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Full house for Killer Bees/Thunder final

April 25, 2024

The Tillsonburg Thunder say Friday’s seventh game of the Western Ontario Super Hockey League final between the Thunder and the Alvinston Kilelr bees is now sold out.

The Killer Bees forced a seventh game with a 6-2 win over the Thunder at home Monday.

The arena has a capacity of 700. It’s not known how many standing room tickets were made available.

The Killer Bees has said it is sending two, full charter buses to the decisive game and in total says more than 400 fans from Alvinston will be making the trek.

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