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Grimes finds harbour in Peterborough: the coast-to-coast

Jake Grimes has hired on as Peterborough's defensive assistant coach (Aaron Bell, OHL Images)
Jake Grimes has hired on as Peterborough's defensive assistant coach (Aaron Bell, OHL Images)

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

WHL

Consider Theo Fleury and Sheldon Kennedy the people least shocked that convicted pedophile Graham James is facing new sexual assault charges that date to the early 1990s. (CTV Winnipeg, Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

The Kelowna Rockets were what we thought they are whilst dispatching Rimouski on Monday. (Kelowna Daily Courier)

Rockets coach Dan Lambert, on Nick Merkley twice scoring goals after kicking the puck from his skates to his stick blade: "He actually works a lot on that with Kim Gellert, our skills coach. I don't know if it's because Kim's a bad passer and keeps hitting him in the feet but he does work with our guys a lot on that." (Castanet)

Contrary to what the eastern media might presume, Kelowna did have a must-win situation in the semifinal series against Portland. (Regan's Rant)

Portland's rugged winger, Paul Bittner, might be the prototypical Boston Bruins draft choice. (Causeway Crowd)

OHL

Montreal Canadiens first-rounder Michael McCarron is beasting thus far at the Memorial Cup for Oshawa  (London Free Press, Habs Eyes On The Prize)

Whoever buys the Erie Otters out of U.S. bankruptcy court would still have to win approval from the league to become owner. And that means keeping the team in Erie, most likely. (Frozen Futures)

Jake Grimes, late of the Belleville Bulls, is joining the Peterborough Petes coaching staff. Job one will be remedying the woes that led to the Petes having the league's fourth-most porous defence. (Peterborough Examiner)

Oshawa defenceman Stephen Desrocher said the F-word in a live on-ice interview on Sunday. This counts as news, apparently. (The Hockey News)

The Kitchener Rangers have signed their third-rounder, Joseph Garreffa, who's a Jeff Skinner-esque 5-foot-6 and 171 pounds. (Waterloo Region Record)

QMJHL

Hey, a war of words between Oshawa coach D.J. Smith and Quebec's Philippe Boucher, sort of. (Le Soleil)

The Remparts are keen on having another shot at playing Oshawa, whether it is Friday or Sunday. (Le Journal de Quebec)

Philadelphia Flyers first-rounder Samuel Morin was very succinct about what went wrongly for Rimouski. (Le Soleil)

Chicoutimi plans on being active in trading at the entry draft, since it has a logjam of 20-year-olds. (Le Quotidien)

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