"We're excited to see George," head coach Patrick Roy said before the game. "He's been playing really well. Unfortunately for him, every time we needed a call-up, he was hurt or sick. We're excited to have him up here right now. We love our young guys, we trust them, it's a good opportunity for him. He played so well last year."
Like I said, we talked this morning and everybody needs to step up, for sure. We might have a couple of different younger guys in there tonight, but the team game is what it's all about for us. When you have injuries like this, we don't know if Matthews is playing tonight, we need a really strong team game tonight. The team game can get you through it.
Trineyev, mentored by Aliaksei Protas at the start of his AHL career, has become one of the Hershey Bears' best players, serving as a major contributor offensively and defensively. He is the first player off the bench for the penalty kill and also gets power-play time on the team's second unit. He currently sits second on the team in points with 12 (6g, 6a) in 15 games. He rooms with Ilya Protas and Eriks Mateiko.