In the News...

March 11, 2010

Two Junior Sabre Alumni who are both fifth year defensemen with their respective teams will be attempting to help their team win the 2010 CIS National Women's Hockey Championships in Antigonish, NS this weekend.

Kate Psota of the Laurier University Golden Hawks from Waterloo, Ontario and Laura Grant from St. FX University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia will be attending their last National Championships as they complete their University careers.

Kate Psota has played in 171 games as a Golden Hawk and has career stats of 24 goals and 45 assists for 69 points. Laura Grant has played in 149 games for St. FX and has contributed with 18 goals and 74 assists for 92 points over her career.

March 10, 2010

Lavoie Named Hockey East 'Rookie of the Year'

Junior Sabre Alumni Kristina Lavoie, a two-time Hockey East Rookie of the Month, led Hockey East in goals (14) and was the top rookie scorer with 20 points, that point total ranked fifth overall. She is ranked seventh in the nation in rookie scoring (0.94 points per game) and is eighth in power-play goals. Lavoie has a team-best seven power-play goals and is second in both goals (18) and shooting percentage (.184) as well as third in both points (29) and plus/minus (+13). She recorded a point in 19 of 31 games and had an 11-game goal-scoring streak as part of a 12-game point-scoring streak.

March 8, 2010

Junior Sabre Alumni (Laura Fortino - Cornell, Kristina Lavoie - UNH, Jessica Wong - Minnesota-Duluth) help their teams advance to the NCAA Final 8 Tournament March 13th in their Freshman Seasons.

Cornell plays #4 Harvard
UNH plays #2 Minnesota-Duluth

March 5, 2010

Sabres Alumni Earn Conference Awards

Junior Sabre Alumni/Cornell Freshman Laura Fortino was named to the ECAC and All Ivy 1st Team Allstars along with being named to the ECAC All Rookie Team. Laura a member of the U22 Canadian National Team, played in 28 games and scored 10 goals with 18 assists and was second in total points with Cornell.

Junior Sabre Alumni/University of New Hampshire Freshman Kristina Lavoie was named to the Hockey East All Rookie Team. Kristina was third on the team for total points with 29 and second on her team for goals scored with 18.

Four Junior Sabres Alumni were named to the CHA All Academic Team. Robert Morris University's Jordan and Jessica Riley, Syracuse's Rebecca Gordon and Wayne State's Chelsea Burnett received the All Academic Honours.

February 23, 2010

Congrats to Junior Sabre Alumni Beth Clause who has been named as the OUA 2nd Team All-Star Goaltender.

January 9, 2010

Congratulations to Junior Sabres Alumni Laura Fortino, Jessica Wong and Brianne Jenner in capturing the Gold Medal at the MLP Cup in Ravensburg, Germany defeating Switzerland 9-0.

January 1, 2010

Please see the following article 'Former Junior Sabres En Route To International Competition' regarding the upcoming U22 MLP Cup in Germany in the Stoney Creek News.

December 12, 2009

Please see the following article on Junior Sabre Jenesica Drinkwater in the Brantford Expositor!

December 8, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Sabres Alumni Laura Fortino, Jessica Wong and Brianne Jenner who have named to Canada's National U22 Team and will be participating in the 2010 MLP Cup January 5-9, 2010 in Ravensburg, Germany.

November 25, 2009

Please see the following article on Junior Sabre Melanie Desrochers in the Welland Tribune!

November 9, 2009

Please see the following article on Junior Sabre Dallas Boyd in the current edition of Hockey Now!

November 8, 2009

Congratulations to Team Ontario Red who captured the Gold Medal versus Team Ontario Blue who captured the Silver Medal at the National Under 18 Championships in Surrey, BC.

Team Red included Junior Sabre Arielle O'Neill and Team Ontario Blue members included Junior Sabres Melanie Desrochers, Shelby Wignall, Rylee Smith and Head Coach Stacey Marnoch. Game Recap

November 3, 2009

Please see the following article on Junior Sabre Captain O'Neill in the St.Catherine's Standard!

October 30, 2009

Please see the following article 'Sabres Players Headed To U18 National Championships' in the Stoney Creek News!

October 29, 2009

Please see the following article on Junior Sabre Shelby Wignall in the Hamilton Mountain News!

September 29, 2009

Congratulations to four Junior Sabres who have been selected to the Ontario U18 Teams and will compete at the Hockey Canada U18 National Championships to be held November 4-8, 2009 in Surrey, BC.

Arielle O'Neill (Team RED)
Melanie Desrochers (Team BLUE)
Rylee Smith (Team BLUE)
Shelby Wignall (Team BLUE)

September 28, 2009

The Stoney Creek Junior Sabres are pleased to announce the 2009 USA-Canada Cup Series being hosted by Little Caesar's (Detroit-October 16-18, 2009), NAHA (Rochester-November 20-22, 2009) and Stoney Creek (Hamilton-December 11-12, 2009).

