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Petrolia Flyers moving on to divisional finals

March 18, 2025

Tobias Iantorno’s 13th playoff goal midway through the second period was the game-winner as the Petrolia Flyers beat the Bulldogs, 3-2 in Mt. Brydges on Tuesday night. Petrolia wins the Yeck Division semi-final in six games and will now play Exeter in the divisional finals. Dylan Campbell gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at the first intermission and Petrolia increased

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LCCVI loses opener at OFSAA

March 18, 2025

The Holy Cross Raiders from St. Catharines beat LCCVI, 6-1 in the opening game for both teams this morning at the OFSAA girls’ A/AA hockey tournament in Sudbury. The second-seeded Raiders had period leads of 1-0 and 3-1 before salting the game away with three unanswered goals in the third period. Olivia Minten had LCCVI’s lone goal, a power play

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Flyers could win Yeck semi-final Thursday

March 16, 2025

The Petrolia Flyers will head to Mt. Brydges on Tuesday night with a chance to stamp its ticket to the PJHL’s Yeck Division championship series. The Flyers lead the best-of-seven semi-final series, three games to two after a 3-2 home ice win before 482 fans on Sunday afternoon. Austin Harper scored the game-winner goal with just over seven minutes left

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Petrolia Flyers meet Mt. Brydges in second round

March 6, 2025

Semi final starts Saturday in Petrolia The Petrolia Flyers next playoff opponent is the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs. The first game of the second round series starts at Greenwood Recreation Centre Saturday to open their best-of-seven Yeck Division semi-final. Puck drop is 7:30. Game two is the following night in Mt. Brydges, also at 7:30. The Petrolia Flyers advanced to the

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Squires bounce back, beating Irish 6-3

March 6, 2025

Isaac McLean scored twice and Jakob Knowles made 45 saves to lead the Petrolia Squires to a 6-3 win over the Irish in Stratford Wednesday. The Irish still lead the best-of-seven Ontario Super Hockey League quarter final, two games to one. Game four is at Greenwood on Friday night. Zach VanEyk, Curtis Helps, Adam Craievich and Steve Beenackers also scored

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Local wrestlers take provincial stage at OFSAA

March 6, 2025

John Wright/The Independent Four local athletes had the chance to show off their skills at the 2025 OFSAA Wrestling Championships in Kitchener on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ellie Callister, Carson Toms, and Abbi White were the members of LCCVI’s team that qualified for the provincial meet. Anna Havryliuk was the lone representative for North Lambton Secondary School. Callister (girls 51KG division),

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Alvinston can sweep first round of playoff Saturday

March 1, 2025

The Alvinston Killer Bees inched closer to a first round sweep with an 8-5 home ice win over Dunnville in Ontario Super Hockey League playoff action on Friday night. Brennan Feasey scored four times for the winners, including an empty net marker. Ethan Lamoureux and Jacob Chantler had three assists each. Jayden Lammel, James McEwan, Carson Perry and Grant Spence

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Squires head to Stratford down one game in playoffs

March 1, 2025

It appears there was more rust than rest in Petrolia’s 8-2 loss to Stratford in Ontario Super Hockey League action at Greenwood on Friday night. The Squires had not played a game in four weeks prior to last night’s playoff opener. Adam Craievich and Ryan Trottier scored for Petrolia. Game two is Saturday in Stratford.

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Petrolia Flyers sweep Lucan

February 27, 2025

The Petrolia Flyers has advanced to the second round of the PJHL playoffs for the first time since the team located from Alvinston nearly a decade ago.Tobias Iantorno had his second straight hat trick along with an assist and Ryan Richardson scored twice to lead the Flyers to a 7-1 win over the Irish in Lucan on Wednesday completing a

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Lambton-Kent defeats LCCVI in a shoot out for the LK title

February 24, 2025

The Lambton-Kent Cardinals are the Lambton-Kent Boys hockey champions. The Cards defeated three-time LK champs 2-1 in a shootout at Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Arena in Dresden Monday. Max Avery got the Cards on the scoreboard midway through the second. Roen Douglas tied it up for the Lancers with 3:23 left in the third. An overtime period did not settle

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Flags split weekend playoff games with Blenheim.

February 24, 2025

John Chartrand made 60 saves in backstopping the Mooretown Flags to a 4-2 win over Blenheim at the Moore Sports Complex to open the Stobbs Division playoffs. The number of saves was a playoff career high for the third year netminder. Dylan Dupuis scored twice for the Flags Saturday with singles going to Casey Schouten and Jack Baerg before a

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Squires to take on Stratford in first round of playoffs

February 24, 2025

There will be Ontario Super Hockey League playoff action at Greenwood in Petrolia Friday as the Squires host the Stratford Fighting Irish in the first game of their bests-of-seven conference quarter final. Game two is set for Saturday night in the Festival city. Dates for the remainder of the series are to be announced in the coming days. Tillsonburg beat

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