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Roy lends hand to Remparts, Draisaitl and Duclair reunite: the coast-to-coast

Anthony Duclair #10 of the Quebec Remparts skates with the puck during the QMJHL game. (Photo by Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)
Anthony Duclair #10 of the Quebec Remparts skates with the puck during the QMJHL game. (Photo by Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)

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

WHL

Indulge Kelowna Rockets coach Dan Lambert some sentimentality at a serious time of year, since his first NHL game with the Quebec Nordiques was at the Colisee. (Regan's Rant)

Today's should-read: Ed Willes caught up with Kimbi Daniels, who was the rookie standout on the 1989 Swift Current Broncos championship team that also included Lambert. (Vancouver Province)

Leon Draisaitl and Anthony Duclair faced off in a NHL game in November and will meet up against in the Kelowna-Quebec tournament opener. Did they also meet at the world junior championship? I recall Team Canada faced Germany in the first round. (Toronto Sun)

The experts want you to know they can't pick a favourite. (Sportsnet)

The Erie Otters might have a local investor. (Erie Times-News)

Should Portland fans cheer for the Rockets? (The Oregonian)

Say it together, Kelowna Rockets: "tous les vegetables et n'est pas des sauces, s'il vous plait." The Western League champs are working around the language barrier now that they are in the country's other solitude. (Kelowna Daily Courier)

Some guy who sounds like a depressed Seth Rogen talks all things Memorial Cup. (Tall Can Audio)

OHL

Oshawa's Michael McCarron is a Memorial Cup second-timer. You get a dri-fit t-shirt for that, right? (Le Soleil)

So will the Quebec media just interview Jeremy Brodeur after each Generals game? (Le Journal de Quebec, Parlons Junior)

Oshawa defenceman Stephen Templeton is trying to become the second member of his family to win the Memorial Cup. (Hamilton Spectator)

Is there a better way to select the fourth team to play in the Memorial Cup? Podcaster nonpareil Brian Thompson believes so. (OHL Fanboys)

Brock Otten lists the league's 10 best bets for the NHL draft. (OHL Prospects)

Hamilton sports fans are finding out about this "OHL." (CHCH News, Hamilton Spectator)

QMJHL

Quebec coach-GM Philippe Boucher is getting pointers from anywhere and everywhere, including Patrick Roy. (Le Soleil)

How much did that seven-game President's Cup final drain out of the Remparts? Kurt Etchegary and Guillaume Gauthier had maintenance days on Thursday. (Le Journal de Quebec)

New York Rangers defence prospect Ryan Graves is also a second-timer. (Charlottetown Guardian, Nova News Now)

Shawinigan Cataractes coach Martin Bernard has received a contract extension. (Le Nouvelliste)

Charlottetown Islanders right wing Daniel Sprong could become the first Dutch-born NHLer since, well, actually you'll have to Google it. (NHL.com)

Perpetually rebuilding Acadie-Bathurst will soon acquire defenceman Xavier Zinetti. (Acadie-Nouvelle)

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