Tim Bozon nears one-year anniversary of meningitis ordeal: the coast-to-coast

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WHL

Montreal Canadiens prospect Tim Bozon is fast coming up on the one-year anniversary of a near-fatal battle with Neisseri meningitis. Bozon: "Even one year later, I still think about it. Sometimes you think about what life would be like right now if I had lost my legs and my hands or stuff like that. You wonder what my parents would do if I would be handicapped. I try to move on, but it's always in your mind." (Regina Leader-Post)

Ivan Provorov, on rejoining the Brandon Wheat Kings after missing six games due to injury: "It's been only a couple of weeks but it feels like it's been a month or more." (Luber's Lounge)

How quickly can top scorer Trevor Cox have a tangible impact on Medicine Hat, which has been playing from behind time and again during its forgettable February? (Medicine Hat News)

Arizona Coyotes draft pick Edgars Kulda needs to start scoring for offensively famished Edmonton. (Edmonton Sun)

So will the Calgary Hitmen ever lose again? (CBS Seattle)

Portland overage Josh Hanson thrives at being the defenceman whose work is unheralded. (The Columbian)

OHL

Is Perani Arena in Flint anywhere near OHL standard? Not exactly. (Flint Journal)

The Guelph Storm are planning to rock a St. Patrick's Day jersey.

Sam Bennett's belated return to the Kingston Frontenacs lineup is on tap for this evening in Belleville. (Kingston Whig-Standard)

Worth revisiting: how the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds found 30-goal scorer Michael Bunting after he bypassed in two priority selections. (Sault Star)

Vancouver Canucks draft pick Miles Liberati has become a savvier rushing defenceman for North Bay, in the view of former big-league defenceman Greg Theberge. (Bay Today)

Let's see how the Kitchener Rangers rebound from a blown-lead loss to London. (Waterloo Record)

Matt Campbell explains why the Peterborough Petes having a stockpile of second-rounders in the priority selection doesn't add up to a sure thing. (Peterborough Examiner)

QMJHL

Dallas Stars second-rounder Philippe Desrosiers showed why he might be the league's top goalie while leading Rimouski to a shutout win in Quebec. (Le Soleil)

Promotional brainstorm of the week: the Charlottetown Islanders are offering free tickets to snowplow drivers and emergency workers. (Charlottetown Guardian)

Maxime Duquet has the Moncton Wildcats as the league's top dogs in his weekly power rankings. (Parlons Junior)

Fifty-goal scorer Maxime St-Cyr had to work through a lot of confidence problems earlier in his junior tenure. (Le Nouvelliste)

What a revolting development: the Baie-Comeau Drakkar had several thousand dollars stolen in a break-in last weekend. (Le Soleil)

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

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