# @canisiushs on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-30T02:57:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Canisius High School (@canisiushs) — https://gondola.cc/canisiushs

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“If I didn’t have the experience of being a soccer and hockey player at Canisius High School, there’s a zero-percent chance I’d be working in the NHL right now. And there’s zero-point-zero-zero chance I’d be standing here right now.”

Those were the words of our keynote speaker, Buffalo Sabres Assistant General Manager Jerry Forton ’82, who gave a great talk reflecting on his CHS formation during today’s tremendous Legacy Fund Luncheon.

Hockey and soccer are also the sports that longtime coach Sam Belsito happens to have won state championships in during his outstanding tenure at CHS.

Belsito was the honoree at this year’s event, held at the Foundry Suites.

“It is a passion for the game, and more importantly, it’s a passion for Canisius High School – Sam embodies that every day for us and he stays consistent with our mission,” Director of Athletics Jim Mauro said of Belsito. 

“There’s no better person to receive an award here for his dedication and commitment.”

The Legacy Fund Luncheon supports academic scholarships to provide deserving Crusaders with a Jesuit education as well as capital purchases for our athletic department to ensure that our teams remain competitive at the highest levels of high school sports in Western New York.

Among the most recent projects was our new turf on Koessler Field at the Stransky Memorial Complex.
 
Families and students interested in the benefits of being part of Western New York’s best alumni network and the excellence only found in a Jesuit education at Canisius – ranked as the Buffalo area’s “Best Catholic School” by Business First – can learn more at our Open House on Sunday or Monday. Book today via canisiushigh.org/openhouse
 
This place is special. Let us show you why.

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