Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name…

Ryan Leonard joining Capitals for NHL debut during Alex Ovechkin's pursuit of Wayne Gretzky 'dream come true' :

(from @amaliebenjamin.bsky.social )

www.nhl.com/news/ryan-le...

Brad Marchand took the ice at TD Garden this morning … in a Florida Panthers jersey.

Pregame reading: On Travis Dodson, who found the sport of sled hockey at 29 after losing his legs to a grenade blast in Iraq and who will play for the US in the Reeve Hockey Classic.

www.nhl.com/news/travis-...

USA Hockey's National Team Development Program has its fingerprints all over this 4 Nations Face-Off, with 15 alums (plus two coaches) on the team. How it's impacting US teams now and in the future: www.nhl.com/news/topic/4...

This tournament means a tremendous amount to Brad Marchand. To score and get cheered in the Bell Centre? You know he was loving that.

www.nhl.com/news/bruins-...

"To give that to players with that talent at that age and doing it together, competing against each other, it's become like a factory." NTDP alums to drive US success at 4 Nations. Great stuff from @amaliebenjamin.bsky.social here.
www.nhl.com/news/usa-nat...

Auston Matthews is named the captain of the US team for 4 Nations Face-Off with Charlie McAvoy and Matthew Tkachuk as the two alternates.

McAvoy told me today that the call from Bill Guerin gave him "goosebumps."

That's now 14 goals for Morgan Geekie in his past 28 games, including four in the past three games.

Intermission reading: My epic on the way USA Hockey is attacking the goaltending position in its "51 in '30" plan, as it takes aim at a position often overlooked and under-resourced: www.nhl.com/news/topic/n...