The Lions de Trois-Rivières faced the Maine Mariners in a set of three games for week seven of the ECHL calendar. The two teams previously played three games against each other, notably a wild 15-goal game that the Lions won in overtime on November 12th.
With both the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens dealing with injuries and quarantined players, the roster impact trickled down to the ECHL level where both teams had to shore up their rosters with players from the La Ligue Nord Américaine de Hockey. The Mariners signed a couple of players out of LNAH Rivière-du-Loup, notably one Garrett Clarke.