The Bloomington Bison have announced that they’ve signed forward Daniel Tedesco for the 2025-26 season. Bloomington now has 11 forwards and 19 players signed for the 2025-26 season. Tedesco,31, put up 11 goals and 32 assists for 43 points in 53 games in the EIHL last season with the Guildford Flames. The Italian forward would also put up four goals and four assists for eight points at the World Championships (D1A), where Italy took home Silver. Tedesco would be named the Top Player of the Tournament for Italy. If Tedesco can put up the same numbers he did overseas, he’ll be a big piece for the Bison.
Stick taps for our newest Bison, Daniel Tedesco!
— Bloomington Bison (@bisonhockeyECHL) September 26, 2025https://t.co/g26dGqdI0t pic.twitter.com/CbFhcSI9rX
He would spend his first full season in the ECHL and SPHL during the 2017-18 season. In 22 games with the Idaho Steelheads and Wheeling Nailers, he would put up two goals and five assists for seven points. He also saw two games with the Wichita Thunder at the end of the 2016-17 season. At the SPHL level, he put up 16 goals and 17 assists for 33 points in 21 games with the Pensacola Ice Flyers and Mississippi RiverKings. He would add two goals and two assists for four points in three playoff games with the RiverKings.
The 6’1 “, 192-pound winger has spent the last seven seasons overseas. He spent the first five seasons in Italy playing in the AlpsHL and Italy2. During his time in the Alps HL, he put up 41 goals and 70 assists for 111 points in 85 games with Asiago and Fassa. In 2022, he led the league in points (68). Tedesco also played in 39 games in Italy2, where he put up 47 goals and 36 assists for 83 points with Kaltern/Caldaro and Varese. In 2019, he led Italy2 in points (39) and won the Italian Cup Championship.
During the 2022-23 season, he made the move to the EIHL, where he has spent the last three seasons with the Belfast Giants and Guildford Flames. In 157 EIHL games, he’s put up 62 goals and 108 assists for 170 points. He would add three goals and five assists for eight points in eight playoff games. In each of his three seasons in the EIHL, he would play in the EIHL Cup. In 26 EIHL Cup games, he put up 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points.
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