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Your savory breakfast of champions links:
- The date of 8/19 celebrates the Caps’ most celebrated duo - Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. [RMNB]
.@ovi8 and @backstrom19 = #goals
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) August 19, 2018
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Happy 8-19 to our favorite duo pic.twitter.com/bLAFslthDz
- If you missed the news over the weekend, Alex Ovechkin and his wife Nastya welcomed their son Sergei on Saturday, and the well-wishes rolled in from around the globe. [Washington Times]
- Also Saturday, Dmitry Orlov had his Day with the Stanley Cup. [Capitals, FiCP, NBCSW]
- Here’s a translation of an interview with Evgeny Kuznetsov’s mom. [NoVa Caps]
- “Is it October yet?” By the end of August, the well-traveled Keeper of the Cup Philip Pritchard is ready for some downtime when the Cup goes for engraving. [NoVa Caps]
- 31 NHL goalies, ranked. [THN]
- One callup and one game. Ryan Stanton’s Caps career was fleeting. [Peerless]
- For a skate down memory lane, here’s Jay Beagle and a buzzer-beater back in January. [FiCP]
- Finally, happy 55th birthday to Shawn Cronin.