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Ottawa Citizen
4 days ago
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Greater Sudbury Cubs welcome new group of prospects to camp
Article content A taste of NOJHL action with the Greater Sudbury Cubs last season only whetted Jameson Fabbro's appetite for a steady serving. Article content The 17-year-old forward from Sudbury made his latest case for a roster spot on the weekend, as one of 40 players from across Northern Ontario and points to the south who participated in the Cubs' spring prospect camp. Article content Six goalies, 13 defencemen and 21 forwards converged on Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex for practices and a pair of games on Saturday, followed by one more game on Sunday. Article content Article content 'Hopefully, I can play here next year,' said Fabbro, an Erie Otters draft choice who helped to lead the Sudbury Wolves U18 AAA squad to a Great North Under-18 League championship this season. Article content Article content 'This is a great junior team and I would love to stay at home and just play junior and get better.' Article content A relative of several high-level hockey players through the Savage and Hillman families, Fabbro also dressed for eight games with the Greater Sudbury juniors, recording his first NOJHL point back in September before witnessing their run to a second straight league title. 'It was definitely an eye-opener, playing up with the big boys,' said Fabbro, a sturdy six-foot, 175-pounder who collected 20 goals and 27 assists in 32 games with the Sudbury U18s. 'But it's a lot easier, playing with the bigger guys and being on a line with them, moving pucks quicker and the pace is definitely faster.' Article content Article content Indeed, he believes head coach Darryl Moxam and his staff would be an ideal fit for his playing style and help him to round out his game as he moves up the ranks. Article content 'They have a great style of coaching and a really fast team,' Fabbro said. 'I feel like I fit in pretty good with that.' Article content And he could be all the more prepared to take that step following a thrilling run with the U18 Wolves, who followed up their fourth-place finish in the 2024-25 regular season by upending higher seeds from Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay and finally host Timmins in the league's championship tournament. Article content 'I got to stay at home and I was more comfortable,' Fabbro suggested. 'Mindset is a pretty big part of the game and that was a good choice I made. My teammates were phenomenal, I knew all of them and we were building chemistry throughout the season. I had a good time.' Article content He's well aware, of course, that the Cubs will have no shortage of potential prospects after making back-to-back appearances at the Centennial Cup national championship and with several standout players set to graduate, and he doesn't plan to leave anything to chance. He expects a busy summer of training, both on and off the ice.
CBC
7 days ago
- General
- CBC
Elliot Lake Vikings leave of absence extended for 2025-2026 season, amid arena repairs
Social Sharing There will be no junior hockey played in Elliot Lake come this fall. The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) and its board of directors announced May 30 they have extended the leave of absence for the Elliot Lake Vikings through the 2025-2026 season, citing ongoing uncertainties with the city's arena. The Vikings were first granted a temporary leave of absence in December 2024. Elliot Lake's arena and the home venue of the Vikings, Rogers Arena - formerly Centennial Arena - has been shut down since September 2023 and continues to undergo extensive repairs. The NOJHL had been told earlier this spring the city was hopeful the arena would be ready by late July 2025, but a reopening date has yet to be confirmed. "Unfortunately, with the ongoing delays as to when the arena will be back in operation, the Vikings have been granted their extended leave," said NOJHL commissioner Robert Mazzuca in a news release. "We just don't know when the club will be able to resume activities as they wait for news on the status of their arena." Mazzuca added the NOJHL will operate with 11 teams instead of 12 for the upcoming 2025-26 season, and the league's schedule will be announced in the coming days.
Ottawa Citizen
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Greater Sudbury Cubs begin off-season reload with prospect camp
Article content Ever the competitor, Greater Sudbury Cubs head coach Darryl Moxam was bound to be left with a bitter taste when his team was eliminated from Centennial Cup competition nearly two weeks ago. Article content Given some time to digest the season as a whole, however, the reigning NOJHL Coach of the Year was certainly proud of his players, staff and all members of the organization for the parts they played in helping the Cubs to win a second straight league title and the first national playoff berth for a local entrant since 2000, despite some injuries to key contributors. Article content Article content 'You're never completely satisfied when you don't win your final game of the season,' Moxam told The Sudbury Star this week. 'But when you take some time a week later and kind of reflect on the successes of the individuals and the team and the staff and the organization and the ownership, you're definitely proud, there's no question about it. I couldn't be any happier with our group of players and the commitment they showed.' Article content Article content Greater Sudbury's historic run at the nationals in Calgary finally came to an end on May 16, when the locals dropped a quarter-final decision to the Melfort Mustangs of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, the eventual silver medallists. Article content The host Calgary Canucks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League emerged as the Centennial Cup champions. Article content 'I understand at that time of year, everyone is competing with injuries and banged up,' Moxam said. 'But it really made us realize, after that last game, how lucky you have to be with injuries and different things to win a national championship. We were no different from anybody else — we just ran into too many injuries and we didn't have enough gas to finish off what we started out to try to achieve in September.' Article content Article content Determined to earn another crack at the title, the Cubs will begin their effort to build another contender with their annual prospect camp, to be held at Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex this coming Saturday and Sunday. More than 30 players aged 16 to 20 will take part in roughly five hours of on-ice practice and scrimmages. Article content 'There's a lot of local young men coming out who would like to be a part of it,' Moxam said. 'We are a local, community team and we have a very large percentage of kids from the North and from Ontario and I would love nothing more than to add local, key pieces, kids who have played U18 or U16, and see where we're at as far as that is concerned.' Article content Some out-of-town attendees, such as Eidan Macartney, have also proven to be pleasant surprises. The now 18-year-old centreman from Kitchener not only earned a spot in 2024-25, but proved a reliable two-way performer for the entire season.
