Lions Bites: Going off the rails against Worcester

In week four of the ECHL calendar, the Lions de Trois-Rivières faced the Worcester Railers three times, once at their home Colisée, and then a weekend series in Massachusetts. A single opponent over the span of a week is not unusual in the ECHL, as it helps to reduce travel costs for the smaller-budget league.

Arsen Khisamutdinov continues to have work-visa issues that prevent him from traveling with the team to the U.S. It’s a second consecutive challenge-filled season for the Russian. The Montreal Canadiens confirmed that they are responsible for arranging all work visas for their contracted players, but they admit that it has been especially difficult to arrange work visas for their…