Dal Colle, Generals stand alone atop OHL: the coast-to-coast

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World junior

Bo Horvat would only stand to miss five Vancouver Canucks games if he was loaned to Canada; just saying. (Eh Game, The Hockey Writers)

Much like Team Canada, Sweden will also be short on right-handed defenders, which could buoy the hopes of San Jose Sharks second-rounder Julius Bergman making the final squad. (London Free Press)

WHL

Former Winnipeg Jets coach Claude Noel is learning on the go in his new capacity with the Vancouver Giants. (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

Calgary's Radel Fazleev did the moonwalk after scoring the Teddy Bear Toss goal on Sunday. Quoth Fazleev: "It was good, I think." The Hitmen, meantime, made Sports Illustrated. (Calgary Sun, SI.com)

Takeaways from Portland's win over Medicine Hat: the Winterhawks lost Alex Schoenborn to a boarding major/game misconduct and Adin Hill still hasn't been declared their No. 1 goalie. (Taking Note)

You wanted lines and D pairs for each of the 22 teams? You got them! (WHL From Above)

Kelowna defenceman Dillon Dube get his first WHL goal last week, the 16-year-old also scored the Rockets' Teddy Bear Toss goal. And his mother totally called it. (Kelowna Daily Courier)

Spokane has lost five in a row and still has eight games left vs. Portland. That's not fun. (Spokane Spokesman-Review)

OHL

League scoring leader Max Domi expects to still be wearing London Knights green and gold after the world junior tournament. (London Free Press)

Does Tuesday's press conference outlining a major hockey investment in Flint, Mich., have anything to do with the OHL? The Internet seems to think so. (ABC 12)

The Guelph Storm won their last game with Team Canada-bound Jason Dickinson and Robby Fabbri, but at what cost? The cost of defenceman Phil Baltisberger's nose. (Guelph Mercury)

Hey, Oshawa was ahead of Erie in this humble-bragging blog's rankings before its decisive 4-1 win on Sunday. That made back-to-back non-conference losses for the Otters. And how about the goal that Michael Dal Colle scored in the third period for the Generals? (Erie Times-News, Belleville Intelligencer)

Per Josh Brown, the Kitchener Rangers are in "a free fall" following their home-and-home sweep against Owen Sound. (Waterloo Record, Owen Sound Sun Times)

Brock Otten lists off the league's unheralded NHL draft hopefuls. (OHL Prospects)

Sarnia Sting coach Trevor Letowski could not "remember" being in a game like his club's 7-6 shootout win over Sault Ste. Marie. (Sarnia Observer, Sault Star)

Actual attendance in Peterborough might have dipped to fewer than 2,000 during the Petes' desultory defeat against Barrie on Saturday. (Peterborough Examiner)

Sudbury got outscored 12-3 in a pair of home losses and the lead in Bruce Heidman's story conjures up images of Randy Quaid's character in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. (Sudbury Star)

QMJHL

Russian playmaker Vladimir Tkachev is getting acclimatized to the Quebec Remparts after his trade from Moncton last weekend. (Le Soleil)

The calendar has been turned back four years: Saint John is 5-0 on the year against Halifax after Saturday's win. Sea Dogs defenceman Luke Green scored a sweet goal in his hometown against Team Canada goalie Zach Fucale. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

Victoriaville goalie Chase Marchand stole two points out from under Rimouski. (Le Soleil)

The young Shawinigan Cataractes were grateful to see the club add an overage scorer by trading for Christophe Lalonde. (Le Nouvelliste)

Chicoutimi won twice at home under new coach Yanick Jean, so the honeymoon phase will continue for at least another week. (Le Quotidien)

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