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Niagara IceDogs facing a desperate hour: the coast-to-coast

Niagara, down 2-0, hosts Ottawa during the OHL's two-game Monday slate (Aaron Bell, OHL Images)
Niagara, down 2-0, hosts Ottawa during the OHL's two-game Monday slate (Aaron Bell, OHL Images)

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

WHL

Draft prospect Jake DeBrusk has been stymied so far in the Swift Current-Regina series. (Regina Leader-Post)

Buzzing's own Scott Sepich explains why the Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a jewel to the Portland Winterhawks. (The Oregonian)

It just feels right that Macoy Erkamps got the winner in the game that restored Brandon's home-ice advantage against Edmonton, since he likely had some trying nights against the Oil Kings during his Lethbridge days. (Brandon SunEdmonton Sun)

Did Mack Shields retake Calgary's No. 1 goalie job with his relief effort in a series-tying win over Kootenay? (Calgary HeraldCalgary Sun, Cranbrook Daily Townsman)

Indeed, Kelowna Rockets goalie Jackson Whistle's consecutive shutouts were a franchise first, playoffs-wise. (Regan's Rant)

The advanced stats revolution apparently hasn't touched junior hockey, even though a few teams have analytics guros even though a certain big-market Canadian NHL team hired two writer-analysts who contributed to this blog for several seasons. (Hockey and Wilderness)

OHL

Tait Seguin's truculence has been a trump card for London of late, writes Ryan Pyette. (London Free Press)

The ethical debate over NHL teams tanking to get Connor McDavid will play itself out right after the discussion, "Religion: what is the one true faith?" (The Mirror)

Niagara is in a must-win as it hosts Game 3 against Ottawa, down 2-0. IceDogs coach-GM Marty Williamson on that lost weekend in the nation's capital: "We allowed it to snowball on ourselves." (St. Catharines Standard)

Ahead of Game 3 against Oshawa, the Peterborough Petes are 12-0 at home when the crowd exceeds 2,450. The eighth seed is expecting a crowd in the "high twos" on Tuesday. (durhamregion.com, Peterborough Examiner)

All the game stories you could shake a stick at from a hectic Sunday. (Bay Today, North Bay Nugget, Kingston Whig-Standard, Sarnia ObserverWaterloo Region Record)

Guelph and Owen Sound's mayors are betting craft beers on the outcome of the Storm-Attack series, the only one that is even at 1-1. See, there's an argument for Ontario's beer store monopoly (not really). (Bayshore Broadcasting)

There is a group interested in getting an OHL team back in Belleville once the Bull(dog)s head down the highway. (Belleville Intelligencer)

QMJHL

Today in #SMH: CBC Ottawa reports that "Officers have been called to the arena 10 times since January 2015" during games of the Gatineau Mustangs, who are the only time in the Eastern Ontario Junior B league that has alcohol served at games.  (CBC Ottawa)

The playoffs might be the platform for Cape Breton's Loïk Léveillé to show why he should be drafted in June. The defenceman has become much sounder in his own end. (Le Soleil)

Montreal Canadiens prospect Daniel Audette, on the upside of the Sherbrooke Phoenix being on the road for five days in a 2-3-2 format series against Charlottetown: "We will all be together and we can concentrate to do what we have to do there." The Islanders got the road split despite a 17-5 discrepcancy in power plays. (La Tribune)

Halifax has three home games in a row coming up in its series vs. Shawinigan, although they'll be at the old Forum instead of the Scotiabank Centre. (Halifax Chronicle-HeraldLe Nouvelliste)

Just saying: the Halifax Forum can more than accommodate the typical QMJHL crowd. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

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