Registration Open

Just a reminder that fall registration is open and this year is completely on-line. When you register at our website, you have the option of paying by check or by credit card. Sunday August 9th is the last day to register without incurring a $75 late registration fee so make sure you get in an sign up right away!

Sabre Squirt skates are coming up on August 10th and 17th at Rocket. All players that will be Squirts this fall are invited to attend. The cost is $10 per player per session. The session on the 10th is from 8:10-9:40pm and on the 17th it is 7:00-8:30pm.

Sabre Girls Clinics are also being held at Rocket on August 10th and 17th. Both days the clinic runs from 7:00-8:00pm. Cost is $10 per skater, per session.

A reminder that the Sabre Welcome Back Picnic will be held August 22nd from 4-8pm at Rocket. Come on out, we hope to see everyone there!!

Summer Updates

The spring season just ended but things are busy already. Among noteworthy items are the following:

-Sabres have signed Midget Director Chris Chelios to a new 3-year deal that will keep Chris with the club at least through the 2012 season.

-Summer skates are being planned for the PW, Bantam and Girls levels starting in July. Watch your e-mail and the website for dates and times.

-The club is expecting a large turnout for the fall girls program. For more information contact Dave Lobdell or Rob Granato.

-Fall Registration should be available on-line in early July.

Spring Musings

We are well into the spring season with all of the Sabre teams doing pretty well within the Southwest Spring League. The Sabres will be hosting the SWSL playoffs for the Bantam level on May 16th and 17th. Joe and Laura Bresingham have graciously agreed to coordinate the playoffs so if you are interested in volunteering as a scorekeeper/clock operator please contact Joe or Laura.

Reminder that the Sabre Golf Outing is scheduled for Friday June 19th at Tamarack. We are looking for golfers and hole sponsors. If you have questions or need more information about sponsorships, please contact Sue Quinn or Amy Granato.

Game 4 tonight, Hawks vs. Calgary-Patrick Kane back in the Hawks line-up. Let's win tonight and close it out at the UC on Saturday night! Enjoy the game!

Awards Ceremony This Sunday!

Reminder that the Sabre Awards Ceremony is this Sunday 3/22 at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove. The ceremony will start promptly at 1pm. Don Granato, head coach of the Wolves will be there along with White Sox organist Nancy Faust and other surprises. Wear your Sabre jerseys and come on out and join in the fun! The doors open at 12:15pm and refreshments will be available.

Good luck to both our Midget Major and Bantam AA teams that will be traveling down to St. Louis this weekend to participate in regionals!

Congratulations to our Bantam AA Coach Tom Clarke, who was named High School Coach of the Year....congratulations Tom!!

Playoffs and Spring.....

Congratulations to Bantam AA and the Midget Majors for their victories last weekend and bringing home the Blackhawk Cup!! Two great games at the Edge, Bantam AA dominated the Huskies and won big, while the Midget Majors took a 2-1 lead part way through the third period and added an empty net goal late to beat the Blues 3-1. Way to go guys!!

Reminder that spring registration is still open. Midget tryouts begin on Sunday, Bantams on Monday and all other levels are next weekend March 14 & 15. Registration now is completely on-line, including payment so go to the website and get registered for the spring season.

Also, remember that tomorrow night, 7pm at Rocket is the Sabre Coaches vs. the Midget Majors. Come on out and enjoy a fun night at the rink. Oxygen tanks will be available on the bench for the coaches. Rumor is there has been a lot of trash talk between the two sides so no telling what may happen!! Coach Chelios is even running an actual practice for Team Chelios-hopefully no one will hurt themselves!!

Odds and Ends

Congratulations to Bantam AA, Midget Major and the Girls U-16 all of whom will be playing for the Blackhawk Cup this weekend. Let's get everyone out to support our teams! Congratulations also to all 10 of the Sabre teams that made Final 8 in State. The Sabres had the second most teams of any club advance to the Final 8.

Spring registration is now open and you can both register and pay on-line. The deadline for registration is March 5th. Please be aware that Midget tryouts are March 8th,9th and 10th and Bantam tryouts are March 9th and 10th. This is a change to the dates that were published originally.

The spring coaches are also published on the web page, just go to the home page and click on the link under "spring coaches"

NIHL Playoffs

The Sabres want to congratulate our two Wolves Cup/NIHL Championship teams. Coach Paul Dukovac and his Mite A2 team won the Mite Bronze Championship by beating the Flames 3-2. Coach John Vanderpool and the Bantam A5 won the Bantam Bronze Championship by defeating the Ice Dogs 6-3 in the final game. Congratulations also to the Bantam A2 team for finishing 2nd in NIHL. All three teams did a great job representing the Sabres this past weekend. Way to go!!

Keep watching the web page, spring registration should be on-line sometime around mid-week and the spring coaches should be posted at approximately the same time.

Great job by everyone involved in the Shootout for Cancer at IIC on Friday night. A special thanks to Sabre mom Becky Cizek who was instrumental in putting the event together. Once again they far exceeded their fund-raising goal and that money will be put to good use funding cancer research. This is just another example of how the hockey community can come together like no other. Thanks to all that worked on and attended the event.

Good to see the Blackhawks finally get back home and pound Dallas on Saturday-sorry Jonathon! :)