Your savory breakfast links:
- If you missed any of this weekend’s Clips, un-miss them here. Especially go back and read about Mikhail Grabovski‘s agent and negotiations for a new contract.
- Recaps and other assorted musings on yesterday’s shootout loss from us (and the night in quotes), , Monumental video (Oates, Ovechkin, Chimera, Grubauer, Ward, Nolan, Sabres players), NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), CSNW (gamer, blog, blog), Frankovic, RMNB, Peerless, and from Shuffalo, Die by the Blade.
- Oh hai there again Ryan Miller. It wouldn’t happen to be an Olympic year or a contract year or anything, right? [Puck Daddy, CSNW, RMNB, It’s Always Sunny in Detroit, USA Today]
- Big Tom Wilson is big, and also young. He may want to pick his spots, and his hits, more carefully. [RMNB]
- Fun with ceremonial faceoffs, the Make-a-Wish way. [Monumental (video), RMNB, CSNW]
- Your Capitals Minute for today. [Capitals Voice]
- The Week That Was, Volume 15. [Peerless, RMNB]
- Norman Chad tunes in to hockey once a year or so, which is more than I usually tune in to his columns. [WaPo]
- Down a level, Riley Gill notched his first AHL win in Atlantic City with a 4-1 Hershey victory over Alex Urbom and the Albany Devils. [Patriot-News, SHoE]
- A quick look at some of the Caps’ prospects:
- Andre Burakovsky returned from the WJC in a scoring mood, going 1-5-6 in his first three games back. Unfortunately, yesterday Windsor forward Cristiano DiGiacinto “…thought it was a good opportunity to make a hit on a top player,” and Burakovsky left the game with an upper body injury. (DiGiacinto left the game with an unsportsmanlike and game misconduct; the OHL may review for additional discipline.) Erie coach Kris Knoblauch says he will hold Burra out of practice Monday and Tuesday as a precaution. [Windsor Star]
- Riley Barber had a 4-point weekend with three goals and one assist in two games, but his offense was not sufficient in back-to-back losses to Western Michigan. With 14-18-32 in 20 games, he remains the points-and-goals leader in the NCHC, and is tied for 4th overall in the NCAA. [Hustle Belt]
- Madison Bowey‘s Kelowna Rockets defeated Jaynen Rissling‘s Calgary Hitmen in a game between the WHL’s top Eastern and Western Conference teams. Bowey had a goal and a +2 on the night, but Rissling was not available to play due to LBI. [Calgary Sun]
- Chandler Stephenson‘s Regina Pats also had a big victory against the Rissling-less Hitmen this week. Stephenson potted his 20th goal of the season and also holds the SHG scoring lead with six. [Regina Leader-Post]
- Caleb Herbert broke a four-game goal-less streak and snared a piece of all three of Minnesota-Duluth’s goals in Saturday’s game as the Bulldogs swept Nebraska-Omaha at the weekend. [Duluth News Tribune]
- The Cody Eakin trade is the gift that keeps on giving. No, not that trade. This trade. –> [Southwest Booster]
- Finally, happy birthday to Mike Palmateer, who hits the big 6-0 today plus a stick salute to the memory of Art Ross and his one (yes, really) NHL goal. He would have turned 96 today.