Ottawa Citizen
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Lincoln Moore marker lifts Greater Sudbury Cubs to national quarter-finals
Lincoln Moore's addition to the Greater Sudbury Cubs roster was not a moment too soon. Article content Joining up with the NOJHL champions for the seventh game of the league final late last month, the former OHLer from Garden River had three assists in his debut in a Cubs jersey. Moore maintained that momentum at the Centennial Cup national junior A hockey championship in Calgary with five goals and two assists in only four games, including a game-winning power-play tally in a 2-1 win over the Kam River Fighting Walleye on Wednesday. Article content Nolan Newton also scored, Lucas Signoretti had two assists and Karsen Chartier made 28 saves to propel the Cubs to a 2-2 record, good for third place in Group A and a berth in the quarter-final round on Friday. Article content Article content They'll hit the ice at either 6 p.m. ET or 9:30 p.m. ET, likely against the Melfort Mustangs of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Article content Easton Debray had the lone goal and Ashton Sadauskas made 24 saves for the Walleye, champions from the Superior International Junior Hockey League, on Wednesday. Kam River finished outside the playoff round despite opening the event with an overtime win against the Trenton Golden Hawks, first-place finishers in the group. Article content Greater Sudbury became the first NOJHL team to advance past the prelims at the national championship since the Soo Thunderbirds in 2012. The T-Birds fell 3-0 in the semifinals to the eventual winners, the Penticton Vees. Prior to that, the Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats made the final in 2000, when the event was known as the Royal Bank Cup, and were edged 2-1 by the host Fort McMurray Oil Barons.
Ottawa Citizen
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Greater Sudbury Cubs split opening weekend at Centennial Cup
The same group of Greater Sudbury Cubs who helped to power their team to a championship-clinching victory in the NOJHL final continued their strong play to start the Centennial Cup national championship in Calgary. Article content Article content Daks Klinkhammer and Logan Moore had two goals each, Nolan Newton recorded four assists and Karsen Chartier made 35 saves, including a highlight behind-the-back grab with his glove as the Cubs defeated the Grande Prairie Storm 6-2 in their round-robin opener at Max Bell Centre on Friday night. Article content Article content Ryan Rubic and Noah Kohan also scored for the Cubs, who led 1-0 after one period and 4-2 after 40 minutes, before tacking on two more tallies in the final frame. Article content Article content 'We stayed level-headed today compared to our first game last year (a 10-2 loss to Collingwood),' Cubs head coach Darryl Moxam said in a post-game release from Hockey Canada. 'Whether we were up or they came back and tied the hockey game, we just stayed the course and playing a Game 7 in order to get here helped out in that. Props to our leadership group, our coaching staff or anyone else on the bench, they didn't allow anyone to get too high or too low and last year's experience had a lot to do with that.' Colin Doherty and Alec Hall scored, while Nicholas Jones and Keagin Kelln combined to make 16 saves for Grande Prairie, a finalist in the Alberta Junior Hockey League this season. Article content Greater Sudbury got off to a similarly strong start on Saturday, leading the Northern Manitoba Blizzard 1-0 after the first stanza, but the Manitoba Junior Hockey League champions knotted the score in the second, then outpaced the locals with five goals in the final frame to take a 6-3 decision. Article content Article content Moore, Spencer Horgan and Ben Harris had the goals and Chartier made 29 stops for the Cubs, who were scheduled to face the Trenton Golden Hawks, winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League championship, on Monday at 6 p.m. ET, then the Kam River Fighting Walleye, champs from the Superior International Junior Hockey League, on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET to finish out the round-robin portion of the tournament. Article content Jack Linton, with two goals and an assist, and Brett Ward, with one marker and a pair of helpers, were the offensive leaders for Northern Manitoba on Saturday.
