Rockets’ road streak extended, Storm make statement: the coast-to-coast

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World junior

The ever-sagacious Ryan Yessie talks about the draft-eligible talents wearing national team colours in the U20 championship. (The Pipeline Show)

The similarity between Brent Sutter and a fantasy football owner is there's no rush to set the lineup until it's required. But the best-case scenario is to do so following the first pre-competition game. (Yahoo! Canada Sports, CBC, Toronto Sun, Postmedia)

Sutter's best epigram of the evaluation camp, on only having two goalies: "We wanted our goalies playing with each other, not against each other." See? It's working, too. (Toronto Star)

Mirroring Connor McDavid, fellow 2015 draft prospect Jack Eichel is trying to run with an older crowd at Team USA's camp. (SBN College Hockey)

Who are the men to watch on Team Russia, which Canada would not face until the medal round? (The Hockey Writers)

WHL

Don't skimp on learning about Dysin Mayo. That will be all for food puns today. (The Pipeline Show)

Without either captain Kyle Burroughs or Calgary Flames late first-rounder Morgan Klimchuk, Regina earned points in each game of a 3-in-3 swing. (Regina Leader-Post)

Remember a couple weeks ago when it looked like Kelowna was in for a killer road trip? The league leaders are now on a 12-game road streak. (Regan's Rant)

Suffice to say that Drake Berehowsky has had a trying season as a rookie head coach, since it's taken a whole first half for Lethbridge to have more wins (5) than players who left the team (4). (The Pipeline Show)

Stray thought? Has any player ever picked a poor team to score his first goal in the league? Congrats to Spokane's Jeff Rayman, by the way. (Spokane Spokesman-Review)

No Coda Gordon and Julius Honka? That can explain away Swift Current's four-game slide. (Southwest Booster)

No need for Moose Jaw coach Mike Stothers to analyze a slump-busting win. (Moose Jaw Times-Herald)

OHL

Guelph's shutout win over Erie right at the precise moment some might have been pondering whether the Storm are for real. How about goalie Matt Mancina getting his first two shutouts? (Guelph Mercury)

Toronto Maple Leafs sixth-rounder Ryan Rupert sparked a decisive London Knights rally in his first game back from a 15-game suspension. Also, Max Domi sure showed Hockey Canada it was wrong, or something, because almost no one ever scores on a clear breakaway. His second was a quintessential goal scorer's goal. (London Free Press)

It's official: the Windsor Spitfires are playing just well enough to get beat. But Josh Ho-Sang scored a sweet goal.(Windsor Star)

Seventeen-year-old Kevin Spinozzi has the best plus/minus on the Soo Greyhounds' blueline, for what it is worth. (Sault Star)

Who is the higher-ranked NHL draft prospect out of Kingston, Sam Bennett or Roland McKeown? Bennett scored a goal on Sunday where he passed the puck to himself. (Sportsnet)

Is it not too cold to go streaking in Sudbury? The Wolves, with Nate Pancel now up to 32 goals, deserve to be to the first team beginning its holiday break. What do people think of doing the Teddy Bear Toss midway through the third period of a 0-0 game, rather than risk seeing the home team shut out? (Sudbury Star)

The Peterborough Petes only have four non-conference games left. Any Eastern team would take that, this season. (Peterborough Examiner)

Tristen Elie, brother of Dallas Stars second-rounder Remi Elie, might be a sleeper prospect with the London Knights. (London Free Press)

QMJHL

Overage forward Darcy Ashley has an upper-body injury, further thinning out the Halifax Mooseheads' ranks for the final week before the holidays. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

Coach Marc-André Dumont said the improved Cape Breton Screaming Eagles "never felt fragile" while rallying to beat Charlottetown after twice spotting it a one-goal lead. (Cape Breton Post)

Remember when Saint John won the Memorial Cup three seasons ago? Now it's advertising on its website that it's accepting applications for the general manager's job. (Station Nation)

After missing a month due to a heart condition, Kurt Etchegary is now a focal point of the Quebec Remparts' offence. (Le Soleil)

With coach-GM Benoît Groulx away with Team Canada, suddenly the Gatineau Olympiques' mojo has meandered away too. (Parlons Junior)

Anyone need an overage? Victoriaville has to move one and defenceman Alex Filiatrault seems to be the chewing gum holding the Tigres' defence together. (Parlons Junior)

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