Four More Saints College Bound
July 20/10

The Saints are pleased to announce that four of their graduating players from last season have received scholarships and will be continuing their hockey careers and furthering their education next season.

Following a four year career with the Saints, last years team captain, forward Craig Simchuk, will be heading to Manhattanville College (AHCA Div. 3) in Westchester, New York. With 234 games with the Saints, Craig was a leader both on and off the ice, accumulating 233 points along with 288 penalty minutes.

The CIAU's University of Waterloo Warriors will have two former Saints joining them as both forward Blake Chartier and goaltender Justin Leclerc have committed to joining the Warriors. In Chartier's two full years with the Saints, he had 185 points in only 129 games. Leclerc, a much-heralded additional from the Western Hockey League last December, went 11-2-2 with a shutout as he led the Saints into the MJHL finals.

Last but not least, goaltender Kent Henry will become a Lion next season as he joins Lindenwood University (ACHA Div. 1) in Saint Charles, Missouri. Kent won the starting spot in goal entering the season and carried the load during the first half of last season between the pipes for the Saints.

The Saints staff and management wish all these players well as they take the next step in their hockey careers and further their education.

Saints Draft Future Stars
May 30/10

Following a week of turmoil that saw the Saints in search of a rink to call home, the MJHL held their annual draft.

The Saints early selections had a common theme, Warriors. Following the selection of high scoring forward Remi Laurencelle (5'8" - 29gp - 33g - 31a, WHL 8th rd - Lethbridge), defenceman Kevin Pochuk (5'9" - 28gp - 3g - 16a, WHL 5th rd - Red Deer) was picked next, followed by three more Warriors forward, Hayden Goderis (5'7" - 29gp - 11g - 25a), Christian Stockl (5'10" - 29gp - 26g - 31a, WHL 4th rd - Saskatoon), and Geordie Maguire (5'10" - 29gp - 20g - 25a. WHL 5th rd - Everett).

The next two selections were from the Hawks and Monarchs systems as forward Devon Schram (5'6" - 27gp - 19g - 22a) and defenceman Bradley Reichardt (5'10" - 29gp - 5g - 18a) became Saints property.

Looking back to the Warriors, the Saints than selected goaltender Alex Moodie (5'11" - 2.80 gaa, WHL 5th rd - Saskatoon) and defenceman Cole DePape (6' - 24gp - 3g - 9a, WHL 4th rd - Kootenay), the younger brother of former Saints players Ryan and Jordan.

With their third last pick, the Saints reached back into the Hawks and selected forward Tyler Penner (5'6" - 27gp - 11g - 4a). Sharks players finalized the Saints draft with the selection of defenceman Mike Sabourin (5'6" - 24gp - 1g - 5a) and forward Nick Papaioannou (5'9" - 24gp - 2g - 5a).

The Saints would like to welcome all of these players to the organization and look forward to seeing you wearing the Fighting Saints logo in the near future.