Your savory breakfast links:
- The gold medal throwdown between USA and Canada – men’s edition – gets underway this morning! Hop on over to the open thread to chat all about it. [AP]
- The Canadian and American Caps are rooting for their teammates but are split on their loyalties for today’s game…and don’t expect them to hit the ice for practice until the gold is won. [Vogs]
- Hear from the guys talk about their gold-seeking teammates and more after yesterday’s practice. [Caps video (Carbery, PLD, Lindgren, McMichael, Leonard)]
- Yesterday, the Caps hosted the 2026 Rising Stars Academy clinic, with about 30 high school hockey players from the area hitting the ice with their heroes. [Caps video (Sourdif), Caps Outsider]
- Some surprising NHL rookies, including the Caps’ own Justin Sourdif. [Dobber]
- Finally, happy 72nd birthday to Al Hangsleben, happy 55th to Jason Marshall, happy 61st to Joe Reekie, and happy 29th to Ilya Samsonov!