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Barry Wright/The Independent The Sting drafted goaltender Ivan Tkach-Tkachenko of Chernolesovsky, Russia with the tenth overall pick in the CHL Import draft last week. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound left-catching goaltender most recently suited up for Ufa Tolpar in the Russian junior league where he won 38 games in 72 appearances over the past two seasons. Utah chose him in the fifth

Barry Wright/The Independent Mark and Dale Hunter of the London Knights turned to Finland for its two picks in the CHL import draft last week. They selected Luca Santala in the first round with the 40th choice and then nabbed Juho Piiparunen in the second round with the 101st selection. Santala, a right-shot forward, turns 17 later this month.His father

Barry Wright/The Independent It appears this coming season will be the last one for Sarnia captain Alessandro Di Iorio in a Sting uniform. The former second overall pick in the OHL Priority Selection in 2024 has committed to Boston University for the 2027-28 campaign. The Columbus Blue Jackets chose Di iorio in the third round, 94th overall at the NHL

Barry Wright/The Independent Brian Dobbin has joined the Greater Ontario Hockey League’s St. Mary’s Lincolns as an assistant coach. The Petrolia-born former Mooretown Flag most recently was the head coach of the Elgin Middlesex U18 AAA team in 2024-25. Dobbin, 59, was a fifth round draft choice of the Philadelphia Flyers in 1984. He was inducted into the Hershey Bears

Barry Wright/The Independent Ben Foster has signed with the Sarnia Legionnaires. The 18-year-old netminder won 18 games last season with the Exeter Hawks of the PJHL. Sarnia has also signed Declan Haltaufderhyde and Michael Karadinovic. Haltaufderhyde played last season with the Toronto Red Wings under-18 AAA program while Karadinovic played with Iroquois Falls of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

Barry Wright/The Independent Jordan Kyrou is heading to the capital — the American capital that is.  The former Sting was dealt by the St. Louis Blues to the Washington Capitals in exchange for former London Knight Connor McMichael, a Swedish prospect and a first round draft choice late last week. Kyrou has scored 179 goals and 391 points in 516

The Independent The Point Edward Pacers overcame 3-0, 4-1, 5-2 and 7-4 deficits scoring three times in less than three minutes in the third period to pull even with the Regals in OLA Junior B playoff action in Guelph. But the home team scored with just over three minutes left in the final frame and held on for an 8-7

Barry Wright/The Independent Sting captain Alessandro Di Iorio heard his named called in the third round Saturday by the Columbus Blue Jackets.  He was the 94th overall selection at the draft in Buffalo. Meantime, Simon Katolicky, who has committed to the Sting for the 2026-27 campaign, was chosen in the fifth round, 132nd overall by the Calgary Flames.  And, former

The Independent It is 58 years and counting for the London Knights at the NHL draft. When the Philadelphia Flyers selected hulking defenceman Maksim Sokolovski with the 27th pick on Friday night it marked 58 straight years that the Knights have had at least one player chosen in the annual proceeding. The Hunter brother-led team has also had two first

Barry Wright/The Independent Ethan Glavin and Anthony Avellino have signed with the GOHL’s Sarnia Legionnaires for the 2026-27 season. Glavin, a late round pick by the Sting in 2025, played 43 regular season and playoff games with the Mooretown Flags last season registering two goals, 15 assists and 66 PIM. Avellino had 10 goals and 29 points in 40 total

The Independent It was a day of excitement for some Grade 4 to 6 students from Lambton Centennial School. The girls were part of the Toronto Blue Jays Girls at Bat program during the spring. Their team was drawn to attend a Blue Jays game where the girls were ushered to a box, received jerseys, hats, swag and free food,

Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia Soccer Club Board Members Emily Atkinson, Angela Salaris and Stephanie Munro were trying to defend the goal against Tallulah Pettit, Sadie Atkinson, Remington and Daisy Pettit at the Tank Street Heritage Field in Petrolia Wednesday. The town officially opened the new soccer pitches at the Petrolia Y as part of the Canada Day celebrations. “Today is