USA! USA! Team USA won the World Junior Championships this past week over Canada in an exciting gold medal final. Also, the Oilers went 2-2 on a recent Eastern road swing, the last two games which they dominated – particularly the line of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Pat Maroon. The Flyers have been a bit down as of late, and Steven and Rachel revisit their preseason predictions now that we’re halfway through the 2016-17 NHL season!

Links:

• NHL names All-Star Game captains
• NHL.com staff predicts All-Star rosters
• Patrick Laine out with concussion
• Nick Foligno hit on Travis Konecny

Rachel’s Notes:

• Long Beach Native Matt Nieto in the snow!
• More Emergency Backups! (SI)
• The Evil Eye
• Florida Panthers emergency goalie
• Auston Matthews, American Boy Wonder
• Dance Fever