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Your savory breakfast links:
- Team USA kicked off the World Cup of Hockey in the worst possible way with a 3-0 loss to Team Europe. [WCH2016 (and again), CSNMA, ESPN]
- Oh hai there, Matt Niskanen.
USA vs EUR
— Sean Tierney (@SeanTierneyTss) September 17, 2016
EUR gave up all the shots but Halak was very solid. Ehrhoff was EUR's only plus. Niskanen was strong. pic.twitter.com/xkOlU7thaj
- TJ Oshie looks super cool juggling the puck, but, um, there’s more to the game, Osh... [RMNB]
- ... and here’s a look back at his Sochi heroics and that time he got booed by Vladimir Putin. [RMNB]
- Sweden @ Russia drops the puck at 3pm today:
- “It will certainly be a bit petulant between [me and Alex Ovechkin; we] both want to win. This particular day, we are not buddies,” says Nicklas Bäckström. [Aftonbladet]
- Evgeni Malkin wished a Stanley Cup for Ovi on his birthday, and other notes from the Captain’s 31st. [RMNB]
- The Caps kiddies had a fine game against the Bolts prospects to open their prospect tournament, but when all 13 goals were counted, the Lightning owned seven of them to the Caps’ six. [NoVa Caps, RMNB, Monumental video (Coach Mann, players), Bolts Media]
- Zach Sanford had two goals... [WaPo]
- ... and possibly a sweater on Opening Night. [NoVa Caps]
- This goal by Travis Boyd tho:
Sick toe-drag goal by @Capitals prospect Travis Boyd at the #SoFlaTourney: pic.twitter.com/dMgFUnq40o
— Brett Markowitz (@brett_0) September 17, 2016
- The Caps players not in Toronto or Florida were in Arlington on Saturday, dishing out delicious peri-peri chicken for charity. [NoVa Caps]
- Finally, happy birthday to Tom Chorske, who turns the big 5-0 today.