Your savory breakfast links:
- All season long, and particularly over the last month-plus, the Caps have been third-period warriors. [Rink]
- The Capitals are one of only two teams without a player in the upcoming 4 Nations Faceoff…and that could be a positive. [AP]
- More on the awesome Black History Month the Caps unveiled earlier this week, and the Celebrating Black History – Pathways to Hockey panel that took place alongside it. [Caps]
- Former Caps’ bench boss Glen Hanlon has a really fascinating place in the lore of Alex Ovechkin-Wayne Gretzky. [NHL]
- A few leftovers from Thursday night’s win in the city of brotherly love. [Rink, RMNB, S&S, THW, THN-Philly]
- Ilya Protas’s dominant first season in the OHL is raising hopes that the Caps got a good one with their third-round pick. [THN]
- Some rankings of power and some suggestions of super. [ESPN]
- Finally, happy 58th birthday to Yvon Corriveau, and happy 65th to Dino Ciccarelli!