NIHL Regular Season Ends

With the NIHL regular season ending this past weekend, we want to congratulate both Mite AA and Bantam A5 for winning the NIHL President's Cup! Mite AA won it in the Mite Gold division and Bantam A5 won in Bantam Bronze, way to go!!

The playloff brackets for NIHL are posted on the NIHL web page and the Blackhawk Cup seedings and pairings are available on the AHAI web page. The Bantam A and B pages for Blackhawk Cup have been temporarily removed because of a couple changes that need to be made. They should be re-posted sometime tomorrow.

As the playoffs approach, we want to remind all our parents, coaches and players that during the playoffs, whether it is NIHL, CSDHL, NWHL or Blackhawk Cup, Zero Tolerance is going to be striclty enforced at all rinks. We believe that Sabre teams and families have always strived to conduct themselves in an exemplary manner. We want to urge everyone to keep their cool during the playoffs, enjoy some great hockey,encourage our kids but always remember, It's Just A Game!

Hockey Updates

Save the dates -Spring Tryouts will be held on March 14th and 15th. Each level will have two tryout sessions, one each on Saturday and Sunday. More information about spring hockey will be coming very shortly so watch your e-mail, the Sabre website and this space for more information.

Congratulations to the Sabre players that were selected for the 2009 Prep Jamboree that was held this past weekend at The Edge in Bensenville. The 1994 boys selected were forward Joe Patzin and Goalie Joe Messerschmidt. On the girls side, Izzy Smith (also a 1994 birth year) was selected. The players are evaluated by Tier I, Tier II, High School and Junior coaches. These evaluations will be used for selection to future USA Hockey camps and events. Congratulations to Izzy, Joe and Joe!!

Reminder that the 7th Annual District 203/204 Shootout for Cancer will be held on Friday February 13th, 7pm at IIC in Romeoville. the event features players form Naperville North/Naperville Central against players from Neuqua Valley and Waubonsie Valley. Proceeds go to benefit the DuPage chapter of the American Cancer Society and this year's fundraising goal is $10,000. We look forward to seeing everyone out there to support this great cause. If you have questions please call Becky Cizek (Sabre Bantam A3 parent) at 630-341-0966.

The New Sabre Blog!

To All Sabres:

We have set up this blog as a way to get information about the Sabres, hockey in Illinois and general hockey information to you on a real-time basis. We hope that you will find the blog to be interesting and informative. If you have comments, suggestions, etc. please let us know-we would love to hear from you.

The Sabres want to congratulatethe Midget Majors for their two exciting wins against Shattuck St. Mary's this weekend. They won Saturday evening's game 7-3 and then came right back and defeated Shattuck again on Sunday morning 4-2. Way to go guys!!

We also want to congratulate the Bantam AA team and Mite A2 for the great job they did representing the club this past weekend at the Silver Sticks International Finals. Congratulations to both teams for making it to the finals!

Silver Mite Parents watch for information very soon about "Bring a Friend to the Sabres" day that we will be sponsoring.

Gold Medalist and Hall of Famer Cammi Granato will be dropping the ceremonial first puck at the Blackhawks vs. Wild game on Monday night.

The USA Hockey Winter Meetings will occur in Orlando FL this weekend. This is a rule change year so they will be discussing various rule changes that have been proposed which include items like tag-up offsides, etc. We will let you know sometime this summer if any rule changes are passed.

Go Sabres!!