Your savory breakfast links:
- Craig Laughlin and wife Linda are using her recent battle with uterine cancer to raise awareness for all types of cancer. [Caps video (puck drop), NBCSW]
- Nicklas Backstrom, whose mother is a breast cancer survivor, wore special purple blades during warmups last night and auctioned them off for HFC. [WaPo]
- Backstrom and his teammates also auctioned off the purple HFC jerseys they wore during warmups and raised almost $117,000. [Caps Outsider]
- Willie O’Ree will take his rightful (and long-awaited) place in the Hockey Hall of Fame this weekend - but the battles he’s fought aren’t over for players of color today.