For the first time this year, the Trois-Rivières Lions will have the opportunity to count in their ranks a young goalkeeper who was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens organization. Indeed, it is in Mauricie that the cerberus Joe Vrbetic will begin his professional career.
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Choice of 7e turn of the Canadian in 2021, Vrbetic, who has just celebrated his 20e anniversary, comes to the pro ranks after two full seasons in the Ontario Hockey League (and another canceled due to the pandemic) with the North Bay Battalion. He could have gone back there, because he is still eligible, but the principal concerned believes that it was time for him to take the next step in his career.