The Florida Everblades won the ultimate prize in the ECHL on Saturday night, defeating the Toledo Walleyes in five games to win the Kelly Cup. It seems like ages ago that the Lions de Trois-Rivières pushed the heavily favoured Newfoundland Growlers to a winner-takes-all seventh game before ultimately running out of steam and being eliminated.
Since then, there has been little news to talk about for the Lions. We do know that the team’s MVP and top scorer, Anthony Nellis, has signed to play in Slovakia next season. Obviously this is a massive loss for the team, one that cannot be officially addressed until several season-ending milestones are achieved.