The Bloomington PrairieThunder, featuring two goals from Brett Holmberg, defeated the Dayton Gems 4-3 on Thursday night at U.S. Cellular Coliseum. Bloomington also got lamp lighters from Brodie Sheahan and Jon Booras. Booras' powerplay goal at 2:42 of the third period turned out to be the game winner. Former Fort Wayne Komet Brandon Naurato had two goals for Dayton.
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With the win, Bloomington improves to 16-9-1, good for 33 points. The PrairieThunder is just four points behind the first place Missouri Mavericks and have two games in hand. Dayton's record falls to 15-12-1 in the CHL's Turner (Northern) Conference.