Jakov Novak

ECHL Weekend Recap: Wheeling Nailers vs Trois-Rivieres Lions | 11/08/-11/09/2024

For the first time this season, the Wheeling Nailers and Trois-Rivieres Lions met in a North Division weekend series where points are the most important. Heading into the weekend series, the Nailers were sitting with a 4-3-0-0 record, while the Lions were sitting with a 3-2-1-0 record. In a tightly contested weekend series, both teams […]

ECHL North Division Recap: Week One | 10/18-10/21/2024

The ECHL Regular Season has officially kicked, and it was an exciting weekend for teams in the North Division and after the opening weekend it’s the Reading Royals hold the top spot in the North after going 3-0 on the weekend. Let’s take a closer look at each individual team’s efforts over the weekend. Reading […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Announce 2024-25 Season Opening Roster

The Trois-Rivieres Lions announced their 2024-25 season-opening roster earlier today as they will open up their season tomorrow night vs Reading Royals. For Trois-Rivieres, they lost a lot of key pieces on the blue line, but they did bring back their leading scorer in Jakov Novak, and they have some strong goaltending with two guys […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Announce Captain

The Trois-Rivieres Lions have announced that Morgan Adams-Moisan has been named the team’s second captain in team history after Cedric Montminy announced his retirement from professional hockey earlier this Summer. Jakov Novak, Brycen Martin, and Anthony Beauregard will serve as the team’s assistant captains. This isn’t the first time Adams-Moisan has served as a captain, […]

ECHL 2024-25 Season Previews: Trois-Rivieres Lions

The Trois-Rivieres Lions had a lot of business to tend to off the ice during the 2024 off-season after almost folding at the end of last season before Spire Sports came in and saved the franchise. One of the main things TR wanted to get done this off-season was to extend their affiliation with the […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Announce 2024 Training Camp Roster

The Trois-Rivieres Lions have announced their initial 28-man training camp roster, which consists of 17 forwards, eight defensemen, and three goaltenders. Trois-Rivieres will open up the season at home on October 18th vs Reading Royals. They would also claim defensemen Wyatt McLeod from the Bloomington Bison. McLeod’s only prior ECHL experience came during the 2020-21 […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Announce 2024 Season-Ending Roster

The Trois-Rivieres Lions announced their 20-man season-ending roster on Saturday evening. The Lions had 26 players on their protected list, which was due to the league last Thursday. Each team is allowed to protect a maximum of 20 players and reserve the rights to eight players; no more than four can be veterans. The ECHL […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Extend Affiliation Agreement With Montreal Canadiens

The Trois-Rivieres Lions have announced that they have signed a three-year extension with Laval Rocket and Montreal Canadiens to continue as the team’s ECHL affiliate. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise, as the three teams have been affiliated with each other for the past three seasons. Prior to getting the deal done in […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions 2023-24 Season Recap

The Trois-Rivieres Lions had a season to remember in 2023-24, as there was excitement at every turn of the season, and luckily for the fans of Trois-Rivieres, the season ended with their team not only still in the ECHL but making the Kelly Cup Playoffs. When looking back at the Trois-Rivieires 2023-24 season, there are […]

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ECHL Playoffs Series Recap: Norfolk Admirals vs. Trois-Rivières Lions | Round 1

The 2014-15 season brought a lot of pain to the Norfolk, VA community, with the Norfolk Admirals missing out on the playoffs and the Anaheim Ducks relocating their American Hockey League affiliate to San Diego, CA. Professional hockey was not entirely lost, as it was announced the city would bring back an ECHL team for […]