Wednesday coast-to-coast: Blades lose Siemens until March; OHL outdoor games a go; 67′s march to the Bank

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

WHL

Colorado Avalanche first-rounder Duncan Siemens is out for at least three weeks with a concussion. (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

The Swift Current Broncos will be wearing a memorial jersey on Saturday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the bus crash which took the lives of four players. Captain Taylor Vause designed the jersey. (WHL)

Vancouver Giants forward Jordan Martinook might be a classic late bloomer. (Vancouver Sun)

It's a first-place showdown tonight between Kamloops and Tri-City. (Tri-City Herald)

Kamloops Blazers forward Jordan DePape is nearing a return from shoulder surgery, but it's not the team he once knew: "The depth is scary." (Kamloops Daily News)

For Medicine Hat, beating Calgary on Tuesday could loom large in the playoff race. (Tiger Turf)

Prince George Cougars forward Troy Bourke puts his best spin on an oftentimes trying season. (Coming Down The Pipe!)

Regina Pats star goalie Matt Hewitt is refreshed and ready for a big divisional game tonight vs. Brandon. (Regina Leader-Post)

Max Reinhart is back in the Kootenay Ice lineup, but sibling Griffin Reinhart got the last laugh. (Edmonton Journal)

OHL

The OHL outdoor games involving the London Knights, Plymouth Whalers, Saginaw Spirit and Windsor Spitfires will be announced Thursday, reports Jim Parker. (Windsor Star, The Detroit News)

Expect to hear Wednesday that the Ottawa 67's will play at Scotiabank Place for the next two seasons while the Ottawa Civic Centre is renovated. (Ottawa Citizen)

Are Plymouth's Alex Aleardi, Andy Bathgate and Jamie Devane the league's best third line? (The Detroit News)

Getting to know Plymouth power winger Tom Wilson, who's now injured with the ubiquitous upper body injury. (Dan Sallows)

You already know London Knights goalie Michael "I Can't Believe He Hasn't Been Drafted" Houser is poised to set the team career wins record. What about him breaking the league record for wins in a season? (London Free Press)

Bruce Peter is not liking the Nail Yakupov suspension. (Puck Worlds)

The Soo Greyhounds and Sudbury Wolves have a rematch tonight after the 'Hounds beat their northern rival 7-3 last week. Would it not be great if these two teams were in the same conference? (Sault Star)

Captain Michael Catenacci's five-point night ensured the Kitchener Rangers would not have their first three-game losing streak of the season. (Waterloo Record)

Hey, is that the Oshawa Generals now in sixth in the Eastern Conference? (Peterborough Examiner, durhamregion.com)

QMJHL

The Shawinigan Cataractes are short-staffed this week with injuries to forwards Kirill Kabanov and Taylor Carnevale and defenceman Brandon Gormley. All are listed as day-to-day. (Le Nouvelliste)

Halifax Mooseheads overager Travis Randell has gone back to his roots by switching to defence. Meantime, did you notice that 16-year-old Jonathan Drouin is averaging a point per game since he joined the Herd? (Metro Halifax)

Shawinigan's Jonathan Racine and Saint John's Jason Cameron each got four-game suspensions for checks to the head that occurred in the same game. (The Canadian Press, The Q Spot)

Quebec Remparts rookie goalie François Brassard got his first career shutout on Tuesday. (Le Soleil)

Still no timeline for draft-year defenceman Dominic Poulin to rejoin Chicoutimi's lineup. (Le Quotidien)

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