Lions split a pair

The loss came 24 hours after the Lions, paced by a Louis Leblanc hat trick, crushed Montreal 7-1, also at the Civic Centre

Despite the loss, the Lions remain in first place in the CCM division, two points ahead of the Laurentides Vikings heading into this weekend’s two-game road trip in Amos, beginning on Saturday afternoon and wrapping up with a Sunday matinee. It will be the first visit by the Lions to the wilds of northern Quebec since the club was ousted from the playoffs by the hometown Forestiers in game seven of their divisional semifinal last spring.