David Levin in line to go No. 1 to Sudbury Wolves: the coast-to-coast
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WHL
Why the Canadian Hockey League having two-thirds of the North American skaters on the final Central Scouting ranking is something to play up is anyone's guess. The CHL has 60 teams! (Sportsnet)
The Everett Silvertips finished Tuesday's triple-overtime series clincher with only four defencemen, including Edmonton Oilers draft pick Ben Betker. Noah Juulsen left with an injury. (Everett Herald, Spoakne Spokesman-Review)
Calgary Flames first-rounder Morgan Klimchuk is entering his first second-round series with Brandon, against none other than his former team. (Regina Leader-Post)
Minnesota Wild pick Reid Duke is ready to rejoin Brandon's lineup. (Brandon Sun)
The Regina Pats have had a long journey to being a team that can win with speed in the playoffs, writes Rob Vanstone. Stay for the Jordan Weal reference. (Regina Leader-Post)
Kootenay Ice grad Tim Bozon will join the Montreal Canadiens' AHL affiliate for the duration. (Habs Eyes On The Prize)
OHL
Soo Greyhounds forwards Jean Dupuy and Jared McCann have the all-clear for Game 1 against Guelph on Wednesday. (Sault Star, Guelph Mercury)
Tel Aviv-born David Levin, who grew up playing inline hockey in Israel, will be the first overall pick by the Sudbury Wolves in the OHL prioirity selection draft. It's such a phenomenal story that you hate to think what having a player with only three years' hockey experience going No. 1 says about the draft class as a whole. (Toronto Sun, Northern Life)
Toronto Maple Leafs fans: you'll get Dylan Strome, and like it! (QMI Agency)
Trevor Letowski's ouster as Sarnia Sting coach was not "performance-based." (Blackburn News)
The NHL scouting combine is moving to Buffalo, but you probably knew that already. (NHL.com)
Josh Brown posits that the Kitchener Rangers should retain GM Murray Hiebert and coach Troy Smith. (Waterloo Region Record)
Two big X factors in the North Bay-Barrie series: the health of Battalion captain Marcus McIvor and Barrie's 41-goal scorer, Brendan Lemieux. (Bay Today)
Peterborough did have some young players develop this season, so there is that. (Peterborough Examiner)
Having four of the first five one-sentence paragraphs end in question marks might lead one to think Brian Smiley is spitballing about a team moving to Brantford. (Brantford Expositor)
QMJHL
Arizona Coyotes prospect Anthony Duclair saved his best game of Round 1 for the last game, even if it didn't lead to points for Quebec, writes Olivier Bosse. (Le Soleil)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has nothing on Unstoppable Nikolaj Ehlers. (Halifax Chronicle Herald, Metro Halifax)
Shawinigan's young leaders Anthony Beauvillier, Samuel Girard and Dennis Yan made great strides in the seven-game series against Halifax, writes Steve Turcotte. (Le Nouvelliste)
The Gatineau-Rimouski quarter-final begins Friday. (Le Droit)
Sherbrooke is bidding adieu to 20-year-olds Cam Darcy, Aaron Hoyles and Raphaël Lafontaine after losing out to Charlottetown. (La Tribune)
Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Sports Canada. Contact him at neatesager@yahoo.ca and follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.
