Friday coast-to-coast: Patrick Roy downplaying the Montreal Canadiens rumours

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WHL

Draft-year defenceman Morgan Rielly, who's recovering from knee surgery, still needs one more doctor's visit before he can rejoin the Moose Jaw Warriors lineup. Meantime, Rielly's team can eliminate Regina this evening. (Moose Jaw Times-Herald)

A Western Hockey League player has been sentenced to probation and community service for a fatal crash that killed his girlfriend last year. The player cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. (The Canadian Press)

Ottawa Senators prospect Darren Kramer's peanut butter solution is attracting all kinds of media attention. (Toronto Star, Hockey Hearsay)

Should we be surprised Spokane goalie Eric Williams is vexing the Vancouver Giants? Williams stymied Saskatoon early on in last seeason's playoffs when he was with the Prince Albert Raiders. (Vancouver Province, Vancouver Sun)

Saskatoon Blades coach-GM Lorne Molleken is vowing a roster shake-up before the team begins ramping up for its turn as 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup host. Star defenceman Duncan Siemens, meanwhile, gets to complete the season with the Colorado Avalanche's AHL team in Cleveland. (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

The Calgary Hitmen might have deserved a better fate than a five-game ouster against Brandon. (Calgary Herald, Luber's Lounge, Winnipeg Free Press)

People in Brandon are starting to wonder if it's necessary to the have a winter fair evict the Wheat Kings from their arena during the playoffs every year. (Brandon Sun, subscription)

The Edmonton Oil Kings' win Thursday was the first playoff series triumph in team history. Are there going to be three more of those by May? (Edmonton Journal)

OHL

Ten days out from the the final NHL Central Scouting rankings, is it Nail or Mikhail? (NHL.com)

Not OHL, but Ottawa Senators first-round choice Mika Zibanejad Tebowed after a goal in a recent Elitserien game. He's a little behind that fad. Does he also answer his phone, "Whassssssssup?" (The 6th Sens)

He's not on the game sheet, but the Belleville Bulls' lineup for Game 5 in Ottawa (7 p.m. ET, Sportsnet) includes a phantom player named Mentum. First name Mo. (Sportsnet)

Windsor Spitfires centre Kerby Rychel, as anticipated, put a lot on his shoulders after his team's sweep at the hands of the London Knights:"You have to lose before you win. Losing sucks when you expect more." (Windsor Star)

Oshawa Generals rookie goalie Daniel Altshuller has been a one-man juvenation machine against the Niagara IceDogs. (durhamregion.com, St. Catharines Standard)

The Owen Sound Attack will again have a 15-skater lineup, with just six veterans, heading into a must-win Game 5 at Kitchener tonight. (Owen Sound Sun Times)

Is the No. 4 overall pick in the OHL priority selection draft necessarily a can't-miss player? (Sault Star)

You wanted an OHL mock draft? You got one! (In The O)

QMJHL

Patrick Roy is trying to downplay those pesky Montreal Canadiens rumours. (TSN, Sports Illustrated)

The incredible true story of Baie-Comeau interim coach Denis Francoeur. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Le Nouvelliste)

Meantime, Roy's Remparts won a playoff series. (Le Soleil)

Mikhail Grigorenko, Martin Frk, Nathan MacKinnon, Anthony Duclair, Jonathan Drouin and Adam Erne all playing in the same Quebec-Halifax series? Scouts are going to be on that matchup like a sports blogger on free food. Or am I projecting? (Metro Halifax)

Shocker: MacKinnon is the top-ranked player for the 2013 NHL draft. (Metro Halifax)

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