Date:04/25/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
The St. Catharines Falcons have made several changes to their coaching and hockey operations staff in advance of the GOJHL 2018-19 season. Former Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald has been replaced by General Manager Frank Girhiny, who will retain his General Managing duties as well. “Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald and the St. Catharines Falcons have mutually decided to part ways for the upcoming 2018...
Date:03/29/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | March 29 2018 The St. Catharines Falcons have fallen behind 1-0 in their GOJHL Golden Horseshoe Final series against the Caledonia Corvairs. Wednesday night saw the Falcons drop a 6-0 decision to the home-ice Corvairs at the Haldimand Centre, despite an unusual edge in penalties against for the St. Catharines club. The Falcons failed to convert on six chances with the extra ma...
Date:03/22/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | March 22 2018 This isn’t the first time this has happened. Falcons faithful will remember the game – it was Game 4 of the Second Round in the 2016 GOJHL Golden Horseshoe Conference. The Falcons lead the Ancaster Avalanche 2-1 through the first three games of the series. Game 4 was to take place in Ancaster. Stop us if this sounds fa...
Date:03/21/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | March 20 2018 The St. Catharines Falcons have taken a 2-1 series lead over the Ancaster Avalanche in the Second Round of the GOJHL Golden Horseshoe Playoffs. Captain Tyler MacArthur lead the way for the Falcons in their 5-1 win over the visiting Avalanche Tuesday at the Jack Gatecliff arena with a goal and an assist. Falcons goaltender Owen Savory turned away all but one of th...
Date:03/06/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | March 6, 2018 A 4-3 overtime win over the Pelham Panthers has given the St. Catharines Falcons a commanding 3-0 series lead in the first round of the GOJHL Golden Horseshoe Playoffs. The Falcons power-play helped power St. Catharines over Pelham, scoring three goals with the extra-man in their home game on Tuesday night. St. Catharines goaltender Owen Savory made his third con...
Date:02/25/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | February 25, 2018 In the final game of the season, the St. Catharines Falcons have clinched second place in the GOJHL Golden Horseshoe Conference. The Falcons dispatched the home team Niagara Falls Canucks by a score of 4-2 Sunday afternoon, despite going scoreless on the power-play through five opportunities at the Gale Centre. Goaltender Owen Savory stopped 32 of 34 shots ag...
Date:02/23/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | February 23, 2018 A single point would have secured the St. Catharines Falcons a second place finish in the GOJHL Golden Horseshoe Conference. The Falcons entered Friday night’s matchup four points ahead of the visiting Ancaster Avalanche, but lost by a score of 4-1 at the Jack Gatecliff Arena. Ancaster chased St .Catharines goaltender Owen Savory from the net after he mad...
Date:02/16/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | February 16, 2018 Strong performances from the St. Catharines Falcons power-play and penalty kill edged them over the visiting Thorold Blackhawks Friday night at the Jack Gatecliff Arena by a score of 4-2. Falcons goaltender Owen Savory lead the way for the Falcons, allowing just two goals on 25 shots against to earn himself his GOJHL-leading 28th win of the season. Blackhawks ...
Date:02/09/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | February 9, 2018 Not many teams have beat the St. Catharines Falcons this season. Even fewer have defeated them on more than one occasion. Entering Friday night’s tilt at the Jack Gatecliff Arena, just two teams had bested the Falcons twice in regulation time. To no one’s surprise, the first is their rival Caledonia Corvairs, who currently sit first place in the GO...
Date:02/04/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | February 4th, 2018 The St. Catharines Falcons defeated the Welland Canadians 3-1 Sunday afternoon for their 12th straight win. Sunday afternoon's match in Welland marked the back-half of a home-and-home between the two clubs. Falcons goaltender Owen Savory lead the way with 25 stops on 26 shots against. Falcons General Manager and Coach Frank Girhiny likes what saw fro...
Date:02/02/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe| February 2, 2018 It wasn’t long ago the St. Catharines Falcons found themselves fourth in their conference standings. They now sit just four points back of the GOJHL Golden Horseshoe-leading Caledonia Corvairs for first-place thanks to a winning streak extended to 11 games with a victory over the Welland Canadians. The Falcons dispatched of the Canadians 3-2 at ho...
Date:01/26/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | January 26, 2018 The St. Catharines Falcons have climbed to second place in the GOJHL Golden Horseshoe Conference with a win on Friday night. Four players had multi-point games for the Falcons, who trounced the visiting Buffalo Regals by a score of 6-1 at the Jack Gatecliff Arena. Rookie forward Jaleel Adams opened the scoring for the Falcons, scoring a power-play goal on a re...
Date:01/19/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | January 19, 2018 It didn’t take long for the recently rebuilt St. Catharines Falcons to mesh, winning their first home game since the January 10th GOJHL Trade Deadline. The Falcons disposed of the Niagara Falls Canucks 4-1 on Friday night at the Jack Gatecliff Arena, despite being outshot by their opponent 35-29 in the tilt. Friday night’s game marked the fourth of...
Date:01/19/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Bill Potrecz | January 18 2018 Life hasn’t been very fair to Patrick MacDonald. Four years ago at age 16, the Ancaster native was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and was required to go on an insulin pump to manage his blood sugar. It was a tough blow, but not enough to keep him from pursing his dream of playing hockey at the highest level possible. MacDonald joined Ridley College and ma...
Date:01/18/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Bill Potrecz | January 17 2018 Tyler MacArthur was an obvious choice to wear the captain’s C for the St. Catharines Falcons. The 20-year-old Collingwood native has been a huge addition, both on the ice and in the dressing room, since joining the team from the Barrie Colts. MacArthur has four goals and 12 points in his 17 games with the Falcons, but more importantly, has brought...
