The Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Rayside-Balfour, Ontario, Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

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Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats
City	Rayside-Balfour, Ontario
League	Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
Operated	1962 (1962)-2005
Home arena	Rayside-Balfour Community Centre
Colours	Grey, Blue, and White
Franchise history
1962-1969	Garson Falconbridge Native Sons
1969-1973	Chelmsford Canadiens
1973-1995	Rayside-Balfour Canadians
1995-2005	Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats
Championships
Playoff championships	7: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Close

A very successful franchise, the Sabrecats won the Dudley Hewitt Cup three times (1997, 2000, and 2002) and a dynastic seven straight McNamara Trophies as NOJHL champions (1996–2002). In 2000, they reached the finals of the Royal Bank Cup, only to lose a heartbreaking 2–1 game to the host Fort McMurray Oil Barons. While still playing for the Sabrecats, goaltender Sébastien Laplante was selected in the 9th round (277th overall) by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

The team was granted a one-year leave from the NOJHL in 2005, but in Spring 2006 the NOJHL announced that the Sabrecats will not be returning and have officially folded.

• Larry Bédard^[1]