Your savory breakfast links:
- Winter Classic updates:
- This year’s outdoor classic will offer Troy Brouwer‘s father a rare chance to see his son play hockey live – and the first time he’ll get to see it in DC. [CSNW]
- Move aside, college football; New Year’s Day is now a hockey day. [VC Star]
- And the appeal of this annual event hasn’t faded for guys who have been there from the start, like NBC’s Doc Emrick and sidekick Eddie Olczyk. [Red Eye Chicago]
- Brooks Orpik talks about his reasons for leaving the Penguins and what he’s feeling ahead of his first visit back to Pittsburgh this weekend. [TribLIVE]
- 2014 was a year filled with disappointment for Alex Ovechkin. Good news, Ovi, you’ve only got a week left! [PHT]
- Today marks the start of the World Junior Championships, with three Caps’ prospects taking part in this year’s tournament. [Caps Outsider]
- One of those three, Madison Bowey, is starting to turn some heads. [EOTP]
- Finally, happy 25th birthday to Tomas Kundratek and happy 27th to Oskar Osala.