Justin Bailey out 2 weeks for 'Hounds, sticker shock in Flint: the coast-to-coast

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WHL

Captain Dalton Sward might be done for the season in Vancouver due to a fractured left hand. (Vancouver Sun)

It's not known when Tri-City will have either Eric Comrie or Evan Sarthou available, so Nick Sanders will stay in goal for at least one more game. (Tri-City Herald)

Remember when it seemed Portland was finally going to have that average season? (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

Why the Seattle Thunderbirds, with Shea Theodore and Mathew Barzal, might be able to win a playoff round. (MyNorthwest.com)

Victoria's utility forward Jack Walker has a better deal weather-wise than his brother Ben Walker, who plays for the American League's St. John's IceCaps: "Benny is deep in snow and I keep reminding him about the weather in Victoria." (Victoria Times-Colonist)

Too good to be true, except it is: after scoring a goal in Regina on Wednesday, Tim Bozon gave the stick and puck to a 13-year-old meningitis patient, Alex Smidt. (Regina Leader-Post)

OHL

The longer David Branch maintains junior hockey players are "amateur athletes," the harder it gets to defend the status quo in the Canadian Hockey League. (Toronto Sun)

Buffalo Sabres prospect Justin Bailey will miss at least two weeks with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds due to a pair of hairline fractures in his right ankle. (Sault Star)

Aaron McMann reports fans in Flint, Mich., are "relatively unhappy" with the cost of season tickets for the city's incoming OHL team, even though the price is well below the league average. (Flint Journal)

The Peterborough Petes lost defenceman Dominik Masin to a suspected brain injury during Thursday's win against Sudbury. Masin was checked into the door of the Sudbury bench and it opened. (Peterborough Examiner)

Kingston has been "uplifted" by having Sam Bennett back, but how high will it lift them from seventh place? (Kingston Whig-Standard)

Miles Liberati didn't singlehandedly pull North Bay out of its nosedive, but the Vancouver Canucks draft pick had a lot to do with it. (Bay Today, North Bay Nugget)

Windsor's comeback win against Ottawa gave rookie centre Logan Brown a split of the season series against his father, 67's coach Jeff Brown. (Windsor Star)

Niagara has finally developed a certain "comfort level" at the new Meridian Centre. (St. Catharines Standard)

QMJHL

Halifax and Nikolaj Ehlers have a stiff test ahead: Baie-Comeau and Rimouski back-to-back on the road. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Metro Halifax)

Chicoutimi's Yanick Jean wins the Simile of the Week award for describing his club being "as soft as butter" during its Thursday loss against Halifax. (Le Quotidien)

Are the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles a playoff darkhorse? They have improved despite a chronic player shortage. (Parlons Junior)

Hey, Friday's Cape Breton-Quebec tilt is a potential playoff preview. (Le Soleil)

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