Dumba eyes Wild times, IceDogs bolster blueline: the coast-to-coast

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WHL

Will Red Deer's Mathew Dumba follow the same pattern as Minnesota Wild buddy Jonas Brodin... going from being drafted to playing in the big league in one year. (NHL.com)

JC Lipon, who signed his first pro contract on Thursday, is summoning the confidence he gained from his world junior experience as he vies to leap from the Kamloops Blazers to the Winnipeg Jets' AHL farm club. (Kamloops Daily News)

The Vancouver Giants need 19-year-old forward Dalton Sward to be more than a rough-and-tumble role player. (Vancouver Province)

Highly touted Alaska forward Lane Bauer is evidently headed to the Edmonton Oil Kings for his NHL draft season, presumably for the higher profile and for the warmer winters. (Western College Hockey)

The Portland Winterhawks keep mining the U.S. talent pool with the addition of 16-year-old forward Ethan Price. (Western College Hockey)

Regina Pats forward Dryden Hunt is trying to make up for his 'missing year'; he played only two games in 2012-13 due to a pair of brain injuries. (Regina Leader-Post)

The Pats usually don't put their top bantam pick into preseason games, but they'll make an exception for Sam Steel. (Regina Leader-Post)

OHL

Calgary Flames second-round Pat Sieloff hopes he's past the abdominal and groin maladies that caused him to miss the final quarter of last season in Windsor. (Windsor Star)

Please, please let Owen Sound Attack centre Jarrod Maidens play a full season after being out for almost two seasons with a brain injury sustained in November 2011. (Owen Sound Sun Times)

Sean Lafortune does his best Rick Dees, listing the league's top 40 NHL draft prospects. (TheScout.ca)

Blake Siebenaler is one of many new names Niagara IceDogs play-by-play man Steve Clark will have to learn; the 17-year-old Fort Wayne, Ind., defenceman who played in the U.S. under-17 program has signed on in St. Catharines. Siebenaler and fellow defensive debutante Zach Wilkie might get extra early-season icetime in the absence of sophomore Aaron Haydon. (St. Catharines Standard, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Future Considerations)

London Knights D-man Miles Liberati is feeling energetic after adopting the paleo diet, which proscribes pretty much all of the food the media typically get served at the Memorial Cup. (London Free Press)

After two seasons backing up a European goalie, 18-year-old Barrie Colts 'tender Alex Fotinos is bent on not making it three in his competition with Daniel Gibl. (Barrie Examiner)

QMJHL

Is it just us or did Ottawa Senators-drafted goalie François Brassard get scarcely little attention for being in the top three in the three major stats last season? (Le Soleil)

With the release of 18-year-old forward Jordan Kennedy, the Gatineau Olympiques have the team they're opening the season with. (Le Droit)

Former league scoring champ Yanni Gourde will try to stay in the AHL with the Vancouver Canucks' affiliate after inking an ECHL pact. (Le Tribune)

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