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Team Canada camp set to open: Monday’s coast-to-coast

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

World junior

Jonathan Huberdeau headed off to Canada's camp with calls for a suspension from the QMJHL for his linesman takedown in Saint John. (Backhand Shelf, La Presse, Le Nouvelliste, Station Nation)

Who will be Canada's most-tracked players in Calgary? (Calgary Herald)

Detroit Red Wings prospect Xavier Ouellet, an anticipated top-four defenceman, has a clean bill of health for the camp. (La Presse)

Who's hot and who is not as Canada's selection camp opens? (Sportsnet)

Some league called "the NHL" cancelled its regular season through Dec. 30 ... and that might be good for Team Canada and bad for Damien Cox fear-mongering? (Puck Daddy)

Is there a place for Ryan Sproul and his cannon shot on Canada's blueline? (Sault Star)

WHL

The Kelowna Rockets face a stretch of five road games in six nights without captain Colton Sissons. In a word, eep. (Regan's Rant)

Steve Young for coach of the year? The Prince Albert Raiders have already equalled their '11-12 win total. (Prince Albert Daily Herald)

The Moose Jaw Warriors took down powerful Spokane in Morgan Rielly's final game before leaving for the world junior and whatever comes next. (Moose Jaw Times-Herald)

Only the Regina Pats could get shut out in their Teddy Bear Toss game. (rodpedersen.com)

OHL

The best win of the London Knights' 18-game streak, in the mind of GM Mark Hunter? Probably a Nov. 24 shutout in Owen Sound. (London Free Press)

Bad news for the Team Ontario under-17 squad: Kingston Frontenacs standout rookie defenceman Roland McKeown is out 2-4 weeks with a shoulder separation. (Barrie Examiner, Kingston Whig-Standard)

Losing at home to lowly Ottawa is the nadir for these Kitchener Rangers. (Waterloo Record)

Hey, the Windsor Spitfires are now on a four-game win streak after edging Oshawa. Anything going to come out of the Generals' Scott Laughton (already suspended once this season) getting a check-from-behind penalty at the final buzzer? (Windsor Star)

Sarnia Sting goalie JP Anderson plans to put the game puck from his record 115th career win next to the one from his first in the OHL. (Sarnia Observer)

New Sault Ste. Marie coach Sheldon Keefe has marked his team "fragile." (Sault Star)

Seventeen-year-old Brampton Battalion rookie Nick Paul has two first names and a two-game to his credit. Watch out for him. (Brampton Guardian)

Nine points out of a playoff spot, can the Peterborough Petes make a run? (Peterborough Examiner)

QMJHL

Thirty games into the season and the Halifax Mooseheads have yet to lose two in a row. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Metro Halifax)

Scuttlebutt is that the Quebec Remparts could beef up their blueline with a move for 19-year-old Colorado Avalanche-drafted defenceman Dillon Donnelly. (Le Soleil)

Phillip Danault left the Victoriaville Tigres in a good frame of mind before heading off to Canada's camp. (Le Tribune)

The struggle continues for the 15th-place Gatineau Olympiques. Now top forward Tomas Hyka is headed off to join Team Czech Republic. (Ottawa Citizen)

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