Things have been pretty quiet on the Trois-Rivières front in terms of finalizing the arena deal with Deacon Sports and Entertainment (DSE) so that the latter can formally submit its request for an ECHL expansion franchise. Both sides made a big fanfare of the fact that their signed a memorandum of understanding back in July, and were on track toward dotting all the I’s and crossing all the T’s. Since then there has been silence.
That hasn’t stopped DSE from continuing to make waves in the ECHL, first by announcing a similar partnership with the city of Coralville, Iowa for the mutual desire for an ECHL expansion franchise there.