Cape Breton, Val-d’Or shake up staff: Tuesday’s coast-to-coast

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WHL

The team with the league's best record skates at Rexall Place on Wednesday, and that team is not the Edmonton Oil Kings. Edmonton coach Derek Laxdal is perturbed by this. (Edmonton Journal)

Goalie Mac Engel has found a home with the Prince George Cougars after being cast off in Spokane. Perhaps not coincidentally, the Cougars have three games coming up against the Chiefs. (Prince George Citizen)

Red Deer Rebels goalie Patrik Bartosak has returned from a team suspension. (Red Deer Advocate, paywall)

Victoria Royals coach Dave Lowry will face his former team, the Calgary Hitmen, for this first time this week. (Calgary Herald)

Are the Saskatoon Blades out of the doldrums yet? Meantime, Blades defenceman Dalton Thrower is shelved due to a two-game head-checking suspension. (Everett Herald)

Fourteen games' worth of suspensions were meted out on Monday. (Taking Note)

OHL

The three most penalized teams — Guelph, Oshawa and Owen Sound — are all near the top of the standings. (Metro London)

It is jarring to see Kitchener Rangers dynamic defenceman Ryan Murphy with one point in eight games, writes Patrick King. (Sportsnet)

The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds have a litmus-test week ahead, says Bill Montague. (Sault Star)

On Sunday, Guelph Storm rookie goalie Jason Da Silva won his major junior debut in a relief effort. He has to start a game soon, right? (Guelph Mercury)

Brothers Steven Shipley and Ryan Shipley are reunited in the Niagara IceDogs organization. The 'Dogs picked up Ryan Shipley, 18, for a conditional late-round pick. He previously played for Ottawa. (OHL)

QMJHL

Quebec Remparts coach-GM Patrick Roy is indicating that he might initially rotate Mikhail Grigorenko and Nikita Kucherov once the latter returns in 10 days, meaning 18-year-old Nick Sorensen stays in the lineup: "This year is too important to Nick Sorensen for him to miss games." (Le Soleil)

Former national junior team coach Mario Durocher is at the coaching controls in Val-d'Or after the Foreurs' firing of Marc-André Dumont. (Le Nouvelliste)

More on this shortly, but we have our second general manager ouster of the season, with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles tying the can to Pierre Roux on Monday. Having a first-rounder quit the team did not help. (Cape Breton Post)

Jonathan Huberdeau is still around, but don't kid yourselves, it's a transition season in Saint John. (Open Ice Hockey)

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