Samuel Montembeault listened to the Lions at a rally in Trois-Rivières last night

But the Lions are still alive.

The Rocket’s training club is in the ECHL finals. And yesterday, Ron Choules’ men tied their series 1-1. The Trois-Rivières Lions won by a score of 5-1.

And on that subject, it’s very interesting to note that Samuel Montembeault, who is the #1 goalie in the Canadiens organization (excluding Carey Price, who obviously doesn’t play hockey anymore), follows what’s going on in Trois-Rivières in terms of hockey.

And he may be the only one to do so…

According to what journalist Matthew Vachon mentioned on social networks, Monty was present at last night’s Lions rally at La Chambre in Trois-Rivières to listen to the game.

And it wasn’t the first time the goalkeeper had travelled for the Lions.

You rarely hear about the Habs traveling to the ECHL. To see that the big club’s goaltender does it for his own pleasure, to me, is still significant.

He may live in the region during the off-season, but it’s still significant. He doesn’t have to do it, but he still chooses to make the effort.

It shows his passion and respect for hockey.

The Lions will play tomorrow (7pm), Friday (7pm) and Saturday (3pm) at home. And if need be, the club will return to the road for the final game(s) of the finals.

overtime

– Interesting stuff.

– Ouch.

– Read on.

– Until he signs a long-term contract somewhere, the issue will be the talk of the town.