Monday, April 27, 2026

Bloomington Bison Add Former Viper MacDonald To 2026 Playoff Roster:

Former Vernon Vipers forward Ayden MacDonald is one of twenty players

added to the ECHL Bloomington Bison 2026 Playoff roster.

The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The league serves as a farm system to the AHL and the National Hockey League (NHL).

From https://echl.com/


MacDonald and the Bison open the first round of the ECHL Playoffs vs the Toledo Walleye in the South Division Semifinals.

MacDonald is in his first season with the ECHL Bloomington Bison. The Bison signed MacDonald October 3rd 2025. In 55 regular season games, MacDonald collected (10-goals-9-assists-19-points).

MacDonald spent the 2024-25 season with the ECHL Kalamazoo Wings, ECHL Maine Mariners, ECHL Allen Americans & Rapaces de Gap (a French ice hockey team that is based in Gap).

The Bison are MacDonald's sixth team since 2022. MacDonald played five years at Brock University from 2017-2022 before signing his first professional contract with the ECHL Greenville Swamp Rabbits January 4th 2022.

MacDonald committed to the Vernon Vipers for the 2014-15 season. The Vipers traded MacDonald & Jake Emilio to the Victoria Grizzlies October 8th 2014 for Brandon Egli, Mitch Meek and future considerations. MacDonald went pointless in 5 games with the Vipers. MacDonald played parts of four years in the BCHL with Surrey, Vernon, Victoria and Cowichan from 2013-2017. 

Ayden MacDonald's Player Profile:

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