Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's pas de deux in Denver from Vogs, NHL.com, Peerless and CB, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Mile High Hockey for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's practice at MTS Centre:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Hunter, Wideman, Erskine)]
- Is Matt Hendricks ready to return to duty against his former team? Sure looks that way. [WaPo, and again]
- The Captain gets his goalie on... [NFTNB, WaPo]
- ...but let's not get carried away. This is Michal Neuvirth's net tonight, and maybe for a while. [WashTimes]
- A couple extras from #CapsJets. [Illegal Curve, WashTimes]
- Oh hai there, Semyon Varlamov. The game-within-the-game ... [Denver Post, WaPo, WashTimes]
- ... and reunions all 'round. [Denver Post]
- Ruffles and flourishes: Tomas Vokoun has a very Presidential new bucket. [RMNB]
- Jeff Halpern has played his way off the fourth line. We're still looking for the story of how Mike Knuble played his way onto it. [WashTimes]
- Ken Campbell spends some quality time with Joel Ward. [THN (story and video)]
- When the team gets back to the Phone Booth, will they hear a pin drop? [Box Seats]
- From the Caps-Avs video vault, a very vintage Mike Green goal. Get well soon, @GreenLife52. [YouTube, via @rkfoster8]
- The Hershey Bears have discovered this new-fangled video machine technology, but apparently have yet to acquire chair technology. [PA Puck]
- The video study must be working, as the Bears rolled to a 4-3 win over the Norfolk Admirals. Of note: A roughing call meant Braden Holtzig recorded his 21st and 22nd penalty minutes on the season. [Patriot-News, SHoE]
- Congrats are in order for Boyd Kane, who was named playing captain for the Eastern Conference team at this year's AHL All-Star Game. [AHL, SHoE]
- Finally, happy 46th birthday to Craig Berube and happy 53rd to Dave Poulin.
