Your savory breakfast links:
- Previewing tonight’s matchup with the Buffalo Sabres with Vogs, and don’t forget to follow along with FHF pals Die by the Blade for coverage from behind enemy lines.
- A few leftovers from Saturday’s win over the Rangers from us, THN, RMNB, and S+S.
- News and notes from yesterday’s practice. [Coach Carbery media availability]
- Jakob Chychrun has stayed on the Capitals’ power play even after Alex Ovechkin returned from injury, and the different look is paying off. [WaPo ($)]
- Speaking of his return from injury, Ovechkin feels better and better every game. [AP]
- The Hershey Bears defeated the Providence Bruins 5-1 yesterday in their annual Teddy Bear Toss game. [Bears]
- More important, yesterday’s Teddy Bear Toss set another hockey world record with more than 102,000 stuffed animals collected. [Bears, THN, RMNB, Capitals Outsider]
- Prospects Ryan Leonard and Cole Hutson took home the gold medal after Team USA defeated Finland in the IIHF World Junior Championships. [NHL, AP, Sportsnet, DFO, USA Hockey, RMNB]
- Prospect Petr Sikora and Team Czechia won the bronze medal yesterday after an epic 14-round shootout. [NHL, AP, TSN, RMNB]
- Ryan Leonard was also named the tournament’s MVP. [TSN]
- Finally, happy 35th birthday to Nicolas Deschamps, 49th birthday to Richard Zedník, 24th birthday to certified Big Boy Aliaksei Protas, and raise a glass to Alex Forsyth, who would have turned 70 today.