The Lions de Trois-Rivières finished off 2022 with difficulty, dealing with a significant number of call-ups as six regulars found themselves with the Laval Rocket. In addition, Colin Bilek was recalled to the Manitoba Moose and Alex Breton remained on a PTO with the Belleville Senators. That’s a total of eight regulars missing from the lineup, which certainly presented Marc-André Bergeron with an immense challenge. Especially since Brett Stapley was out with an injury for the last two games.
Despite this, the Lions did win two of their last five games, and four of their last 10. It’s not a great record, but it’s also not setting them too far back, only five points out of the final playoff spot.