Friday coast-to-coast: Sven-sanity in southern Alberta

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

WHL

Sven Bärtschi will play again tonight for the Calgary Flames. Contain yourself, Calgarians. (Calgary Herald, Globe & Mail)

The Vancouver Giants-Boston Bruins pipeline continues: goalie Adam Morrison has signed with the defending Stanley Cup champs. But what about shutdown defenceman David Musil being out for the G-Men? (Vancouver Province)

The 5 through 8 seeds in the Eastern Conference are all in play between Regina, Saskatoon, Kootenay and Brandon. (Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

Kamloops Blazers coach Guy Charron hopes his team remembers who dashed their playoff hopes last season. (Kamloops Daily News, Prince George Free Press)

Not CHL, but here's a good read on the upheaval in NCAA hockey. (The Associated Press)

OHL

The Windsor Spitfires locked up a playoff berth with a shutout win vs. Windsor, keeping alive the possibility of playing rival Plymouth in Round 1. (Windsor Star)

Saturday is St. Patrick's Day, where everyone is Irish except for the odd self-loathing sportswriter. (Or am I projecting?) Anyway, the Erie Otters have taken the wearing o' the green up a notch with their green ice. (Puck Daddy)

Potential high NHL pick Andreas Athanasiou was a healthy scratch for London on Thursday. (London Free Press)

Stop and appreciate this: graduating Peterborough Petes forward Joey West was named the Eastern Conference's most underrated player in the annual coaches' poll despite being on a ninth-place team. (Peterborough Examiner, OHL)

Is Swiss world junior forward Lino Martschini going to play his 19-year-old season in Peterborough? (Peterborough Examiner)

Promising Sudbury Wolves rookie right wing Nicholas Baptiste plays his first league game in his hometown of Ottawa on Friday. He can also help linemate Michael Sgarbossa take the lead over the 67's Tyler Toffoli in the scoring title race. (Ottawa Citizen)

Once again, the Kitchener Rangers are the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and set to get a dangerous team in the first round. (Waterloo Record)

QMJHL

Ten storylines for the closing weekend. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

What punishment does Gatineau Olympiques coach-GM Benoît Groulx have coming for his garbage can tossing-protest on Wednesday? (Le Droit)

Shawinigan Cataractes star defenceman Brandon Gormley still isn't up to skating for a full workout. No need to rush back from his foot injury. (Le Nouvelliste)

Patrick Roy wants a little more out of his Quebec Remparts on this closing weekend. (Le Soleil)

Finishing seventh instead of eighth could mean avoiding a second-round matchup with Saint John. That's semi-important. (Le Quotidien)

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