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BY SCOTT HADDOW   The Kitchener Rangers won the Steve Downie sweepstakes by trading Dowling boy Yves Bastien and three second round draft picks to the Peterborough Petes.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Hello OHL fans, it's time for another round of news, stats and happenings in the best junior hockey league in the world. Let's start with some World Junior Championship (WJC) stuff first.

Anaheim Ducks bench boss and native Sudburian Randy Carlyle has been named as the head coach of the Western Conference at the NHL All-Star Game Jan. 24 in Dallas. The head coach of the the top team in each NHL conference as of Jan.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Sudbury Wolves head coach and GM Mike Foligno is stressing a defence first concept to his players to start the New Year.

The Sudbury Wolves' losing skid has stretched to five straight games as the team dropped a couple of 2-1 decisions to the Barrie Colts and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds this weekend (Jan. 5 and 6).   watch game highlights from Jan.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Sudbury Wolves winger Akim Aliu stands six-foot-three, weighs 209-pounds and it's all intensity. His OHL career has been a bit of a roller coaster ride since he was picked sixth overall by Windsor in the 2005 OHL Draft.

BY SCOTT HADDOW Darryl Moxam has unfinished business with the Kal Tire Sudbury Junior Wolves. And at the midway point of the season, he has the chance to get that business done.

The Kal Tire Sudbury Jr. Wolves hockey club has announced that Tom Faganely has stepped down as head coach and will be replaced by Darryl Moxam.

BY SCOTT HADDOW The Kal Tire Sudbury Junior Wolves are ready to sink their teeth into the new year and they have some additional bite to help them.

BY SOOTT HADDOW The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) showed its commitment to winning when they hired two-time Olympic champion Alex Baumann as the new executive director for their Road to Excellence program in September.