September 21, 2009

The SCGHA launches a Tobacco Free Policy with a special announcement preceding the Stoney Creek Junior Sabres home opener this Friday September 25, 2009 at 8pm.
Please click here for further information.

August 15, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Sabre Alumni Laura Fortino and Jessica Wong who have been selected to the 2009-2010 National Women's Under-22 Team.

July 16, 2009

Congrats to Junior Sabre Alumni Laura Fortino, Jessica Wong, and Brittany Haverstock who have been invited to attend the Hockey Canada U-22 Selection Camp from August 7-14 '09 in Calgary.

May 16, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Alumni Coach Cathy Phillips who was recently awarded the prestigious 2008 Female Hockey Breakthrough Award by Hockey Canada.

May 10, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Sabre Jenesica Drinkwater as she won the Silver Medal at the 2009 Aboriginal National Women's Hockey Championships in Winnipeg, MB on Saturday May 9th.

Jenesica's Ontario South team advanced to the finals and lost in the Gold Medal game to Manitoba 6-4 and in total faced 55 shots.

Jenesica was also named as the All Star Goalie for the week long Tournament.

May 9, 2009

Please check out the following Hamilton Spec article on Alumni Sam Poyton who played 3 years with the Junior Sabres and was Captain in her final year 2004/05.

April 24, 2009

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to the 2009/2010 Stoney Creek Junior Sabres roster:

Kristen Barbara
Dallas Boyd
Emilee Bulleid
Kristen Clendinning
Jennifer Crawford
Melanie Desrochers
Jenesica Drinkwater
Kelli Gruhl
Emily Martz
Kelly McDonald
Arielle O'Neill
Talia Paone
Kimberly Paton
Rylee Smith
Rebecca Smyth
Shelby Wignall

April 17, 2009

Congratulations to the following Junior Sabres who have been invited to Hockey Canada's U22 Conditioning Camp:

Alumni:
Brittany Haverstock (Wisconsin)

Graduating Sabres:
Laura Fortino (Cornell)
Kelly Sabatine (St. Lawrence)
Jessica Wong (Minnesota-Duluth)

Congratulations as well to Junior Sabres Lauren Kelly and Jillian Saulnier who have been invited to Hockey Canada's U18 Conditioning Camp.

April 11, 2009

Please see the following article featuring Junior Sabre Alumni Beth Clause.

March 23, 2009

Congrats to Junior Sabre Alumni Brittany Haverstock who as member of the University of Wisconsin won the NCAA Division 1 National Championships with a 5-0 win over Mercyhurst on March 22 '09.

Congrats to Junior Sabre Alumni Kate Psota who came away with a Silver Medal at the CIS National Championships as a member of the Laurier Golden Hawks on March 22 '09.

Congrats also to Junior Sabre Alumni Laura Grant and Lindsay Brown who qualified for the CIS National Championships as members of the ST FX University Varsity Team (ST FX finished 5th).

March 17, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Sabre Alumni Brianne Jenner who has been selected for centralization by Hockey Canada for the 2009/2010 season.

March 12, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Sabre Alumni Carla D'Angelo and Beth Clause who have been named to the OUA 2nd All-Star Team!

March 6, 2009

Congratulations to the following Junior Sabre Alumni who have been awarded year-end Conference Honours:

Brittany Haverstock - Wisconsin: WCHA All Rookie Team
Chelsea Burnett - Wayne State: CHA 2nd Team All-Star

February 18, 2009

Please see the following new's articles on Junior Sabre's Laura Fortino and Alumni Christine Foster in the Hamilton Spectator.

February 10, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Sabre Jenesica Drinkwater who has accepted a hockey scholarship to attend Syracuse University (NCAA Division 1).

February 9, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Sabre Laura Fortino who has accepted a hockey scholarship to attend Cornell University (NCAA Division 1) in 2009.

February 1, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Sabre Jessica Wong who has accepted a hockey scholarship to attend the University of Minnesota-Duluth (NCAA Division 1) in 2009.

January 16, 2009

Check out the Stoney Creek News article 'Junior Sabres Players Bring Home Silver From World Championship'

January 10, 2009

Congratulations to Junior Sabres Jessica Wong, Jillian Saulnier, Laura Fortino and Alumni Brianne Jenner on capturing the Silver Medal at the 2009 World U-18 Championships in Fussen, Germany.

Check out the tournament photo gallery courtesy of the IIHF.

January 6, 2009

Congratulations to Alumni Brittany Haverstock on capturing the Silver Medal at the 2009 U-22 MLP Cup in Ravensburg, Germany.