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Monday coast-to-coast: Kelly eyes Toronto for NCAA’s next northern incursion

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

WHL

No doubt league-leading goal scorer Ty Rattie just loves seeing his name in the same sentence with Charlie Sheen's. (Portland Tribune)

Oh, you'll have to pay if you want to pry Jordan Weal away from the Regina Pats. Don't think you won't pay! (Regina Leader-Post)

Meantime, next year's MasterCard Memorial Cup host, the Saskatoon Blades, might just let the chips fall where they may. Having star goalie Andrey Makarov go down with a concussion hurts for them. (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

Brandon Wheat Kings forwards Alessio Bertaggia and Mark Stone talk about their world junior trip. (Luber's Lounge)

Brady Brassart has been a sparkplug of late for the Calgary Hitmen. (Calgary Herald)

Rookie Brian Williams has been the ultimate utility player for the Tri-City Americans. (Red Light District)

Getting a fourth-round pick from Tri-City for tough guy Jesse Mychan was a coup for the Everett Silvertips, since Mychan was acquired for nothing. (Everett Herald)

Kootenay Ice attendance is up more than 10 per cent, in case you were wondering. (Ice Chips)

Why you should keep an eye on Prince Albert forward Mike Winther. (WHL From Above)

OHL

Paul Kelly and College Hockey Inc., staged a Clarkson-North Dakota game in Winnipeg on Saturday. Now Kelly and crew are setting their sights on Hogtown, as previously stated: "We have looked very seriously at playing in Toronto as they have expressed an interest in running a four team tournament there. We have also been contacted by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and they have asked about the possibility of bidding for the NCAA Championship — The Frozen Four." (Arctic Ice Hockey)

Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Greg McKegg on the same line with Max Domi, eh? (London Free Press)

Rugged forward Tyler Randell has rejoined the Kitchener Rangers from the Boston Bruins AHL affiliate. (Waterloo Record)

The Ottawa 67'a added overage centre Mike Cazzola from the Erie Otters late Sunday, which could give them a legit third scoring line. (Ottawa Sun, Loose Pucks)

Have you played in Peterborough at some point? Then chances are you might end up with Windsor, like the Spitfires' newest defenceman, Jeff Braithwaite. (Windsor Star)

The Mississauga Majors will move an overage player today to accommodate new goalie Brandon Maxwell, picked up in the blockbuster last week for netminder JP Anderson. (Mississauga News)

While everyone else is tweaking their roster, the Brampton Battalion keep playing the hand they were dealt and continue winning. (Brampton Guardian)

QMJHL

You can't plan stuff like this: NHL first-rounder and Minnesota Wild prospect Charlie Coyle will make his Saint John Sea Dogs debut in a showdown vs. Shawinigan on Thurday. (Station Nation)

Star defenceman Brandon Gormley landed in Shawinigan. Are the Cataractes hosting the Memorial Cup or something? (Temps d'Arret, Le Nouvelliste)

Overage forward David Rose wanted a trade to a Quebec team, since it might help his chances at playing at Montreal's McGill University next season. Rose landed with Baie-Comeau. (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)

The Chicoutimi Saguenéens pulled off a deadline coup by adding Ottawa Senators prospect Jean-Gabriel Pageau. It broke Gatineau coach Benoît Groulx's heart to do it, though. (TVA Sports)

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