMCx4]

More Hockey Ops staff is good, but where we at with preseason game tickets???!!!

Wednesday, September 25th

BISON COMPLETE HOCKEY OPERATIONS STAFF

Bloomington, Ill. - Bloomington Bison General Manager and Head Coach, Phillip Barski, announced today the hirings of Head Athletic Trainer Matt Borucki, Head Equipment Manager Josh Pentico, Assistant Equipment Manager Austin Roots-MacKay and Strength and Conditioning Coach Jesse Cook. ...

Read the Hirees' Resumes at: Bloomington Bison | BISON COMPLETE HOCKEY OPERATIONS STAFF

 

[JMCx4]

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Preseason tickets?

 

[No Fun Shogun]

We traded future considerations twice in one day to the same team.

 

[JMCx4]

We traded future considerations twice in one day to the same team.

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The Stingrays have an intern handling trades, and they only know how to process one transaction at a time.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

We need need GM JMCx4!

 

[JMCx4]

BISON SIGN BRETT BUDGELL AND JAKE MURRAY​

 

[JMCx4]

Bison job openings ... HUGE opportunity for @VaCaps Fan to relocate & start fresh ... Start at Mascot & earn your next promotion to Ticket Sales Intern ... If he advances rapidly, maybe he can get me a pair of preseason tickets before Oct. 12th ...

• ECHL Off-Ice Official
• Team Photographer
• Broadcast and Media Relations Intern
• Mascot
• Merchandise Store Associate
• Ticket Sales Intern

 

[VaCaps Fan]

I am down! Except I am too short for the mascot costume.

 

[JMCx4]

I am down! Except I am too short for the mascot costume.

Maybe they'll have a Baby Bison sidekick.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Hutch can be my boss.

 

[PCSPounder]

We need need GM JMCx4!

NO! We need need need GM JMCx4!!!

 

[PCSPounder]

We traded future considerations twice in one day to the same team.

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Imagining the hell of a cross-sport mashup where Future Considerations is traded for Targeted Allocation Money. I think a form of that is a regular occurrence in Major League Soccer (positioning for the clinically insane Discovery List is pretty much future considerations).

 

[VaCaps Fan]

NO! We need need need GM JMCx4!!!

He would have run vermillion county bobcats right!

 

[JMCx4]

He would have run vermillion county bobcats right!

My FIRST action would have been to ban any & all HFBoards posters who didn't spell Vermilion County (one L) correctly.

 

[jabberoski]

@JMCx4 - your long national nightmare is over.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841161844079075705

 

[JMCx4]

@JMCx4 - your long national nightmare is over.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841161844079075705

Thanks for the heads up, Jabs. But I consider it international, as Illinois is like a whole 'nother country.

 

[JMCx4]

BISON STRIKE DEAL WITH TWO FORWARDS

Wednesday, October 2nd

Bloomington, Ill. - Bloomington Bison General Manager and Head Coach, Phillip Barski, announced today the signings of forwards Linus Hemström and Chongmin Lee to ECHL standard player contracts. ...

Read more at: Bloomington Bison | BISON STRIKE DEAL WITH TWO FORWARDS

 

[JMCx4]

Coach Barski's in the home stretch ...

BISON SIGN THOMAS STEWART AND JACOB DURHAM

Thursday, October 3rd

Bloomington, Ill. - Bloomington Bison General Manager and Head Coach, Phillip Barski, announced today the signings of defenseman Thomas Stewart and forward Jacob Durham to ECHL standard player contracts. ...

Read more at: Bloomington Bison | BISON SIGN THOMAS STEWART AND JACOB DURHAM

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Solid work on building this team.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Tickets in my hand... er... in my phone for both of the opening weekend games.

Just hope that the Saturday Illini game gets scheduled for noon rather than later. Hoping to attend both, albeit I have no expectation to win versus Michigan.