Your savory breakfast links:
- The Week That Was, Volume Eight. [Peerless, RMNB, ILWT (with the Metro lowdown)]
- Leftovers from a three-of-six-available-points week:
- #CapsLeafs: Postgame notebook.
- The league has reviewed Alex Ovechkin‘s hit on Leo Komarov and determined he will not face supplementary discipline. [PHT, CSNW]
- Trotz explains Saturday’s goalie-go-round. [WaPo]
- Speaking of goalies and back-to-backs… [Hockey Prospectus (s/t to Rink commenter Capacious)]
- Steve Oleksy has been ticketed back to Hershey after his Hockey (Watching) Night in Canada. [WaPo]
- The Caps need more from Jason Chimera, by the numbers. [Brooks Laichyear]
- “While I admit it’s an absolute long-shot, and the Capitals would have to retain some of [Mike] Green’s salary, it’s a call worth making for the Kings.” [Rant Sports]
- Oh hai there Stan Galiev, making his case with 100% of the Bears’ offense in each of Hershey’s past three games. [Patriot-News]
- Prospect updates:
- Jakub Vrana had a hat trick of sorts against Marcus Johansson‘s former club on Friday, with two goals and the shootout winner for Linkoping’s 6-5 victory over Farjestad. [RMNB, Linkoping TV interview (in English)]
- Madison Bowey‘s stats have had a bit of a downturn the last few games (recording his only minus-2 this season at home against the Regina Pats on Friday) but he is 7 assists short of 100 in his WHL career and presumably high on Team Canada’s short list for the WJCs. [THW]
- Travis Boyd remains sidelined with a lower-body injury. [@gopherstate]
- Shane Gersich is racking up the points (14-9-23, plus-7 in 18 GP) for the Omaha Lancers. Here’s video of Shane scoring with a wicked one-timer (apparently filmed from the International Space Station, scroll to about 1:30). [USHL on YouTube]
- Your Movember locker room leader was Liam O’Brien. But do click on the link for the awesomeness that was Andre Burakovsky‘s duster. [Caps Outsider]
- And finally, happy 63rd birthday to Rick Bragnalo.