Trois-Rivières Lions 2021-22 Lions de Trois-Rivières
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TR council was studying the plan. Nothing in 2020-2021 though.
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In the article, Lamarche openly admits that his preference is a QMJHL franchise. However, he says that every time he speaks with the Q commissioner, Courteau continues to tell him that there are no plans for expansion or relocation.
Turcotte also mentions that the council's #1 choice is the Habs' ECHL affiliate.
But with the chance that the QMJHL will return around December and that fans won't be able to attend right away, the TR mayor is looking closely at some of the franchises that may not be able to survive that long without any revenue. So he's keeping his eye on it and ready to be the ''savior.''
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ECHL à Trois-Rivières: Weightman en renfort
There is a meeting between the MacDonald and his group with the city of TR on Tuesday. And they will have Mark Weightman with them.
Weightman is an impressive guy to have with them. He worked for 22 years with the Alouettes, and after that, he joined he Canadiens and was made president of Laval Rocket and Place Bell. He did a remarkable job helping Laval get its foot off the ground.
He left the organization a few months ago and it was a big move. Now he will be with MacDonald and Marc-Andre Bergeron in this meeting.
Bergeron said the last little while, things have stagnated. So having this meeting on Tuesday is a good thing. MacDonald really wants this done.
Mayor Lamarche has his eye on the QMJHL and would be ready to offer TR and their new arena if a team that can't survive this pandemic financially and will need to stop operations.
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The city council and the ECHL group held a virtual meeting yesterday that lasted about 50 minutes. The city was impressed with the fact Mark Weightman is on board. There are a lot of things that need to be ironed out as there are other events, ticket box office, and restaurants that need to be worked on.
But all signs point it happening.
The arena will be ready in December. But they said that if the ECHL and the university team share the facility, which is the desired result the city wants (even though the mayor personally prefers a QMJHL team), they will need to make renovations in order to add a dressing room that can accommodate an ECHL team.
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I just can't wait for this to be official and we can look forward to it. Because this has been one hell of a roller coaster ride.
Vachon23
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I study in Trois Rivières and I probably have a stage there if all work so you can’t understand how much I hope this will work
Adam Michaels
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I am definitely happy things are looking like they'll happen. But with the way this has gone, until it becomes official, I still have the little part of me that feels that it can do a complete 180 at any moment.
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I have friends that live there. And we visit them 3-4 times a year. Mostly during the summer. But if this happens, then I will be making the trips during the fall/winter to attend games with them.
Pompeius Magnus
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Oh for sure, I'll only feel 100% happy once I see ink on the paper and I know for sure that mayor can't back out of it anymore.
Vachon23
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especially if they are able to bring a pre season game of the Habs in Trois Rivières that would be amazing
Adam Michaels
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Yea. The ECHL group of MacDonal and Bergeron have mentioned that the Habs are interested in holding part of their training camp there, as well as play a preseason game or two.
In one of their meetings, they laid out the financial part of the operations. They had said that it would cost about $4M annually to operate the ECHL team, but that it would bring in about $10M annually. Not to mention it would create a lot of jobs for the local economy.
And not to be ignored is the addition of Weightman. What he's done for Place Bell as the guy running that building can only encourage TR to agree to the ECHL team. When the Rocket weren't playing at home, he was able to organize women's hockey, concerts, wrestling events, Disney on Ice and many more. So even if there is no hockey, the arena is bringing in money. That has to play favorably to the ECHL group.
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Un pas de plus pour la ECHL à Trois-Rivières?
If my sorta decent french reading skills are correct it's pretty much a done deal.
If my sorta decent french reading skills are correct it's pretty much a done deal.
We'll see for sure in 6 hours I guess (Press conference with Macdonald, Weightman and MAB).
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I would think so, too.
I love the process of revealing the team name, the color scheme, the logo, and jerseys.
With Laval honoring Maurice Richard, I wonder if the ECHL team would pay homage to Beliveau. He was born in Trois-Rivières. It would be real cool for the Habs to honor their two biggest legends through their affiliates.
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