Your savory Sunday brunch links:
- Day Two of the All-Star Weekend is in the books, with Team Foligno enjoying a 25-19 lead over Team Toews. [NHL.com (gamer, plus events explainer and scoring/results)]
- Alex Ovechkin still really wants that car, you guys. The MVP of the All-Star Game gets one, you know. [WaPo]
- So it’s probably best that the Gr8 didn’t need to win the Breakaway Challenge, since he, um, didn’t. [WaPo, CSNW, RMNB]
- Ovi had better success with his mighty slapshot, blistering the net twice at 101.4MPH. The only player with a heavier shot in the contest was Shea Weber, who missed the net once and then hammered the puck
back to Nashvillehome at 108.5MPH. [RMNB, NHL.com] - Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Son of Glow Puck. [NHL.com]
- Oh hai there World Cup of Hockey. [WaPo]
- Down a level, AHL All-Star Connor Carrick scored the overtime gamewinner to lift the Bears over Binghamton 3-2 in Hershey’s final game before their All-Star break… [Patriot-News]
- … and there will now be three Bears in All-Star sweaters, as Philipp Grubauer received a late invite as an injury replacement. The AHL ASG is being played in Utica on Monday. [Patriot-News]
- Caps prospect Riley Barber has the skyline of Pittsburgh tattooed on his arm, and some big decisions to make as his junior season enters its second half. [WaPo]
- Now that the 2016 Winter Classic between the Habs and the Bruins is official, Jose Theodore can reveal that Carey Price has his full and enthusiastic approval to rock the Canadiens‘ tuque atop his noggin. [Journal de Montreal, via GoogleTrans]
- Finally, happy 57h birthday to Mark Taylor.