Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of this afternoon’s fling with Florida from Vogs (plus game notes), NHL.com, and Peerless, and check out the Sun-Sentinel and our SB Nation pals over at Litter Box Cats for the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Related: The Kitties have lost 12 of the last 13 games they have played at Verizon Center and have been outscored 53-20. They are hoping to change that today. [On Frozen Pond]
- Defenseman Shane O’Brien will be skating his second game in a Panthers sweater as Erik Gudbranson remains on the shelf. [Miami Herald]
- News and notes from yesterday’s practice out at Kettler:
- In general. [Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Rinkside Update/Brouwer)]
- Time to put aside the Winter Classic and prepare for a lot of games in the home barn. [WaPo, CSNW]
- Oh hai there, top-line Andre Burakovsky. [WaPo, CSNW (and AB65 reax)]
- Justin Peters is hungrier than ever to play again… [WaPo]
- … even as Braden Holtby is inspiring ever more confidence for the team. [Puck Daddy]
- “Winter Classic Champions” banner? Winter Classic Champions banner. But only at practice, and gone away right after. [Puck Daddy, CSN-C]
- More Winter Classic afterglow:
- The Lig put all their coverage in one convenient link. [NHL.com]
- Relive even more beautiful moments from a beautiful event with these awesome pics from Clyde… [Rink (part 1, part 2, part 3)]
- Presenting: The awesome opening ceremonies. Note that thoughtful Karl Alzner thoughtfully removed his Oakleys for the Anthem. [RMNB]
- Also awesome: Everything. [RMNB]
- A bucket-list event. [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
- Ted Leonsis and Mark Lerner have a friendly owners’ competition – and Mr. Lerner rose to the occasion. [Ted’s Take, Extra Mustard]
- Miss you (and all your eyeballs), HBO. [Full Tilt Hockey]
- Hershey update:
- The Bears sustained two losses on New Year’s Eve at Mohegan Sun Arena, first with a 2-0 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and second when goaltender Philipp Grubauer left the game with an injury. [Patriot-News]
- The Bears announced that Grubauer is “week-to-week”, recalled Brandon Anderson from South Carolina, and beat WBS at home in the shootout with Pheonix Copley in net on Saturday. [Patriot-News]
- World Junior Championship updates:
- Jakub Vrana‘s world junior medal dreams have come to an end as the Czech Republic was shut out by Slovakia in the quarterfinals. [RMNB]
- Madison Bowey and Team Canada are preparing for Slovakia in the semifinals tonight at 8pm… [Buzzing the Net]
- … and Bowey is dressing in Tie Domi‘s stall at the Air Canada Center. Tie’s son Max Domi explains why that’s not a problem. [@markhmasters]
Finally, pour one out for the CapGeek website, permanently offline due to its founder’s health problems. You will be missed. [Puck Daddy]