Relief is probably the best way to describe what the Lions de Trois-Rivières players are feeling right now, as they won their first game in franchise history, 2-0 against the Maine Mariners on the road, in their fourth game of the season.
It was certainly a tall order to launch your franchise against the most stacked team in the ECHL without any exhibition games, but the Lions did just that, and dropped three straight games to the Newfoundland Growlers.
The first game, in front of a sellout crowd at the Colisée Vidéotron, was only 15 seconds young when the Growlers scored their first goal.