Subway Super Series starts, ‘Hounds served humble pie: the coast-to-coast

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WHL

Hockey Canada head scout Ryan Jankowski talks Subway Super Series. (The Pipeline Show)

Fifteen-year-old No. 1 overall pick Tyler Benson didn't net a point in his Vancouver Giants debut but looked comfortable, writes Steve Ewen. (Vancouver Province)

Kelowna is the Dub's only team that has yet to play 20 games. The rust is starting to accumulate for the B.C. Division leaders. (Regan's Rant)

Moose Jaw Warriors' Brayden Point, as a smaller forward, looks at the Montreal Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher for inspriration. (The Pipeline Show)

Where did Swift Current come from, anyway? (The Pipeline Show)

Saskatoon has kind of come back to earth, eh? At least Blades fans have a football game this coming Sunday that will divert their attention. (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

OHL

Sheldon Keefe tore into his Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds after being doubled up by Kitchener: "The Rangers were faster, more physical and they competed harder. With the exception of [Pittsburgh Penguins goalie prospect] Matt Murray, there were zero positives." (Sault Star)

Whenever Rangers yearling Nick Magyar has his parents in the crowd, he seems to score. (Waterloo Record)

Nice rub-it-in roadie for the Windsor Spitfires. First defenceman Slater Koekkoek factors into a comeback win in his former home rink in Peterborough, then the Spits edged Oshawa, helmed by their former assistant coach D.J. Smith. That's 10 wins in 11 games for Windsor. (Windsor Star, Peterborough Examiner)

Montreal Canadiens third-rounder Connor Crisp waited until the last possible minute to end his goal drought, bagging a last-minute OT winner for Sudbury. (Sudbury Star)

Like university football's Western Mustangs during the Mitchell Bowl, the North Bay Battalion were only present in body during a 6-0 home shellacking vs. Barrie. Coach Stan Butler's summation: "I think the first time we touched the puck in the game was when they scored, when our goalie pulled the puck out of the net." (North Bay Nugget)

Carolina Hurricanes second-rounder Brock McGinn has tallied a point in 22 consecutive games, although that skein was overshadowed by the Guelph Storm's collapse in Erie on Saturday night. (Guelph Mercury)

Kingston popped a "frustration balloon" by beating Ottawa 8-0. Next item on their agenda is to beat one of the 18 other teams at some point during November. (Kingston Whig-Standard)

Well, what will Sarnia, which has won three in a row to get within two points of the final playoff spot, do at the trade deadline? (Sarnia Observer)

The Belleville Bulls' younger cohort had its moments during an otherwise expected home loss to mighty London. (Belleville Intelligencer)

Owen Sound's first-rounder Ethan Szypula might be close to a breakthrough after playing sparingly during the first third of the season. (Owen Sound Sun Times)

QMJHL

Jonathan Drouin now has 23 points in Halifax's seven games this month: "Now I’m back to the normal Jo that I was." You think? (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

New York Rangers draftee Anthony Duclair heads off to the Subway Super Series on a roll, with seven goals in the Quebec Remparts' last six games. (Le Soleil)

Will Calgary Flames first-rounder Émile Poirier have any home-ice advantage on Monday, since the first Russia-QMJHL game is in Gatineau? (Le Droit)

It seems like just yesterday the Blainville-Boisbriand franchise took form after moving from Monreal. Now it already has 100 wins. (Parlons Junior)

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