Bennett and Crouse buddy up, Petes' Garlent sidelined: coast-to-coast

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

WHL

The WHL has received its labour-law exemption in Washington state. (KOMO, Q13 FOX, Spokane Spokesman-Review)

Kelowna's rugged winger Tyrell Goulbourne has earned a NHL contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. (Global News)

San Jose Sharks prospect Rourke Chartier, who sat out Tuesday, will rejoin the Kelowna Rockets this weekend. (Kelowna Daily Courier, Regan's Rant)

Tri-City has confirmation that defenceman Riley Hillis will need season-ending shoulder surgery. (Tri-City Herald)

Medicine Hat is stirring to life, as evidenced by Tuesday's shutout of Red Deer. (Medicine Hat News)

Tim McGauley is the Brandon Wheat Kings' MVP, writes Bruce Luebke. (Luber's Lounge)

OHL

The Peterborough Petes' top centre, Hunter Garlent, is going to miss "longer" than a week due to injury. Another 19-year-old forward, Greg Betzold, will miss this week's games. (Peterborough Examiner)

Kingston is deploying Lawson Crouse and Sam Bennett on a line together this week. (Kingston Whig-Standard)

Los Angeles Kings pick Matt Mistele, on finishing up his fourth season with his hometown Oshawa Generals: "I get to live at home with my family and they get to enjoy me playing here and living at home again." (Oshawa Express)

Six-foot-seven Jack Flinn is zeroing in on being Owen Sound's playoff goalie. (Owen Sound Sun Times)

Remember, in the long run it might be better for the Saginaw Spirit to miss the playoffs. (Saginaw News)

QMJHL

Didn't Montreal Canadiens goalie prospect Zach Fucale deal with enough trade rumours in December? (Le Soleil)

Saint John Sea Dogs fans are rallying around team equipment manager David Kelly, who underwent cancer surgery on Tuesday. (Station Nation)

A young Rouyn-Noranda Huskies team has hard time resisting the urge to panic lately, in the eyes of coach Gilles Bouchard. (Parlons Junior)

Now you just know they'll play an overtime game: Val-d'Or takes a nine-win streak into Gatineau against the Olympiques, who are 7-0-0-1 in their past eight. (Le Droit)

In one night, Shawinigan leapt three spots in the overall standings. (Le Nouvelliste)

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