Dubuque Saints High School Hockey

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Cade Weiner is headed to Philadelphia! Congrats 🎉

From the desk of Coach Willenborg

Big time moment for one of our own.

Congrats Xander Sheehy on being drafted in the 4th round, 146th overall by the North Iowa Bulls of the NA3HL. Your hard work, and dedication is paying off. We are proud of you and everything you’ve done for Dubuque hockey.

Once a Saint, always a Saint. Go make us proud. 🔴⚫️

2025-26 alumni Carter Kerkenbush tendered!

🚨 TENDER ALERT 🚨

Another competitor is headed to Hudson 👀🔥

Welcome Carter Kerkenbush to Hudson Havoc 🏒⚡️

Reliable in every situation and relentless in his approach, Carter brings a complete 200-foot game that coaches trust.

“Carter is every coach’s favorite player. Never cheats the game. Can play any situation you need. You need a goal, a faceoff win, you’re up a goal late, down a goal late—Carter is your guy.”
– Head Coach Russell Barone

Player Comparison: Patrice Bergeron

Welcome Carter!

Havoc fans… this is a player you win with 💪

Congrats to our senior Xander Sheehy as he opens his next chapter!

With the 146th pick in the 2026 NA3HL Draft, the North Iowa Bulls select Xander Sheehy. Xander is a forward from Dubuque, Iowa, and he spent last season as a letter-wearer for the Dubuque Saints’ High School program.

Welcome to Mason City, Xander!

Alumni Spotlight:

Cody Sweeny has moved up to the NAHL Maryland Black Bears from AAA Lincoln 18u.

Camdyn Spangler has committed to play for University of Dubuque Women's Hockey next season after playing the past few seasons with AAA Madison Capitals.

Blake Bechen's University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs made it to the regional finals of the NCAA tournament!

Congrats to all our former players still pursuing their passion!

Last week we closed our 2025-26 season with our annual team banquet. Such a successful season with Varsity placing third in the regular season and going to double OT in the state Semi-finals and winning the Cowball Cup. JV was equally impressive knocking off the #1 seed at State to battle till the final minutes in the state championship game. Maybe even more impressive is both teams did it while winning the league sportsmanship awards for fewest penalty minutes in the season.

The banquet had coach Austin Willenborg share on the values of the team and why that sportsmanship award is so meaningful, while thanking the Seniors for their leadership and encouraging the underclassmen to follow in their example. We also heard from our world class broadcaster Jason Sheehy on the importance of the brotherhood they develop and how that means so much more in the future then a goal or a win. We wrapped it up with traditional Senior speeches and closed the book on this season.

Personally this ends a 18 year youth hockey journey for your social media poster that included coaching many of these players on this team and many of the past 7 years, including my 3 boys. Very proud of the men and women these players have grown into. It's been amazing to watch this program grow and it's in good hands. I'll sneak a few more posts in for some individual award honors but consider this my signoff and you will get a new voice next season. For those that know me, see you at the rink or more likely a concert! 😂

Finally thank you to all of sponsors this season, coaches, staff, friends, family and most importantly players for a season to be proud of!

4 of your high school Saints skating at Nationals with Team Midwest Hockey-MWAHA!

We ready!

On Monday, March 16th at 6pm, we will hold a meeting for all high school eligible players and at least 1 parent. Please make every effort to attend this important information session regarding high school hockey for 2026-2027. This meeting will be held at ImOn Arena in the upstairs lounge.

Two weeks ago JV was battling to qualify for state with their destiny in their own hands. They won 4 out of 5 to get the last bid into state and a matchup with a Lincoln team that lost one regulation game all season. 3 days later and they leave the state tournament in second place battling a tough Des Moines Capitals with only a goal separating them till the final minutes in an eventually 3 to 1 loss. However, not a loss at all when you see how far the team traveled to get there. Tyler Randall had our lone goal, a short hander and Trevor Breen was amazing in net again.

That concludes our season but what a great one it was for both varsity and JV, thank you to our fans, sponsors, families and most importantly our staff, coaches and players who put in so many hours to make our program excel!

Also thanks to Connor Sheehy for the photos!