Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s battle with the Bolts from Vogs, NHL.com, Peerless, RMNB, CRtC, and hockey yelling, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Raw Charge for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Congratulations to Alex Ovechkin and Dennis Wideman, tabbed yesterday to represent the Caps at the 2012 Tim Horton’s NHL All-Star Game. [NHL.com, @WashCaps, WaPo, WashTimes, DSP]
- Surprise! [WaPo, WashTimes, Caps OT (video)]
- Snubbed. [DC Pro Sports Report, Caps Outsider]
- Seriously? [Alex Ovetjkin, WaPo, WashTimes, Puck Daddy]
- Word broke late yesterday that Cody Eakin has been named to the Caps’ All-Callup Team. [@WashCaps, Patriot-News]
- In a more dubious distinction, Mike Green has been named to the Caps’ All-Long Term Injured Reserve Team. He’ll be eligible to return to the roster on February 1… [WaPo, WashTimes]
- … though fortunately his injury did not keep him from participating in a school outreach program with Karl Alzner and assistant coach Jim Johnson. [DSP]
- So, Coach Hunter, any regrets about taking an injured Nicklas Backstrom on two cross-country flights? [WashTimes]
- Hockey’s just not the same without the Ovi and Sid Show. [WaPo, ESPN]
- Professor Ed hands out mid-season grades. [Frankovic]
- When beauty pageants and Caps fandom collide. [NBC Washington]
- Nobody said this season would be easy. Wait, they did? Oh. Well… now it isn’t. [Rocking the Red in Pittsburgh]
- If Ted Leonsis owned the Penguins. [Get To Our Game]
- There’s a new news radio station debuting January 19 on the DC airwaves, and they are amping up their Caps coverage. [DCEx]
- Finally, happy 58th birthday to Mike Palmateer.