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Brampton Battalion arena lease talks drag on; Tuesday’s coast-to-coast

Neate Sager

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

WHL

Blogger J. Bowman on why people should check out junior games during a NHL lockout: "I can get fantastic seats for $20. Hockey is a beautiful game and should be seen from that close at some point during your life." (Legion of Blog)

Prince Albert Raiders assistant coach Dave Manson, who was a NHLer during the inaugural lockout in 1994, sees history repeating itself. (P.A. Daily Herald)

After releasing 20-year-old Tanner Olstad, Regina Pats coach Pat Conacher wished the CHL had a more flexible overage/import quota. (Regina Leader-Post)

Overage defenceman Derek Ryckman, a former Lethbridge Hurricane, is back in southern Alberta with the Medicine Hat Tigers. (Medicine Hat News)

Swift Current Broncos coach-GM Mark Lamb has a contract extension, perhaps in anticipation of the team making the playoffs. (Regina Leader-Post, Southwest Booster)

The Victoria Royals are down to two overage players after releasing goalie Keith Hamilton. (Victoria Times-Colonist)

OHL

The Brampton Battalion and the local municipal government are dickering over revenue sharing at the Powerade Centre arena. But it sounds like the OHL team will stay. (Brampton Guardian)

The three Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds charged with sexual assault will likely play in an exhibition game this weekend. (Sault Star)

Speaking of Eastern Conference teams with alliterative names and more than occasional blocks of empty seats: do the Belleville Bulls need a big year to reenergize their fan base? (In The O)

Russian speedster Sergey Tolchinsky has arrived in Sault Ste. Marie: "I don't like the Russian style. I like when everything is faster." (Tolchinsky spells his first name e-y on Twitter, so let's go with that.) (Sault Star)

Plymouth Whalers forward and Washington Capitals first-rounder Tom Wilson on the prospect of a NHL lockout nixing training camps: "It's been my dream to play with guys like [Alex] Ovechkin and stuff. The farther that gets pushed back, the worse it is for me." (Plymouth Observer & Eccentric)

Slovak centre Juraj Bezuch may give the Windsor Spitfires some of the pizzazz they lost when leading scorer Alexander Khokhlachev decamped to Russia. By the way, how often does someone move from Lethbridge to Windsor? (Windsor Star)

Twenty-year-old centre Steven Shipley, a former Buffalo Sabres draft pick, will be more of a focal point of the Niagara IceDogs' offence this season. (St. Catharines Standard)

Overage forward Gregg Sutch is in limbo as he awaits a trade from the Barrie Colts. (The Hockey Guys)

QMJHL

Draft-year forward Yan-Pavel Laplante is out 4-6 months as he prepares to have shoulder surgery. This is a major loss for the P.E.I. Rocket. (The Hockey Guys)

Who is the league's most prominent Newfoundlander? The Moncton Wildcats' James Melindy may have the belt since he is a Phoenix Coyotes third-rounder. The prize for that should be a Republic of Doyle walk-on. (St. John's Telegram)

Baie-Comeau Drakkar coach Éric Veilleux is promising to have an up-tempo team, not unlike the Shawinigan one which won the MasterCard Memorial Cup last season. (Le Soleil)

Quebec Remparts forward Nikita Kucherov has been signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning, which makes him AHL-eligible. (Raw Charge)

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Contact him at neatesager@yahoo.ca and follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.