Joe Vrbetic

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Announce Kelly Cup Roster

The Trois-Rivieres Lions have announced their 24-man Kelly Cup Playoff prior to their first-round match-up vs Norfolk Admirals, which begins tomorrow night at Colisse Videortron. Here’s the entire 24-man roster per the ECHL Site: Trois-Rivières Lions – Zachary Bouthillier, G; Zachary Emond, G; Miguel Tourigny, D; Cory Thomas, D; Jacob Paquette, D; Chris Merisier-Ortiz, D; Brycen […]

PHOTOS: Trois-Rivières Lions vs. Worcester Railers – 03/02/2024

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester Railers, coming off a two-week six-game road trip in Florida, found their winning ways on Saturday night, posting a 4-0 shutout win over the Trois-Rivières Lions. Reece Newkirk was in the Worcester Railers line up, coming back on a re-assignment from the Bridgeport Islanders. John Muse stopped all 30 shots […]

ECHL Game Recap: Adirondack Thunder vs. Trois-Rivieres Lions | 01/27/2024

GLENS FALLS, NY- The Adirondack Thunder sold out the Cool Insuring Arena for the second straight night. Despite their twelve-game winning streak ending, they picked up a point as they lost 2-1 in overtime to the Trois-Rivieres Lions, “Played seven forwards most of the game; I thought we played really well, I think we played […]

ECHL Game Recap: Adirondack Thunder vs Trois-Rivieres Lions| 01/03/2024

The Adirondack Thunder have kicked off 2024 the same way they ended 2023 with a win as the Thunder improved to 19-8-2-1 this year and now sit just two points out of the top spot in the Eastern Conference. In the opening frame, Joe Vrbetic and Vinnie Purpura would both make some big saves to […]

ECHL: Thunder Head Into Holiday Break On North Division Nice List

The Adirondack Thunder will head into the Holiday break with a four-point lead in the North Division, a position that has been unfamiliar to the team in previous years, “Especially now that I live here, I think of it as a hockey town, I kinda think of it from the fans perspective locally it makes […]

ECHL: Purpura’s Career-High 40 Saves Leads Thunder To OT Victory

The Adirondack Thunder had yet another Wednesday Night game as they headed to Trois-Rivieres for their second matchup with the Lions as Trois-Rivieres took the opening game of the season series in Glens Falls on November 12th by a score of 3-2. In the opening frame, it would be Joe Vrbetic and Vinnie Purpura who […]

ECHL: South Carolina says “Au Revoir” to Trois Rivieres Lions and Savannah Ghost Pirates

South Carolina had a busy week, as they took on the Lions for Wednesday night hockey, faced the Ghost Pirates on Friday night, visited Greenville on Saturday, and turned around for another home game on Sunday. Savannah Game The Stingrays went on the early advantage in the first period as Ross Armour was hauled into […]

ECHL: Joe Vrbetic Named Goaltender Of The Week

The ECHL announced earlier today that Joe Vrbetic of the Trois-Rivieres Lions has been named goaltender of the week as he went 2-0 with a 1.50 goals against average and .945 sv% while turning away 52 of the 55 shots he saw as the Lions picked up their first-ever sweep of the Newfoundland Growlers over […]

ECHL Season In Review: Trois-Rivieres Lions

Now that the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs is over, it’s time for me to give you a retrospective of the Trois-Rivières Lions’ last season. The big club hurt us. As determined since year one, the Lions of Trois-Rivières is the little brother of the Laval Rocket, that is to say, the mini […]