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Rockets on tear, Storm and Mooseheads struggling: the coast-to-coast

The Plymouth Whalers have dyed the ice for their Pink The Rink Game on Nov. 1 (Peter Krupsky, Plymouth Whalers)
The Plymouth Whalers have dyed the ice for their Pink The Rink Game on Nov. 1 (Peter Krupsky, Plymouth Whalers)

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

WHL

Undisciplined play is the Calgary Hitmen's early-season bugaboo. But how about Prince George's 16-year-old goalie, Tavin Grant? (Calgary Sun)

Jordon who? Jackson Whistle is doin' work as the Kelowna Rockets' new No. 1 goalie. (Regan's Rant)

Prince George's Jared Bethune talks about his change of course from NCAA to the Dub. (The Pipeline Show)

Even with that 6-1 loss at Kelowna (with four third-period goals against), Brandon still leads its conference with 21-of-28 possible points.  If they cannot be pleased with that, then they just cannot be pleased. (Luber's Lounge)

Edmonton's penalty kill has been a perfect 10 lately. (Edmonton Journal)

Brandon Magee's return might have awoken a sleeping giant in Victoria, writes Dylan Bumbarger. (The Oregonian)

While Kootenay is struggling, Minnesota Wild draftee Tanner Faith might blossom eventually. (Hockey Wilderness)

Did anyone have a prop bet on which NHL market-based club would win on the road first, Ottawa of the OHL or the Vancouver Giants? The G's are still oh-fer away from the Pacific Coliseum. (Vancouver Province)

Will getting Tyler Brown and Reid Zalitach jump-start Moose Jaw's scoring? (Moose Jaw Times-Herald)

OHL

The Guelph Storm had a players-only meeting after being drubbed 7-1 by London on Sunday night, writes Tony Saxon. (Guelph Mercury, London Free Press)

Pink jerseys for breast cancer awareness? Plymouth made the ice pink, so there. Actually, the ice just got sunburnt from the goal light going off so constantly since Sonny Milano came aboard; the Blue Jackets first-rounder is already seventh in team scoring after posting seven points in his first two outings with the Whalers. (Detroit Free Press)

Goalie Dawson Carty made the most of his first career back-to-back starts with the Kitchener Rangers, writes Josh Brown. (Waterloo Record)

For those wondering, Sudbury's 12-game losing streak is its longest in 32 years. I was in kindergarten in 1982. (Sudbury Star)

Overage Joseph Blandisi now has 13 goals in as many games for Barrie, although the Colts came up short in a measuring-stick game with North Bay. (Barrie Examiner)

Mississauga Steelheads first-rounder Michael McLeod got his first major junior goal in a win over Saginaw. He's still "Mikey" until Christmas, though. (Mississauga News)

The Peterborough Petes cannot keep on like this, can they? The one fallback is Niagara and Sudbury are lagging even more abjectly in the Eastern Conference. (Peterborough Examiner)

If the over/under on an Owen Sound Attack game is 5.5, take the under. Meantime, young goalie Michael McNiven had a 38-save outing on Saturday. (Owen Sound Sun Times)

QMJHL

Montreal Canadiens fifth-rounder — late fifth-rounder — Daniel Audette is kind of tearing it up for the surging Sherbrooke Phoenix. (Habs Eyes On The Prize)

Hey, a reasonable demand regarding better compensation for major junior players: Chris Cochrane proposes setting up a task force to study players' needs. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

Make it five wins in 16 games for the Halifax Mooseheads, who had the rare distinction of scoring nine goals in one game and allowing nine in the last leg of their road trip. (Metro Halifax)

Quebec swept its down-east swing, and they still don't have either Anthony Duclair or Ryan Graves available. (Le Soleil)

Third-year forward Andrew Abou-Assaly has three points in as many games since crossing the border from Ottawa to join the Gatineau Olympiques. (Le Droit)

Wait, another goalie named Pickard? Reilly Pickard earned his first career W for Baie-Comeau. (Le Soleil)

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