Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Oates, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Holtby, Beagle, Wellman), NHL.com, CBS Sports, WaPo, CSNW, Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, DSP, and from across the border, Habs Eyes on the Prize, Hockey Inside/Out, and Montreal Gazette.
- All teh goals, Walton-style. [Ovechkin, Erskine & Beagle, Carlson, Wellman, and Bon Soir to you too, Montreal]
- The Capitals missed their captain and the captain missed scoring goals. Fortunately there was an elegant solution for both parties. What a goal! [THN, Eye on Hockey, CSNW, RMNB]
- Welcome back, second-period-goal-scoring-barrage. [CSNW (video)]
- Two generations of Holtby ‘tendys enjoyed this game, and Holtby fils got a spiffy souvenir HNIC towel. [RMNB]
- Jack Hillen was happy to travel with the team and with his dad, but there’s still no timetable for his return. [WaPo]
- The Hockey Night in Canada opening montage, as always, is worth the clickage. [Kukla’s Korner]
- Oh hai there Casey Wellman, nice to have you back on board. Especially when you hook up with Ovi to score pretty goals. [Patriot-News (and again), WaPo]
- Unfortunately, Wellman’s callup meant that Mikhail Grabovski was still too injured to play. [NHL.com]
- The Bears are 2-for-2 so far this weekend, with Olympic-themed jerseys on tap for today’s game. [Patriot-News, SHoE]
- Olympic notes:
- John Carlson’s high school hockey coach wasn’t surprised that RAHJC got the call to the national team. He only wishes he could have had more seasons with him at St. Joe’s. [My Central Jersey]
- The US State Department held a teleconference to discuss their security planning for Sochi. [UPI]
- In addition to security concerns, Olympic families are discovering that there are other hurdles, such as cost and red tape. Very possibly this story is written every four years. [Contra Costa Times]
- In which Rink contributor/stats man Muneeb A. gets his piece of The Rock and press credentials to #CapsDevils. [FanPost]
- Finally, happy 56h birthday to Mark Taylor.