BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Bloomington Bison Head Coach and VP of Hockey Operations Phillip Barski announced today that the team has signed returning forwards Lou-Felix Denis, Zach Faremouth and Parker Lindauer to standard player contracts for the 2026-27 season.

Denis, 23, was fourth in goals for the Bison last season and finished the year with 30 points (15g-15a) and 71 penalty minutes in 70 games. The 5-foot-10, 172-pound forward fits into any lineup scheme as a center or a winger, and contributed to Bloomington’s penalty kill, which ranked ninth overall at home (84.4%).

The Farnham, Quebec product began his professional career with the Reading Royals before being acquired by the Bison for the final 18 games of the 2024-25 season. In total, Denis has amassed 56 points (27g-29a) and 141 penalty minutes in 138 career ECHL games.

Denis skated in 197 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League games from 2020 through the 2023-24 campaign and registered 113 points (47g-66a). He added four goals and eight points in 25 postseason games and was a member of the QMJHL Champion Shawinigan Cataractes team.

Faremouth, 26, was originally acquired by the Bison on March 8 after scoring nine goals and tallying 18 points in 53 games with the Greensboro Gargoyles. He scored a goal and added two assists in the final 17 games of the season with Bloomington while also becoming a mainstay on the team’s penalty kill.

The Jackson, Michigan native had a three-game ECHL debut with Reading after finishing collegiate play during the 2024-25 season. Faremouth spent four years at Ferris State University where the 6-foot-3, 212-pound center appeared in 126 NCAA Division-I games and totaled 35 points (17g-18a).

Before joining the university ranks, Faremouth played Juniors in the North American Hockey League and United States Hockey League. In 150 USHL games, he recorded 54 points (28g-26a) and 251 penalty minutes, and he notched 18 points 6g-12a) in 43 NAHL contests.

Lindauer, 25, signed with the Bison on March 20 after completing his senior season as an alternate captain at Union College. He amassed 34 points (10g-24a) in 37 games before tallying four goals and nine points in 12 ECHL games with Bloomington.

The 5-foot-11, 181-pound Madison, Wisconsin native became just the third Bison to score a goal in his first two games with the team. Lindauer played two seasons at the University of Maine before joining Union College and totaled 50 points (14g-36a) in 102 NCAA Division-I games.

Prior to his collegiate career, Lindauer scored 37 points (16g-21a) in 40 NAHL games and had 19 points (8g-11a) in 87 USHL games.

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