Ekblad signs, Hockey Canada gets into the analytics game: the coast-to-coast

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

WHL

Lucas Johansen, brother of the Columbus Blue Jackets' Ryan Johansen, is making a case to stick on the Kelowna Rockets blueline. (Kelowna Capital News)

Victoria is moving 18-year-old Jack Walker back to the blueline, 'cause he who chase two rabbits catch none. (Victoria Times-Colonist)

Loves me some potential Vancouver Giants roster movies. (Vancouver Province)

So just what is the pecking order in the B.C. Division? (The Pipeline Show)

Edmonton Oilers tickets are cost-prohibitive. Fortunately, there's a more affordable ticket in town. (Oil on Whyte)

The realities of the small-market team: the annual anxiety about selling enough season tickets. (Prince Albert Daily Herald)

OHL

Apparently it is news that the Florida Panthers got the No. 1 overall choice signed. (Eye on Hockey, USA Today)

Alex Fotinos might be the answer to Windsor's revolving door in goal, writes Bob Duff. Meantime, the Spits added overage and all-name team candidate Slater Doggett in a deal with Kingston. (Windsor Star)

Colorado Avalanche-drafted goalie Spencer Martin has his sights set on winning at least one playoff round in Mississauga. (Mississauga News)

Feel-good story alert: 17-year-old free agent Jesse Hilton has cracked Guelph's lineup. (Guelph Mercury)

Will having one-time Oshawa head coach and former North Bay assistant John Goodwin as the second set of eyes behind the bench lead to more stability in Kingston? Randy Russon posits that it will. (Sault This Week)

To stay competitive, Sudbury will need more out of the now 19-year-old Danny Desrochers. (Bay Today)

Forward Jean Dupuy is enconsced as one of the overages in Sault Ste. Marie. (Sault Star)

Remember when Chase Hatcher was the big return in the Austin Watson London-Peterborough trade three seasons back? (NTV)

QMJHL

Ryan Falkenham, whom Nathan MacKinnon once described (not fully tongue in cheek) as "pretty much the perfect human," will be captain in Halifax. His first act should be to get lots of Citronella so teammate Nikolaj Ehlers is ready for those Manitoba summers. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Metro Halifax)

Can sophomore centre Alex Dostie be a point-a-game scorer for rebuilding Gatineau? (Le Droit)

What goes on inside a team's skull sessions during the Quebec League draft? The Charlottetown Islanders gave a film crew full access last May in Sherbrooke. (Murphy Visual Productions)

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