14-05-2025
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
