Tuesday coast-to-coast: Mr. MacKinnon goes to Baie-Comeau

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

WHL

Former NHLer Sheldon Kennedy is returning to Swift Current — for a dinner in his honour. (Globe & Mail)

Calgary Flames first-rounder Sven Bärtschi had the Lemieux hat trick on Monday, scoring a power-play, short-handed and even-strength goal for Portland. (Oregon Live)

Calgary Hitmen overage centre Jimmy Bubnick is playing for a pro contract somewhere, anywhere, next season. (Calgary Herald)

Getting to know Spokane Chiefs rookie Liam Stewart, without asking too much about his famous parents. (Dan Sallows)

Winning ugly is still winning. (Spokane Spokesman-Review)

Regina Pats rookie goalie Adam Beukeboom made the most of rare back-to-back starts last weekend. (Regina Leader-Post)

Hey, the Everett Silvertips get to take a boat ride to their next game in Victoria. (Everett Herald)

OHL

How many goals did Windsor Spitfires GM Warren Rychel think his 17-year-old son, left wing Kerby Rychel, would score this season? Twenty. Kerby's at 32 and counting. (Windsor Star)

Note to Ralph Nader: the OHL has not banned fighting. Your heart is in a good place, though. (League of Fans, SB Nation)

Anaheim Ducks second-round pick John Gibson is injured again, leaving the Kitchener Rangers goal to be guarded by 18-year-old Franky Palazzese. (In The O, Waterloo Record)

The story of how top draft prospect Radek Faksa needed a nudge to set the bar higher for himself this season. (NHL.com)

London left wing Andreas Anthanasiou has plenty of stick tricks. (London Free Press)

There's no D in their name but the Barrie Colts finally have some in their game. (Barrie Examiner)

Will having sniper Andrew Fritsch back propel the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds into the playoffs? (Sault Star)

QMJHL

Halifax Mooseheads star Nathan MacKinnon is not betraying any nervousness about his team's road game Wednesday vs. Baie-Comeau, the team that originally drafted him. Should he even? The Drakkar did it all for the trade windfall. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

Blainville-Boisbriand forward Samuel Hodhod is hoping to study to become a doctor. (Le Nouvelliste)

Acadie-Bathurst Titan scoring star Zach O'Brien has a broken nose. Does that mean Victoriaville's Yanni Gourde can be conceded the scoring title? (TVA Sports)

Phoenix Coyotes goaltending prospect Louis Domingue has had an up-and-down start to the new year in Quebec. (Le Soleil)

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