Your savory Sunday brunch links:
- Join us at 10am Eastern for a special first anniversary Sunday edition of Japers’ Rink Radio. Pepper and Russell welcome the always-welcome Alan May to the program. Let’s talk goalies, shall we? [JRR]
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s shutout win from us, Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), Vogs , NHL.com (Arpon Basu, who also has a Habs blog), WaPo (Carrera: blog, gamer), WashTimes (Whyno: blog, blog, gamer), DCEx (McNally), Peerless, Frankovic, RMNB, SB Nation DC, Puckhead, Capitals Outsider, KOL, DC Pro Sports Report, CRtC, Capitals Hill, and from the Canadien perspective, Montreal Gazette and CBC.ca.
- Some videos for your viewing pleasure:
- If you’d like to watch the full HNIC broadcast, we’ve got you covered… [CBC Video]
- …here’s a nice standing ovation for the members of the ’94 Montreal Expos who attended the game… [RDS video]
- …and Braden Holtby, BAMF. [WashingtonCapitalsHD, RMNB]
- Two of the League’s finest rookie defensemen faced each other on the ice last night. [NHL.com]
- Also playing last night – one of the League’s finest veteran leaders. [NHL.com]
- We already learned that the Caps won’t be opening their season in Russia. Now we are learning why. [ESPN, PHT]
- Everyone remembers Ron Weber, the Caps’ first (and before Steve Kolbe, only) radio announcer. But how much do you remember about Mike Fornes, TV announcer? These interviews by new blogger Caps Degenerate should jog your memory. [Intro, Bio, Part One]
- Congratulations are in order for Keith Aucoin, who notched his 700th and 701st AHL points last night. He’s now only 12 points away from surpassing Bruce Boudreau on the list of all-time scorers. [SHoE, LDN, Patriot-News]
- Road trip, eh? [Ravings of a Rink Rebel]
- Quick roundup of the Caps’ prospects and their playoffs:
- Cody Eakin went 0-2-2, minus-1, as his Kootenay Ice equalized the series with a 5-2 win over Moose Jaw.
- Sam Carrier had no points and a minus-1, but the MAINEiacs eked out a 2-1 win over Moncton.
- Brett Flemming was on-ice for no goals for or against and St. Mike’s blanked Belleville 1-0. Of note: the Bulls’ goalie is P.K. Subban‘s little brother Malcolm. He stopped 28 of 29 shots from a very dangerous Majors team.
- Another day, another curbstomping by the St. John Sea Dogs. Stanislav Galiev had two points, a plus-2, and the game-winning goal as Cape Breton again fell 7-1.
- Finally, Phil DeSimone and the University of New Hampshire have advanced to the NCAA regional round by defeating the #1 seed Miami Red Hawks by a score of 3-2. He gave a nice interview a couple of days ago. [Buffalo News]
- One more note: Goaltender Brandon Anderson suited up as a Hershey Bear for his first pro game last night. With Holtby on recall to Washington, the Bears opted not to bring up Todd Ford from the Stingrays and Brandon donned a ball cap and backed up Nolan Schaefer in their 7-4 win over the Albany Devils. Congrats Brandon!