Image
File Photo

October 31, 2025

Barry Wright/The Independent

The Alvinston Killer Bees has improved to 5-0 on the Northern Premier Hockey League season but it was far from easy.

Trailing 4-1 in the second period, the Bees scored four straight goals to take a 5-4 advantage into the final minute of regulation time Saturday in Stratford. But, the Irish scored with an extra attacker with 20 seconds left to force a fourth period.

Brandon Couto scored in the extra frame to send the Bees home with the two points.

Ethan Lamoureux had two goals and an assist for the Bees and was chosen the first star of the contest. Sheldon Thompson, Harlan Orr and Jacob Chantler also scored for Alvinston. Brennan Feasey and James McEwan had three and two assists respectively. Kaden Fulcher made 27 saves to improve to 2-0 on the season.

The Bees return to home ice Saturday against the Woodstock Lakers. Game time is 6:45.

Meantime, the league has chosen Alvinston as the host site for the Metropolitan Division all-star game and skills competition in the New Year.

The contest will be played on Jan. 10 at the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Complex. The team says additional information will be released in the coming weeks.

Share This

Image
Front Page

Middlesex man facing seven charges after Wyoming crash

October 22, 2026

The Independent An accident in Wyoming led to multiple charges including uttering death threats. Oct. 21, just before 6 pm, the OPP was called to a home on Brooke St. near London St. for a disturbance. There was a single car accident and police conducted a traffic stop. A 41-year-old man from Middlesex County was arrested and charged with He

Read More

Image
Front Page

Water restrictions lifted in Lambton

October 22, 2026

The Independent People in Plympton-Wyoming, Warwick, Brooke-Alvinston and Forest can resume normal water use. Yesterday, the Lambton Area Water Supply System asked people to conserve water while workers repaired a major problem on London Line. Clinton Harper, LAWSS general manager, said crews were working on a waterline on London Line near Mandaumin when there was a problem. He says the

Read More

Image
Front Page

Chicago man on his way back to US charged with impaired driving

October 22, 2026

The Independent A Chicago man’s travels were delayed after Canada Border Services stopped someone they thought was impaired. Oct. 19, just before 8 am, Lambton OPP went to the Blue Water Bridge. They arrested a 48-year-old Chicago man and charged him with impaired driving. The man was given a 90-day driver’s licence suspension and his vehicle was impounded for seven

Read More

Image
Front Page

McGregor scores as Team Canada advances to semis

October 22, 2026

The Independent Forest’s Tyler McGregor notched a second period goal in Team Canada’s 7-0 win over the host team at the International Para Hockey Cup in Czechia on Wednesday. McGregor has four goals and an assist in three games at the tournament. Canada will play Czechia in a rematch in semifinal action on Friday. The U.S. takes on the World

Read More