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! :)

Hockey Weekend in America

USA Hockey has designated February 13-15th as Hockey Weekend in America. The Sabres are asking all players to (where permissable) wear their Sabre jerseys to school on Friday, February 13th. They will be joining hockey players from across the country who will all be wearing their jersey's to school that day.

Playoffs Are Here!!

Lots of great playoff hockey in the area this time of year and many Sabre teams we want to acknowledge. Congratulations to Bantam AA and our Midget Minor #1 team for making to the finals in the CSDHL playoffs. Both lost in the title game but made great runs.

We have four teams that have made it to the NIHL championship game, Mite AA lost their championship game but have had a great season!! Mite A2 will play the Flames at Inwood at 1pm on Sunday 2/15. Bantam A2 plays the Falcons in the Silver Division Championship at 11am on Saturday 2/14 also at Inwood and Bantam A5 plays the Ice Dogs in the Bronze Division game also at Inwood, 11am Sunday 2/15. Good luck to all 3 teams!

And in Blackhawk Cup play, while many teams still have elimination games to play, the Sabres have three teams already in the Final 8. Midget Major, Midget Minor #1 and Bantam A3 have all advanced into the round robins for the Final 8. Congratulations and good luck to all three of these teams as well.

Be on the lookout for spring registration on the website in the next several days and spring coaches will be posted shortly as well.