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Steelheads’ Spencer Martin suffers knee woes: Thursday’s coast-to-coast

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

WHL

Medicine Hat's Hunter Shinkaruk wants you to know he can put up numbers without the Emerson Etem effect. The third-year star scored last night, although his team squandered a three-goal lead. (Vancouver Province)

League vice-president Richard Doerksen explains the WHL's "90-degree area" that can determine the difference between checking to the head and contact to the head. (The Red Deer Scene)

Edmonton Oil Kings overage forward Dylan Wruck is back tonight from the shoulder injury that caused him to miss last spring's championship run. (Edmonton Journal)

Calgary Hitmen newcomer Pavlo Padakin, a Ukrainian, has had little trouble with the language barrier. (Calgary Herald)

Moose Jaw coach Mike Stothers felt a 4-1 final vs. Regina didn't do justice to the ugliness of his team's effort. (Moose Jaw Times-Herald)

The Kamloops Blazers should have overage scorer Brendan Ranford back as soon as Friday after he was released from an AHL tryout. (Taking Note)

The Kelowna Rockets' 7-0 win over Vancouver was their most lopsided home shutout in 10 years; goalie Jordon Cooke was a major reason for it. (Regan's Rant)

Quick, name the five Western Leaguers from Airdrie, Alberta. (Airdrie Echo)

OHL

Mississauga Steelheads draft-year goalie Spencer Martin has an apparently serious knee injury, reports Dave Pollard. (QMI Agency)

London Knights coach Dale Hunter is likely going to shake up his lines after his team managed only a singleton in successive games. Meantime, Hunter has fired a broadside at Kitchener counterpart Steve Spott, calling him "a trap coach." (London Free Press)

Kitchener Rangers forward Justin Bailey is still having concussion-like symptoms after taking a heavy check from Windsor's Pat Sieloff on Sept. 27. (NHL.com)

The Rangers, who haven't had a home game yet due to arena renovations, will travel 2,600 km over the next two weekends. Now they know how much of the CHL lives. (Waterloo Record)

A lament for the league doing away with behind-the-net goal judges. (Metro London)

Montreal Canadiens pick Brady Vail could get used to being one of the league's leading point-getters. (Windsor Star)

Will Detroit Red Wings-drafted centre Alan Quine rejoin the Peterborough Petes lineup this evening after suffering with mononucleosis? (Peterborough Examiner)

Guelph Storm forward Cody McNaughton is recovering slowly after a scary collision last Sunday; he's yet to have concussion testing. (Guelph Mercury)

The Oshawa Generals are winning, so they've pulled together. They did neither last season until it was too late. (Sportsnet)

In a league with such high player turnover, is it really fair to keep throwing it in the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds' face that they haven't won the Memorial Cup since 1993? (Sault This Week)

Hey, a trade: defenceman Spencer Abraham is headed from Brampton to Erie, which needs the back-end help. (Shootout)

The prospects for an OHL team succeeding in Buffalo seem lukewarm at best. (Die By The Blade)

Former OHL star Ryan Spooner is trying his hand at blogging from the Providence Bruins' training camp. Spoiler: he got a puppy! (AHL Bruins)

QMJHL

Rouyn-Noranda's 18-year-old Jean-Sébastien Dea has 11 goals and 15 points in six games to lead the league, surprising even his coach. (Le Droit)

Did you know Nathan MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby are each from Cole Harbour, N.S., and attended Shattuck-St. Mary's prep school? Somehow that coincidence escaped me. (Montreal Gazette)

Having his parents move to North America has helped Quebec Remparts import Nick Sorensen settle in during his sophomore season. (RDS)

Overager Jean-Philippe Caron has decided to leave the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, who had just brought in a fourth 20-year-old player. (Le Soleil)

Nicolas Chéné has the Q's power rankings, which aren't the same as a Q rating. (ParlonsJunior.com)

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