Your savory breakfast links:
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s practice at Kettler:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Hunter, Ovechkin, Knuble, Backstrom), 106.7 The Fan, RtR]
- The most welcome news of all – Nicklas Backstrom suited up and participated fully in the practice. [WaPo (and again), WashTimes (and again), CSNW]
- The most entertaining news of all – Karl Alzner apparently lost a bet (and is a man of his word). Oh, Canada. [WaPo, WashTimes, Alex Ovetjkin, CSNW, RMNB, Caps365 (video)]
- On the road again and into hostile territory. [Caps OT, KoL, DCEx, Dump ‘n Chase]
- A look at Alex Ovechkin ‘s captaincy, two years in… [WashTimes]
- … and his current scoring streak, seven games in. [Backhand Shelf, DCEx, NHL.com]
- If Mike Knuble says “Beer me,” get the man a frosty one and pull up a stool. [Backhand Shelf]
- Getting to know Mathieu Perreault. [NBC Washington]
- The Hershey Bears are preparing for their Outdoor Classic:
- Practice update. [Patriot-News]
- All hands on deck. [Patriot-News]
- Just another day at the rink. [Caps Outsider]
- Looking to shatter an attendance record. [PA Puck]
- “Look ma, I’m on the teevee!” [PA Puck]
- Soaking it all in. [Patriot-News]
- Congratulations to Evgeny Kuznetsov and Team Russia, who take home the world junior silver medal after an overtime 1-0 loss to Team Sweden (and Kuzya has plenty of other hardware to show for his time in Alberta as well). [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 36th birthday to Richard Zednik and happy 57th to Alex Forsythe.