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Quebec City bids for ’15 Memorial Cup, ’17 world junior: Wednesday’s coast-to-coast

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

WHL

Sunaya Sapurji examines the job Travis Green has done as the Portland Winterhawks' interim coach-GM in the wake of BenefitGate. (Yahoo! Canada Sports)

Portland star Ty Rattie hasn't the foggiest idea of why people would think he has a grudge against Kamloops' JC Lipon over a check that caused a neck injury in last season's Blazers-Winterhawks series: "It wasn't even a bad hit, it was just the way I got hit." (The Oregonian)

At least the Kamloops Blazers will not have bus legs for the Western Conference final opener at Portland, since coach Guy Charron decided to spread the nine-hour trip over two days. (Kamloops Daily News)

So what is it like to have grown up cheering for a certain Alberta NHL team and be playing for the other city in the Calgary Hitmen-Edmonton Oil Kings series? Or be playing for the Edmonton juniors while being part of the Calgary NHL organization like Oil Kings goalie Laurent Brossoit? (Sportsnet)

How are Calgary Hitmen yearlings such as Chase Lang and Josh Thrower going to hold up in the Eastern final vs. Edmonton? (Calgary Herald)

Having captain Colton Sissons go down with a major injury started the unravelling in Kelowna, writes Regan Bartel. (Regan's Rant)

Hey, while talking about the crop of draft-eligible defenceman, do not omit Kelowna's Madison Bowey. (The Hockey Writers)

What is the outlook like for next season in Medicine Hat? (Tiger Turf)

OHL

In the wake of Saskatoon's playoff stinker, how good does the London Knights' 2014 Memorial Cup bid look by comparison? (London Free Press)

If you like good scoring chances being squelched by shot-blocking, then you are going to love the Plymouth Whalers-London Knights league semifinal. (London Free Press)

Sam Cosentino predicts, "The Erie Otters will be in Ontario within two years." Why not move them to Fort Erie? You just have to add one word to the name. (Sportsnet)

The final grades are in for the Owen Sound Attack's season. (We can't read a year-end report cards story without thinking of The Simpsons episode where the kids are streaming out of the building on the last day of school and a teacher says, "Wait, I haven't told you how World War II ended... we won!") (Owen Sound Sun Times)

QMJHL

The heavy underdog Rouyn-Noranda Huskies have won 17 of 22 games heading into the semifinal vs. mighty Halifax, keep that in mind. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

Halifax's Nate and Jo Show takes their act on the road, literally. Does Nathan MacKinnon really drive to the practice rink with his helmet on?

Well, lookie here, 19-year-old forward Ryan Tesink, who has not played in three months, has resumed full-contact practice with the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. You will recall the Armada complained to the league that Tesink was essentially damaged goods when they acquired him from Saint John during the Christmastime trading period. (Station Nation)

Quebec City has launched their bid to host the 2015 Memorial Cup, meaning the city is intent on bidding for the 2017 world junior championship. That would leave '15 to Montreal and Toronto? (Journal de Quebec, La Presse, Le Soleil)

So wait, the Quebec Remparts did not have to jettison one of their three import players? So confusing. Of course, they needed to move Nikita Kucherov in order to restock for a Memorial Cup campaign in two seasons' time. (Le Soleil) —

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet. Please address any questions, comments or concerns to btnblog@yahoo.ca.