Your savory breakfast links:
- Team USA rolled over Team Slovakia in yesterday’s semifinal match, winning 6-2… [NHL, Olympics, NBC Olympics, AP]
- …while Tom Wilson’s new all-pest line provided the game-tying goal and Nathan MacKinnon supplied the game-winner with less than a minute left to beat Finland… [NHL (and again), Olympics, Sportsnet, THN]
- …which means we are headed for another USA-Canada throwdown in tomorrow’s gold medal match:
- The US is looking to build on what was their best game of the tournament, and is eager for a “battle of the ages” against rival Canada. [NHL (and again)]
- Sidney Crosby left the quarterfinal with a lower-body injury that then kept him out of the semifinal…but you have to think it’ll take a lot more to keep him out of the final. [NHL]
- Fehérváry and Team Slovakia may not get a gold, but they’ll still have a shot at some hardware as they take on Finland for the bronze medal today at 2:40 p.m. ET. [NHL, Reuters]
- Hayley Scamurra’s hometown of Annapolis turned out to watch her and the rest of Team USA take home the gold medal. [WBAL]
- Grading the Capitals’ newcomers for the 2025-26 season. [THW]
- Did you all know that Tage Thompson’s father was an assistant coach with the Hershey Bears? Because, uh…