Kelowna, Regina, Brandon and Rimouski move on to the second round: the coast-to-coast

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WHL

Kelowna moves on to the next round after sweeping Tri-City, and Eric Comrie’s 66-save effort in the loss. (Castanet.net)

Regina completed the sweep as well, defeating Swift Current 4-0 Wednesday to win 4-0 in games. (SWBooster.com)

Brandon moved on as well, with an emotional five-game win over Edmonton, culminated by John Quenneville’s overtime winner in his home rink. (EdmontonJournal.com)

Everett held back and buried their first good chance of the second extra frame to beat Spokane and go up 2-1 in their series, while the Chiefs had most of the chances in the extra fun periods. (Spokesman.com)

One day after an emotional 8-7 win, Calgary made it 3-1 in their series with Kootenay, with a dominant 7-2 win in Cranbrook. (CalgaryHerald.com)

Prince George took advantage of their home-ice in Game 3, doubling up Victoria 4-2 to win their first game of the series in their first home playoff game in more than four years. (TimesColonist.com)

Speaking of Quenneville, he’s been rejuvenated so far in the playoffs, with five points in the first three games. The New Jersey first round pick struggled at times during the regular season. (BrandonSun.com)

OHL

Guelph’s Garrett McFadden was the hero on Wednesday night, home-run swinging a puck past Owen Sound’s Jack Flynn in overtime to help the Storm jump to a 3-1 series lead. “We didn't deserve to win, what do you want me to tell you,” Storm coach Bill Stewart said. (OwenSoundSunTimes.com / GuelphMercury.com)

Ottawa and Niagara are deadlocked at two games apiece after Brandon Perlini notched the winner in Game 4. Series shifts to Ottawa for the fifth game. (OttawaCitizen.com)

Sault Ste. Marie is looking to sweep Saginaw Thursday, and they have all the momentum on their side. (SaultStar.com)

On the flip side, Saginaw has seen excellent play from rookie netminder Evan Cormier (MLive.com)

Kingston needs their offence to wake up in a trying series that sees them down 3-0 to North Bay quickly. They’ve sent 92 shots to the Battalion goal, but only scored three times. (TheWhig.com)

A Fronts scout is from the North Bay area, and never expected to make the trip back up to his hometown. (BayToday.ca)

One Kingston player can keep a smile on his face heading into an elimination game. Roland McKeown signed his entry level deal with Carolina. McKeown was sent to the Hurricanes from the Los Angeles Kings in a trade for blueliner Andrej Sekera. (CanesCountry.com)

Belleville mayor Taso Christopher said the league has expressed little interest in a new team in Belleville in the future, or an expansion team at all. The Bulls are one game away from elimination, and moving to Hamilton next season. (TheBarrieExaminer.com)

Oshawa goalkeeper Jeremy Brodeur has had some key help from his famous father, Martin. (theStar.com)

QMJHL

The Armada-Olympiques series, or maybe the best series of the first round in the CHL, is now a best-of-3 with the Armada tying the series in a 4-1 win Wednesday. (OttawaCitizen.com / Radio-Canada.ca)

Messing up my prediction, Halifax won Game 4 at the Forum, meaning they go to a best-of-3 as well against Shawinigan. (MetroNews.ca)

Rimouski completes the sweep, dispatching Victoriaville in four short games. (JournalMetro.com / LaNouvelle.net)

Moncton clawed back to take Game 3 in their series against Chicoutimi, while the Sags deal with sick players, including Landon Schiller, the man tasked to shadow league’s leading scorer Conor Garland. (JournalDeMontreal.com)

Sherbrooke got a great performance from netminder Alex Bureau to tie their series at two with Charlottetown. Mason McDonald’s injury could spell a tone shift in the series, and be a major factor. (LaPresse.ca)

The league has seen a shift in talent, and it must now count in the push from Americans in the New England area to its ranks, such as the Wildcats’ Garland, so says Robert Lagacé from Acadie NOUVELLE. (AcadieNOUVELLE.com)

Quebec’s Dmytro Timashov has been a pest for the Remparts all season long, but this time with his mouth, getting under the skin of Russian forwards Evgeny Svechnikov and Maxim Lazarev in their native tongues. (LaPresse.ca)