Drouin, Mooseheads look to finish off series, so too do Storm and Oil Kings: the coast-to-coast

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WHL

New York Islanders first-rounder Ryan Pulock has shown a new physical dimension during the Brandon-Edmonton series. (Luber's Lounge)

Shaun Clouston's surmise of what went wrong in Moose Jaw's come-from-ahead collapse against Kootenay, which now has a 3-1 lead: "Some of the guys were just a little bit out in front of themselves." (Medicine Hat News,

An 1,100-km bus ride? The Edmonton Oil Kings would prefer to finish off Brandon on Friday, just for that reason alone. (Edmonton Journal)

Victoria didn't go out without several fights against Portland. (The Oregonian, Voice of the Victoria Royals, Victoria Times-Colonist)

The Portland-Kelowna conference final to end all conference finals will start with back-to-back games in the Okanagan on April 18-19. (Global News)

Kelowna won the season series 4-0 by an aggregate score of 28-10, but the last meeting was Jan. 2, before Mathew Dumba joined the Winterhawks. "We've never had our full team," Portland coach-GM Mike Johnston says. "It's a factor, but I'm not saying it's why." (Portland Tribune)

Yes, Red Deer Rebels' NHL draft hopeful Haydn Fleury was once babysat by long-time NHLer Brenden Morrow. (NHL.com)

Where's the scoring going to come from next season in Regina? (Regina Leader-Post)

Admit it, you want Lethbridge D-man Lanny Hackman to make it big either in hockey or as a Catskills comedian. (Airdrie City View)

OHL

Guelph's Sleeman Centre shall henceforth be known as the Max Domi House of Boos, writes Ryan Pyette. Will that be for only one more game this spring, though? Domi might have got away with a spear on Thursday. (London Free Press, Guelph Mercury)

Peterborough's crowd of 3,993 for what turned out to be a season-ending loss to Oshawa surpassed the turnout for the deciding game of the OHL final. Petes centre Hunter Garlent: "Everyone is holding their head high. Oshawa is a big strong team that is coached very well. They have an unbelievable defensive system and a great goalie." (Peterborough Examiner)

Windsor Spitfires coach Bob Boughner will have a smallish, right-shooting offensive defenceman in camp with Blake Coffey, son of Paul: I never want to compare anyone to [three-time national junior team member] Ryan Ellis, but there’s a little of that with his stature and one-time bomb." (Windsor Star)

Barrie going 4-for-10 on the power play in its series-tying win represents one hell of a regression, since North Bay's penalty kill was 36-for-37 in the playoffs prior to Thursday. (The Barrie Examiner)

There are no excuses during playoffs, but North Bay's dip could be tied back to being down a couple of regular forwards. (North Bay Nugget)

Owen Sound Attack coach Greg Ireland has been offered a two-year extension. (Bayshore Broadcasting)

QMJHL

Not only is Jonathan Drouin racking up the points, but he's marking Gatineau star Martin Reway during this second round of President's Cup playoffs. (Metro Halifax)

Florida Panthers-drafted D-man Mackenzie Weegar could stand to have Halifax finish off Gatineau on Friday. The Barrhaven blueliner has been logging some pretty heavy minutes. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

Veteran Maxime St-Cyr is savouring Baie-Comeau's sweep of Rouyn-Noranda, what with being a former Husky. (Plein Jour de Baie-Comeau, La Presse)

Former NHLer Jimmy Waite will now be goaltender coach in Sherbrooke. (Le Tribune) —

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.