Your savory breakfast links:
- The American women defeated Team Sweden 5-0 yesterday, and for the seventh time in Olympic history will face Team Canada in the gold medal game on Thursday. [AP, NPR, Olympics]
- Meanwhile, after earning first-round byes, the US and Canadian (and Slovakian and Finnish) men will have to wait until the end of today’s games to see who they’ll face in the quarterfinals. [Olympics]
- Pierre Crinon, the French player who tangled with Tom Wilson at the end of the Canada-France game on Sunday, has been suspended from the remainder of the Olympics for his antics. [AP, NBC]
- Meanwhile his Canadian teammates and coach are learning why Wilson is so beloved back here in DC. [NHL]
- And back here in DC, his Capitals’ teammates are getting ready to hit the ice for what the coach is calling a “mini training camp”, as they ramp up for the final stretch of the season. [THN]
- Caps’ practice goalie and EBUG Parker Milner talks about life with the Caps, his brief NHL experience, and his plans for the future. [NHL]