Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings from last night’s win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Caps: Trotz, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Alzner, Holtby; Canucks: Desjardins, Baertschi, Horvat, locker room; highlights), NHL.com, AP, Sportsnet, The Score, WaPo, CSNMA (and again), Frankovic, StarsandSticks, DSP, RMNB, Peerless, NoVa Caps, Vancouver Sun, The Province (and again), and ‘Nucks Misconduct.
- The Caps (with help from some NHL legends) took a minute to celebrate Alex Ovechkin‘s 500th goal with a pre-game ceremony. [Monumental (video, photos), NHL.com, WaPo, Puck Daddy, Caps Outsider, RMNB]
- That pass. That. Pass. [The Score, RMNB]
- Fury was unleashed live! [CSNMA]
- Could Ovechkin ever catch Wayne Gretzky? [CSNMA]
- Is he better than Gretzky? [FiveThirtyEight]
- Handing out some more midseason awards, with hardware aplenty for the boys (and coach) in red. [SBN, Puck Daddy]
- Five reasons why the team might be taking home an even bigger trophy come June. [JD Total Sports]
- One of those reasons? Braden Holtby, who is putting together a Vezina-worthy season and could challenge Martin Brodeur for the single-season wins record. [NHL.com, The Score, Sportsnet]
- Their success so far can also be traced to the experience of Justin Williams and the energy of T.J. Oshie. [NHL.com]
- The Caps are the League’s best team right now and have the potential to win a Cup. Of course, if you ask Caps fans, they also have the potential to break our hearts. [Sportsnet]
- Some 200 lucky folks got to attend the U.S. premiere of Soul on Ice: Past, Present & Future earlier this week… and the reviews are glowing. [CSNMA]
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Rinkside Update/Kuznetsov), Friends in Cold Places]
- Despite probably being one giant bruise by now, Karl Alzner has put together an iron man streak that is nearing franchise-best territory. [WaPo]
- Michael Latta grew up idolizing Mike Richards; now they’ll be competing for the fourth-line center spot. [WaPo]
- Called up for temporary duty, Zach Sill has been a pleasant surprise in his time with the Caps. [NoVa Caps]
- With the 10th anniversary of The Goal coming up this weekend, current and former teammates of Ovechkin reflect back on an incredible moment for #8. [WashTimes, Express]
- Checking in on the prospect pool. [ESPN ($)]
- Just to keep things extra weird this season, Scott Gomez has signed a professional tryout deal with the Hershey Bears. [WaPo, Stuccio, NJ.com, THW, NoVa Caps]
- CSN’s Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin did an AMA on Reddit and here are the highlights. [CSNMA]
- Finally, happy 63rd birthday to Randy Holt.