Your savory breakfast links:
- Wawota, Sakatchewan is a small town (591 people) known for its “unusual collection of fire hydrants, painted to resemble various people and cartoon characters,” and for its most famous resident, the Pride of Wawota… Brooks Laich. [Wawota.com via FanShot]
- David Steckel was fifth in the NHL in faceoff percentage last year despite playing “all of last season with a finger that was damaged so badly he couldn’t bend it. Not even a little bit.” Off-season surgery has fixed that; he may never lose another draw. [Capitals Insider]
- And so it’s settled – Alex Ovechkin is D.C.’s most
technology-backedpopular athlete. [D.C. Sports Bog] - He’s also the League’s 10th-best interview. [The Sporting News]
- McKeen’s predicts another Art Ross for AO. [From the Rink]
- During last night’s Red/White Scrimmage, Ryan Smyth “hammered Mike Green” twice. Dick. [ESPN.com]
- Brendan Morrison is looking forward to playing with AO. No way. [The Province]
- In case opponents aren’t looking up at the rafters, the Bears have an on-ice reminder of who they are and what they’ve accomplished. Awesome. [@banginpanger]
- Joel Broda is waiting… and waiting… for a pro contract. [Prince Albert Daily Herald]
- Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) forward Ryan Jasinsky has been invited to rookie camp and will look to make an impression. Reading up on him, the undrafted 19-year-old seems like the impression-making type. [YoungstownPhantoms.com]
- From the “I’m not dead yet” file, Jason Allison has been invited to Leafs camp next month. [Globe and Mail]
- And another from that same file – the Bakersfield Condors (ECHL) have signed… wait for it… Sasha Pokulok. [KERO]
- More on Dan Dunn‘s near future. [St. Cloud Times]
- Finally, Happy 60th birthday to original Cap Murray Anderson, who had no goals, one assist and a minus-40 rating in forty games for the 1974-75 Caps. Of note, Anderson was the first player in franchise history to wear the number eight. I wonder who the last will be.