Friday coast-to-coast: Knights throw down gauntlet with McKegg move

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

World junior

All hail the champion Swedes, who totally dominated a 1-0 overtime final over Russia. Yes, you read that correctly. (Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, Postmedia News)

Sweden won. So did the whole sport. (The Prospect Park, Coming Down The Pipe!)

Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson went out of his way to mention the world junior has never been to Toronto. Hmmm. (Postmedia News)

Team Canada's final grades are eerily similar to my transcripts at Queen's University back in the day. That's not a good thing. (The Canadian Press)

Russia's Yevgeni Kuznetsov was voted tournament MVP over Sweden's Max Friberg. Hey, the media ballots had to be in by the end of the second period. (Calgary Sun)

Team Canada goalie Mark Visentin was actually apologetic about his team being in the bronze-medal game. What a great dude. (Yahoo! Sports, Sportsnet)

Which Canadian players became household names during the tournament? (Calgary Herald)

WHL

More about Portland Winterhawks forward Taylor Peters saving a kayaker's life on New Year's Day. (KGW, KATU, KOIN Local 6, via Taking Note)

There is a scenario where the trade deadline could pass with Los Angeles Kings prospect Jordan Weal still on the Regina Pats. (Regina Leader-Post)

That's remarkably non-paternalistic: the Kamloops Blazers' Ryan Hanes was injured in a bar fight two days before Christmas, but the team isn't disciplining him since it happened on Hanes' own time. (Kamloops Daily News)

Adding forward Henrik Samuelsson means the Edmonton Oil Kings might not have to give up a roster player to shore up their roster for a playoff run. (Edmonton Journal)

That kind of came up out of the blue: the Prince Albert Raiders are denying relocation rumours. (CTV Saskatoon)

So there's a hunch the Victoria Royals might deal star centre Kevin Sundher? (Regan's Rant, Victoria Times-Colonist)

OHL

Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Greg McKegg is headed to the London Knights in a semi-blockbuster deal with the Erie Otters. (Loose Pucks, London Community News, London Free Press)

The Knights are all-in on contending this season with the McKegg deal. (London Free Press)

Coach-GM Chris Byrne has a contender in Ottawa, but the 67's have yet to make a deadline move. (Ottawa Citizen)

Draft-year forward Kristoff Kontos should get ample playing time in Mississauga after coming south in a deal for the older Derek Schoenmakers. (Mississauga News, Sudbury Star)

The youth movement is on in Windsor, although they did add a stable overager in defenceman Derek Holden. (Windsor Star, Erie Times-News)

The Guelph Storm have been quiet on the trade front. (Guelph Mercury)

Intrigue: who's the league's second-best NHL draft prospect? (OHL Prospects)

Kitchener Rangers rookie Brandon Lesway is at 32 games and counting in his quest for his first junior goal. (Waterloo Record)

QMJHL

In case you forgot, world junior all-star defenceman Brandon Gormley is expected to be traded to a contender. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

The Quebec Remparts added Gabriel Desjardins — no, not the pioneer hockey analyst — in a trade with Halifax. (Le Soleil)

P.E.I. Rocket sniper Ben Duffy is still a hot commodity on the eve of the trade deadline (the QMJHL's is noon ET on Saturday). (Charlottetown Guardian)

Overage forward Yousseff Kabbaj is in a precarious position as the Shawinigan Cataractes try to upgrade their roster for the stretch drive. (Le Nouvelliste)

Trading leading scorer Christian Ouellet shows the Gatineau Olympiques are rebuilding. (Le Droit)

Acadie-Bathurst Titan owner Léo-Guy Morrissette seems to want revenue sharing. It's like he moved his team to the league's smallest market. (TVA Sports)

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