Royals, Winterhawks tussle at end of Game 1 blowout: the coast-to-coast

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

WHL

It was a literal pummeling in the Victoria-Portland opener. (Portland Tribune, Oregon Live)

True story: you can never read too many mock drafts. (NHL.com)

How does Paul Reinhart keep track of having his 18- through 22-year-old sons all playing at the same time? (The Canadian Press)

Rookie Edmonton GM Randy Hansch has done a decent job keeping up appearances. (Edmonton Sun)

Deja vu all over again: a Kootenay-Medicine Hat playoff series. (Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Medicine Hat News)

OHL

Independent talent evaluator extraordinaire Ryan Yessie is live-blogging the priority selection draft. (Hockey Prospect)

Darnell Nurse is trying to rally the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds now that they are down 2-0 to Erie, with the next two gams on the road. (Sault Star)

Max Domi and the London Knights "are happy with the way we came back" during their Game 1 loss up in Guelph. (Guelph Mercury)

The Peterborough Petes have already had 13 games' worth of player suspensions in the playoffs; now defenceman Matt Spencer and leading goal scorer Nick Ritchie in hot water for headshots. (Peterborough Examiner)

North Bay might have got away with some lapses in the defensive coverage during its 1-0 Game 1 win over Barrie. (North Bay Nugget)

QMJHL

Gatineau's proclivity for bad penalties cost it dearly in the opener vs. Halifax. (Le Droit, Halifax Chronicle-Herald, RDS.ca)

Now the building job begins for Quebec's stab at hosting the 2015 Memorial Cup. (Le Soleil, Parlons Junior)

Philippe Desrosiers' goaltending is the primary reason that Rimouski is out to a 2-0 over Blainville-Boisbriand. (TVA Sports)

Step one for everyone's darkhorse President's Cup winner, Drummondville: take Game 1 up in Val-d'Or and steal away home-ice advantage. (TVA Sports)

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