Colisée Vidéotron



The Colisée Vidéotron is an 4,500 arena located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The arena opened in the fall of 2020. It was built to standards for a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team. The arena replaces the original Colisée de Trois-Rivières, which opened in 1937, as the main hockey venue in the city. The new arena will be the home of the UQTR Patriotes women's ice hockey team.

In July 2020, Newfoundland Growlers' majority owner Dean MacDonald (through his group Deacon Sports and Entertainment) came to an agreement with the city to place an ECHL team in Le Nouveau Colisée, pending league approval, for the 2021–22 season. On November 30, the team finalized its lease agreement. Finally, on January 12, 2021, the team was approved by the ECHL Board of Governors to join the league for the 2021–22 season. On January 19, the Montreal Canadiens had announced that the new team would serve as their ECHL affiliate.

On June 10, 2021, the team name was announced as the Trois-Rivières Lions, named after the only previous professional team to play in the city, the Trois-Rivières Lions, from 1955 to 1960.

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