Jonathan Yantsis

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Re-Sign Jonathan Yantsis

The Trois-Rivieres Lions announced on Thursday afternoon that they have re-signed forward Jonathan Yantsis for the 2024-25 season. Yantsis, 25, would play in 13 ECHL games during the 2023-24 season, with 10 of those games coming as a member of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, where he would go scoreless and would be waived by the […]

ECHL: Trois-Rivieres Lions Announce 2023-24 Protected List

The Trois-Rivieres Lions have announced that have protected 26 players on their 2023-24 protected list. Here are the rules of the protected list per the ECHL: Teams are allowed to protect as many players as they wish provided the players protected meet the guidelines as defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the ECHL and […]

ECHL Announces Length Of Suspension For Jonathan Yantsis

The ECHL Department of Player’s Safety has announced that they have suspended Trois-Rivieres Lions forward Jonathan Yantsis for nine additional games for his actions on Saturday Night as he cross-checked Norfolk Admirals defenseman Darick Louis-Jean. Originally, the league had suspended Yantsis indefinitely pending a hearing. Yantsis has already served one game of his suspension and […]

ECHL Announces Fines and Suspensions | 04/28/2024

The ECHL Department of Players Safety has announced that Trois-Rivieres Lions forward Jonathan Yantsis has been suspended indefinitely pending review and fined an undisclosed amount for his actions at the 11:29 mark of the second period in Game 5 vs Norfolk Admirals. Yantsis would check Norfolk’s Darick Louis-Jean from behind as Louis-Jean would end up […]

ECHL Game Recap: Trois-Rivières Lions vs Worcester Railers | 04/12/24

The Worcester Railers and the Trois-Rivieres Lions met in Quebec last night for the first of three matches and had quite the game. If they won on Frida Night, the Railers would still be in a position to clinch a Kelly Cup Playoff spot, which is their first since the 2017-2018 season. Last night’s win […]

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits Transactions | 02/21/2024

Greenville, SC—The Greenville Swamp Rabbits have made some roster moves in the last day after playing three games last week. Yesterday, they traded forward/left-wing Jake Smith to the Reading Royals in exchange for future considerations. Smith was an elite one-timing sniper on the Rabbits’ power play, but he unfortunately fell short when it came to […]