Your savory breakfast links:
- Sunday was a travel day for the team, which gave the Caps commentariat a chance to look back at a very good month with a rather awkward ending. [Dump’n’Chase, CI (Carrera), Peerless, Frankovic, Smoke Degrees]
- Five great goals. [CSNW (video)]
- A Bear on a roller coaster. Read what you will into Braden Holtby‘s clever new lid. [RMNB]
- The Hershey Bears finished their October schedule 6-2-2-0 with a 3-2 victory over the Binghamton Senators. [Patriot-News (Leone, with some great quotes from coach Mark French), SHoE, Caps Outsider]
- If you’ve been waiting for some pics of the South Carolina Stingrays in action, it’s your lucky day. The Rays finished their first month 5-2-0-0. [Caps in Pictures (warmups, game)]
- Here’s a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at Alex Ovechkin at Madame Tussaud’s on the day of his statue’s unveiling. [SportsNet.ca (video)]
- Michael Garnett is the Canadian goaltender for Traktor Chelyabinsk and teammate of Evgeny Kuznetsov. He has written a very interesting article about the Soviet-era living quarters in which most of the team are required to reside, and some of the realities of life in the KHL. [HotIce.ru]
- A reminder – bidding ends tomorrow for the autographed game-worn jerseys with special Loko patch from the Capitals and Penguins way back on 13 October. [ShopNHL]
- Finally, happy Halloween and happy 28th birthday to Steve Eminger, happy 39th birthday to Mel Angelstad, and happy 56th birthday to Claude Noel.