Your savory breakfast links:
- The Hershey Bears rolled to a 2-0 series lead last night with a 4-2 win over Hartford. [Bears, PennLive]
- That win included two by red-hot Ivan Miroshnichenko, including this absolute beauty:
- After initially deciding to stay back, Charlie Lindgren changed his mind about playing at this year’s IIHF World Championship, and is now headed to Czechia to join Team USA. [Caps, THN]
- Could Czech forward Martin Necas, of the recently ousted Hurricanes, be an option for the Caps should he choose not to re-sign in Carolina? [RMNB]
- Florida’s Aleksander Barkov was announced as this year’s Selke Trophy winner, an award he won by an overwhelming majority – but there was some love in the voting for Nic Dowd, as well. [THN]
- There’s no NHL hockey on tonight, but if you’re looking for a hockey fix, the PWHL Walter Cup Final gets underway today at 5 p.m. ET. Catch Game 1 on YouTube! [PWHL, @thepwhlofficial]
- Finally, happy 32nd birthday to Evgeny Kuznetsov!