Lions Bites: Hunting for a playoff berth

It was the penultimate week of the regular season, and the Lions de Trois-Rivières were in the thick of the hunt for a playoff berth in the North Division. For the TL;DR crowd, the Lions started in fifth place this week, but thanks to a solid haul of five out of six points, they landed in third place in a tight race with the Worcester Railers and the Maine Mariners. They will only need four points out of a possible eight next week to qualify for the playoffs.

Player Movement

As the Laval Rocket continues to get healthy, the Lions continue to reap the benefits. This week the Rocket loaned Justin Ducharme back to the Lions, but the big surprise was that the Montreal Canadiens re-assigned…