Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's klatch with the Kitties from Vogs, NHL.com, CSNW (video), Peerless, RMNB, RtR and CRtC, and be sure to check out Litter Box Cats for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- The game has been picked up by NHL Network in the US. [NHL.com]
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday out at Kettler:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Caps Report (podcast), Hunter, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Neuvirth, Laich), WaPo, WashTimes, 106.7 The Fan, CRtC]
- It will be Neuvy's net. [WaPo, WashTimes (and again), CSNW]
- Troy Brouwer had a maintenance day but is expected to play today. [DCEx]
- In which Brooks Laich creates some whiteboard material for the Buffalo Sabres ... and lots of pixels for the hockey media. [106.7 The Fan, WaPo, Puck Daddy, NYT, TSN, Sick Unbelievable, ESPN $, PHT, CSNW, Eye on Hockey, Buffalo News]
- Au revoir, "Pre-Cap" podcast. [Dump 'n' Chase]
- Here are your
clenchingclinching scenarios. In brief: Just win, baby. [WaPo, KOL, WashTimes, NHL.com] - A tale of two games. [Peerless]
- Stop me if you've heard this before. Okay, stop. [Forbes]
- The myth of the momentum-shifting goal. [WaPo]
- And let that be a lesson to you, Caps. Ugh. [CSNW]
- Caps or Bears, who ya got? [Hershey Bears Blog]
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Evgeny Kuznetsov took a hit and then a kick from Avangard Omsk defenseman Anton Belov. Kuznetsov appears to be uninjured, and though Belov only received a two-minute penalty in-game, he was been assessed a Game Misconduct
and is suspended for their next match on Fridayper Slava Malamud on Twitter, no supplemental discipline is being assessed. [Puck Daddy, PHT] - The Caps have two prospects making some noise in the Frozen Four this year:
- Junior defenseman Patrick Wey and the Boston College Eagles. [NECN (video), WashTimes, Hockey East]
- Freshman centerman Travis Boyd and the Minnesota Golden Gophers. [Star-Tribune (video), WashTimes, SB Nation Minnesota, TwinCities.com, Gopher Puck Live]
- Junior defenseman Patrick Wey and the Boston College Eagles. [NECN (video), WashTimes, Hockey East]
- When it's time to Andrew W.K., we always Andrew W.K. hard too. [Caps B-Ball, DC Sports Bog]
- Finally, the Frederick Keys (single A farm club for the Baltimore Orioles) invite you to meet Rod Langway and come watch a hockey game with them. [Frederick Keys]
