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Bo Horvat remains with Canucks, for however long; coaching chance pays off for Prince Albert: the coast-to-coast

Bo Horvat has resumed skating with the Vancouver Canucks (Larry MacDougal, The Canadian Press)
Bo Horvat has resumed skating with the Vancouver Canucks (Larry MacDougal, The Canadian Press)

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WHL

Five points out of a possible six, yet league-leading Kelowna is still not satisfied. Come on, get complacent for a change. (Kelowna Daily Courier)

The Prince Albert Raiders won in Marc Habscheid's coaching debut. (Prince Albert Daily Herald, Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

Brandon made a statement by shutting out Medicine Hat at the end of a seven-game road trip. (Luber's Lounge, Medicine Hat News)

Winnipeg Jets pick Chase De Leo has been kept out of the scoring summary only twice so far for improving Portland. (The Oregonian)

Okay, maybe now the Memorial Cup hangover has set in for Edmonton, which has lost four in a row (Edmonton Journal)

Some would play this for laughs, but not today; it's too sad. The chief justice of the B.C. supreme court has issued a court order to restrict a woman with two hockey-playing sons from contacting anyone with the Western League. (Metro Vancouver)

OHL

Nineteen-year-old Bo Horvat is back on the Vancouver Canucks roster, but the erstwhile London Knights star did not have a point in five AHL games. (Vancouver Province)

Some food for thought via Brad Kelly, who talked to two coaches who have worked in Switzerland: "The average player in one of the top countries like Sweden, Finland or Switzerland, their skill level is a little bit better than our average player here in Canada because they practise so much. Here in Canada from the time you’re eight years old you have to compete to make the travel team. There’s 80 kids who try out. (Overseas) you get 15 kids trying out for your team, so you keep them all. They don’t learn the competitiveness that the Canadian hockey player does." (Brampton Guardian)

Six goals in two games? It's fair to say the Londoin Knights' Mitchell Marner won the weekend. (London Free Press)

Kitchener Rangers centre Justin Bailey has signed a pro contract with the Buffalo Sabres. Are Sabres fans pining for any other centre who plays in the Midwest Division? (Pro Hockey Talk)

The Jeff Brown-coached Ottawa 67's are within a game of .500 as they enter a stretch where they play 9-of-11 games at home. (Ottawa Citizen)

Chris Pronger was in the building to have his sweater retired and the Peterborough Petes got some home-team bounces from the 'square corners' in the Memorial Centre, so it felt like old times during their win over Barrie. (Peterborough Examiner)

The turning point in North Bay's comeback against Sarnia might have been when the Sting got distracted by trying to get back at Miles Liberati for throwing an open-ice check on Nikita Korostelev. (North Bay Nugget)

Tony Saxon ponders the fate of 18-year-old forward Brook Hiddink, a former No. 21 overall choice in the OHL priority selection who is now without a team. (Guelph Mercury)

Chalk up two more losses for the Niagara IceDogs and another injury; forward Matt Gillard could miss two weeks after being in a knee-on-knee collision. (St. Catharines Standard)

Whether Colorado Avalanche signing Spencer Martin is a Team Canada hopeful or not, the 19-year-old is a primary reason why the Mississauga Steelheads are a tough out on many nights. (Mississauga News)

QMJHL

Ottawa Senators fifth-rounder Vincent Dunn was scratched for "internal" reasons on Sunday, even though his Rimouski Oceanic team was fighting fatigue. (Le Soleil)

Commissioner Gilles Courteau says the league will defend itself vigorously against the class action suit filed by former Saint John forward Lukas Walter. (La Presse)

Speaking of the Sea Dogs, coming back to tie twice in the third period, as they did last Saturday, has been a rare sight since the Jonathan Huberdeau days. (Station Nation, The Pipeline Show)

Is Halifax out of its nose dive after grinding out low-scoring wins over divison rivals? (Metro Halifax)

Cape Breton's Julien Pelletier has been suspended three games for slew-footing. (Cape Breton Post)

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