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Hamhuis confirms stake in Prince George Cougars, Huskies’ Fuchs recovering well: the coast-to-coast

Neate Sager

Combing all corners of the country and the blogosphere for your junior hockey headlines ...

WHL

Indeed, NHL defenceman and Prince George Cougars alumnus Dan Hamhuis is going to be one of the B.C. Division club's new owners. (Vancouver Sun, Taking Note)

Today's should-read: Brandon Wheat Kings coach and owner Kelly McCrimmon on how he rides out the "hard days" after the 2011 air crash death of his brother, Brad McCrimmon. (Regina Leader-Post)

The TSN commentator Craig Button is part of the search team for the Saskatoon Blades' new general manager and coach; assistant coach Curtis Leschyshyn was also part of the shakeup. (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

The Seattle Thunderbirds are up 3-0 in a first-round series after Mathew Barzal's OT winner on Tuesday. This is not a time for them to fall back on recent experience. (Seattle Times, The Pipeline Show)

Since the Swift Current-Medicine Hat series involves import goalies, is it safe to say anyone who enjoys it too much must do penance? The Broncos are back in the series after their win on Tuesday. Hats are off to Swift Current's Jake DeBrusk for scoring the winner after overcoming the condition of having a conventionally spelled first name. (Medicine Hat News, Southwest Booster)

Will league scoring leader Mitch Holmberg register for Spokane in Wednesday's must-win Game 3 vs. Victoria? (Spokane Spokesman-Review, Victoria Times-Colonist)

Are Winnipeg Jets fans cheering an Edmonton Oilers-owned WHL team to finish off Prince Albert so Josh Morrissey can get more late-season run in the AHL? Kind of cavalier but it does make sense. (Edmonton Journal, P.A. Daily Herald)

Former Oil Kings goalie Laurent Brossoit back in pads at Rexall Place. It feels right. (Edmonton Journal)

OHL

Just what we need, more teenage male hockey players put on a pedestal without the emotional tools to handle it. Thanks, Don Cherry.

Windsor Spitfires goalie Bob Boughner on goalie Dalen Kuchmey hitting the bricks in the middle of the game. (Windsor Star)

Morris Dalla Costa rakes the league over for only sitting Windsor's Cristiano DiGiacinto down for five games for his "bullying action" last Saturday. (London Free Press)

It took this long for two of the league's four Carrick brothers to match up in a playoff series? (The Barrie Examiner)

London veteran Brett Welychka was in the stands when the Knights won the Memorial Cup nine seasons ago ... as a guest of Windsor GM Warren Rychel. (Metro London)

Nice problem for Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds GM Kyle Dubas to have: picking late in the first round. It means the team is doing well on the ice. (Sault Star)

QMJHL

Central Scouting has a challenge of rating the Q's good but small forwards, namely Vladimir Tkachev. (NHL.com)

Make it three goals in as many games for Charlottetown's sensational rookie Daniel Sprong, but the Islanders are down to their last leg vs. Halifax. (Charlottetown Guardian, Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

Down 3-0 to Gatineau, Cape Breton could live to play another day ... if Game 4 is called off due to a major Maritime snowstorm. (Cape Breton Post)

Tampa Bay Lightning high second-rounder Adam Erne is near a return to Quebec's lineup after being out since February with a lacerated spleen. (Le Soleil)

Jason Fuchs, the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies centre who had a fingernail ripped off by a slapshot on Saturday, is getting on well. (Le Soleil)

The Baie-Comeau-Shawinigan recap actually reads, "Hostilities resume tonight." Because it's the playoffs. (Le Nouvelliste)

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.