Date:01/09/2018  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | January 9th 2018 The St. Catharines Falcons have made several trades in advance of the GOJHL January 10th Trade Deadline. Starting on January 2nd, the Falcons sent forward Tanner Ferreira and defenseman Dante Copps, both 20-year-old veterans of the Jr. B club to their rival Niagara Falls Canucks. St. Catharines acquired defenseman Tanner Brown, 18, in the exchange. Brown is a n...
Date:12/23/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | December 22nd 2017 It was a night of celebration for the St. Catharines Falcons. In their last home game of 2017, the Falcons not only bested the Fort Erie Meteors 5-1, but welcomed back more than 100 alumni for a special pre-game ceremony. As part of their 50th Anniversary season, the Falcons have been honouring a different decade of alumni each month. Former players represen...
Date:12/16/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | December 16th, 2017 2000-born forward Jaleel Adams and defenseman Tristin de Jong have been select to represent the St. Catharines Falcons at the GOJHL Top Prospects game in Ancaster on December 28th, joining 2001-born forward Carson Eden and defenseman Arber Xhekaj who will be playing the GOJHL Future Stars game on the same date. The quartet will join 76 of their peers...
Date:12/08/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | December 8 2017 With recent changes to the GOJHL’s overtime format, it’s not often games end in a tie. After three regulation frames and two overtime periods, the St. Catharines Falcons and Ancaster Avalanche played to a draw, finishing the game 1-1 at the Jack Gatecliff Arena. St. Catharines goaltender Owen Savory made his first start for the Falcons since officia...
Date:12/05/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | December 5th 2017 In St. Catharines, he’s affectionately known among fans as “The Savour.” Troy, New York is about to learn exactly why. Owen Savory, 20, has not only been the starting goaltender for the St. Catharines Falcons since 2016, but what his coaches have called “the backbone of the team.” That’s because Savory brings somet...
Date:12/01/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
The St. Catharines Falcons evened their season series 2-2 with the Pelham Panthers Friday night, winning a 3-1 decision on home ice at the Jack Gatecliff Arena. St. Catharines defenseman Arber Xhekaj led the way for the second-place Falcons scoring two goals to double his season total. Falcons goaltender Owen Savory turned away all but one of the Panther’s 26 shots on goal. St. Catharines directed...
Date:11/26/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | November 26, 2017 The St. Catharines Falcons fell to second place in the GOJHL Golden Horseshoe Conference over the weekend, splitting their games 1-1. Friday night, St. Catharines took on the Fort Erie Meteors at the Jack Gatecliff arena. The Falcons romped the Meteors 9-4 in an uneven tilt. Captain Michael Davies lead the way with three goals to give St. Catharines their fift...
Date:11/21/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | November 17 2017 The St. Catharines Falcons overcame an uneven start Friday night at the Jack Gatecliff Arena to post a resounding 6-1 win over the visiting Buffalo Regals. Outshot 12-9 after the first period of play, the Falcons held a 1-0 lead through 20 minutes on a power play goal by leading scorer Lucas Smilsky. Buffalo evened the score on a goal midway through th...
Date:11/10/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
The celebration started before puck drop and lasted the entire evening. Prior to Friday’s match at the Jack Gatecliff Arena, the St. Catharines Falcons honoured more than 20 alumni in a special ceremony commemorating Falcons teams spanning 1978-87. The merriment continued for the Falcons as they triumphed over the Caledonia Corvairs 6-3. St. Catharines now only trails Caledonia by one poin...
Date:11/03/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | November 3, 2017 All eyes were on the trio of Dakota Miskolzci and brothers Nathan and Lucas Smilsky Friday night, who combined for 11 points in the St. Catharines Falcons second straight home win. St. Catharines beat the Welland Canadians 12-2 in the GOJHL matchup at the Jack Gatecliff Arena, who they also outshot 41-30. “Those guys move the puck so well,”...
Date:10/30/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | October 29 2017 The St. Catharines Falcons suffered their first in-conference road loss Sunday afternoon, dropping a 5-3 decision to the Pelham Panthers. Falcons captain Michael Davies, alternate captains Dante Copps and Tanner Ferreira as well as forward Dakota Miskolczi were all ejected from the game, which saw St. Catharines penalized for 42 minutes in total....
Date:10/28/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | October 28 2017 More than 30 St. Catharines Falcons alumni were in attendance at the Falcons 4-1 win over the Caledonia Corvairs Friday night celebrating the hockey club’s 50th anniversary season. The former-Falcons took part in a special ceremony honouring alumni from the club’s first decade of teams ranging from 1968-1977. The game marked the second ceremonial hom...
Date:10/27/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | October 27 2017 The St. Catharines Falcons ended their home-losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Caledonia Corvairs Friday night. With the win, St. Catharines is now first place in the GOJHL Golden Horseshoe Conference. Caledonia entered the match as the first-place team. Falcons goaltender Owen Savory turned away 46 of 47 shots against, earning himself first-star honours. St...
Date:10/24/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe The St. Catharines Falcons lost their fourth straight home game October 20th, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Ancaster Avalanche . Ancaster outshot St. Catharines 39-37 in the GOJHL match which took to overtime to decide. Falcons forward Carson Eden opened the scoring with the only goal in the first period. Eden's goal marked the third of his rookie season. Forward...
Date:10/13/2017  Source:GOJHL: St Catharines Falcons
By Kenton Wolfe | October 13 2017 The St. Catharines Falcons continued their home-ice losing streak Friday night, dropping their third straight match at the Jack Gatecliff Arena to the Thorold Blackhawks by a score of 5-4. Though St. Catharines pushed the game to overtime, Thorold had a commanding lead in shots with 44 to the Falcons’ 33. Despite being an area of strength for most of the...