Spits’ Giftopoulos camping in New Jersey: the coast-to-coast

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WHL

Prince George's 16-year-old Jansen Harkins is tied for the Dub lead in preseason scoring. Yeah, that's happening. (Prince George Citizen)

Michael Ferland played at 234 pounds as a Saskatchewan Blades overage; he's a buff 210 at the Calgary Flames camp. Score one for salad! (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

How does a game get called on account of fog? (Medicine Hat News)

Play-by-play man and all-time all-name candidate Marlon Martens gives the prospectus for the Victoria Royals ahead of Year 3 in the B.C. capital. (The Pipeline Show)

The Regina Pats are going with Dawson MacAuley and Teagan Sacher as their goalies, with 19-year-old Adam Beukeboom expected to catch on with a Junior A outfit (Regina Leader-Post)

Kamloops Blazers forward Devin Oakes is in suspension limbo for a check-to-the-head penalty last weekend. (Taking Note)

OHL

Where does Sudbury Wolves/Kitchener Rangers grad Frank Corrado fit into the Vancouver Canucks' grand scheme? (Metro)

Eighteen-year-old forward Nick Halagian is home awaiting a trade away from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. (Sault Star)

Overage wing Remy Giftopoulos has made it to the New Jersey Devils main camp, which affects the Windsor Spitfires' plans. Their other overage, Steven Janes, is off to a solid start. (NorthJersey.com)

Incoming Spits second-rounder Ryan Moore seems ready to deliver first-round value for Windsor. (Windsor Star)

Is Saginaw Spirit centre Eric Locke close to getting a contract offer from the Buffalo Sabres? The 20-year-old has been strong at the Traverse City prospect tourney. (NHL.com)

The Niagara IceDogs are holding out hope defenceman Aaron Haydon will be healed from a broken foot in time for next week's regular-season opener. Is "reg season" acceptable shorthand? Please, can it be? (Thorold Edition)

Overage defenceman Craig Duininck is your Sarnia Sting captain. How about the Nikolay Goldobin, Brett Hargrave and Nikita Korostelev trio tallying 12 points on Saturday? (Sarnia Observer)

Sophomore wing Jaden Lindo has been scoring from the dirty areas during the Owen Sound Attack's otherwise unpromising preseason. (Owen Sound Sun Times)

Another nice nugget about Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds find Michael Bunting: the 18-year-old rookie didn't even play AAA minor hockey until last season. (Sault Star)

Carl Maloney breaks down the Eastern Conference. (The Hockey Writers)

QMJHL

Write off the Halifax Mooseheads after losing Jonathan Drouin and Nathan MacKinnon? Halifax coach Dominique Ducharme notes the team returns six defencemen and Zach Fucale in goal. (La Presse)

Who replaces the scoring the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies kissed goodbye with the grads of Sven Andrighetto and Nikita Kucherov? (Parlons Junior)

Forward Marc Beckstead, who broke in last season with Kingston, is staying in the national capital region after going to the Gatineau Olympiques. (Kingston Whig-Standard)

Discipline, or a lack thereof, is a high priority for Chicoutimi Sagueneens coach Patrice Bosch ahead of Friday's reg-season opener. (Le Quotidien)

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