Sunday Caps Clips: Gold Medal Game Day

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• The World Championships have reached the medal round:
  • Alex Ovechkin recorded a goal and an assist in Russia’s 4-0 semi-final victory over Team USA… [IIHF, WaPo, CSNW (video), theScore, RMNB]
  • … which sends Russia to the gold medal game vs. Team Sid … [The Hockey House, CSNW]
  • … and sends former Cap Matt Hendricks to the bronze medal game vs. the Czechs. [Handshakes via @BeccaH_JR]
• Barry Trotz reflects on his rookie season behind the Caps’ bench… and looks forward to a summer of spring cleaning. [WaPo]
• A few leftovers from an unpleasant playoff season in Washington:
  • The fault lies not in the stars. [THW]
  • The sour taste of bile should provide motivation to perform better for Washington’s teams, but these are Washington’s teams so… yeah. [WaPo]
• One change that is a certainty is changes in the roster:
  • Mike Green says “We’ll see what happens,” and just look at that furrowed brow. [WaPo, CSNW (video)]
  • Joel Ward is hoping to stay. [CSNW (video)]
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov is ready to sign forever and ever. [RMNB]
• The South Carolina Stingrays are up two games to none in their series with the Toledo Walleye, halfway to the Eastern Conference championship. And they are doing it on the road. [Post and Courier]