Image

Killer Bees rally falls short in WOSHL final

April 27, 2024

THE Alvinston Killer Bees scored four in the third but it wasn’t enough as the Tillsonburg Thunder won Game 7 in the WOSHL Final 5-4 to claim the Super Hockey League Championship.

The home team opened the scoring at 6:46 of the first period on a bad bounce off the end board and took a 1-0 advantage into the first intermission.

After adding an early second period goal, the Thunder scored twice in 71 seconds midway through the middle frame for a 4-0 lead at the second intermission.

Tillsonburg increased its lead to five goals early in the final period before the Killer Bees began its rally.

James McEwan, Franco Sproveiro, Brennan Feasey and Aidan Preuter scored for Alvinston in less than nine minutes in the third period and had a late power play but couldn’t get the equalizer.

The Bees outshot the Thunder, 41-38 including 16-7 in the third period.

Matteo LaLama stretches to try to stop a bouncing puck.
Matteo LaLama stops the shot in the second period
Four hundred Killer Bees fans travelled to Tillsonburg
Tillsonburg Captain Michael Rebry scores
Franco Sproverio celebrates during the Bees comeback
Jacob Chantler takes a faceoff
Aidan Prueter and Matteo LaLama

Share This

Image
Front Page

Warwick Township inks $2.5M deal for municipal office

July 17, 2026

Move to save $100K a year Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Township now owns its municipal building. The township moved into its new office in Watford on Nauvoo Road in April 2022. The Watford Investment Group which removed a block of old buildings in the downtown and erected a new plaza and home for Libro Financial. Council approved the construction and work

Read More

Image
Front Page

Royal Canadian Legion turns 100 today

July 17, 2026

The Independent The Royal Canadian Legion is 100 years old today. After the First World War, a number of associations serving veterans – Amputation Association of the Great War and the Tuberculous Veterans’ Association and the largest of the groups was the Great War Veterans’ Association – merged at the urging of Field Marshal Earl Haig, founder of the British Legion

Read More

Image
Front Page

More cancellations, fire bans as wildfire smoke continues to blanket Lambton

July 17, 2026

Black Gold Fest in Oil Springs among cancellations The Independent If you’re heading out to an event this weekend, you might want to check to see if it is still on. A number of events have been cancelled for the weekend because of poor air quality in Lambton from wildfire smoke. In Petrolia, town officials have cancelled the Saturday morning

Read More

Image
Front Page

Sarnia firefighters rescue person from garbage truck

July 17, 2026

The Independent Sarnia firefighters helped a person who ended up in a garbage truck. Around 6 am Friday, firefighters responded to a report of a person trapped in a garbage truck. The person had been sleeping in a dumpster when it was emptied into the truck. Officials say fell into the nearly empty hopper and hurt their lower back. Firefighters

Read More