Your savory breakfast links:
- The US women’s hockey team brought home the gold medal yesterday in dramatic fashion, tying the game up late in regulation and then scoring the overtime winner. Congrats, Team USA! [Olympics, NHL, ESPN, USA Today]
- On the men’s side of the hockey tournament, the semifinal matches kick off today with the Canada-Finland game featuring Tom Wilson and Logan Thompson at 10:40pm ET… [NHL, Athletic ($), NBC]
- …and finish with the USA-Slovakia matchup featuring Martin Fehérváry at 3:10pm ET. [NHL, AP]
- Meanwhile, Alex Ovechkin is ready to get back to the Washington Capitals’ playoff push after a restful Olympic break. [NHL]
- The Capitals, minus their Olympians, were back at practice yesterday to prep for the rest of the season. [Caps, Caps video (Coach Carbery, Caps 365), THN (and again), RMNB]
- Finally, happy 78th birthday to Pierre Bouchard, 70th birthday to Rick Green, and 51st birthday to Brendan Witt!