Florida Panthers defender Aaron Ekblad, Tuesday, Tampa Bay Lightning Forward Brandon Hagel’in chairman of the president of the NHL player security department will take a phone hearing.
Ekblad, on Monday night in the 4th game of the Eastern Conference First Round series against Lightning Panthers’ 4-2 wins in the second semester did not steal the whistle for a penalty.
Florida has 3-1 ahead of the seven best series against Sunshine State opponent. The game is at Tampa, FLA on Wednesday.
Again on Tuesday, NHL announced that the Panthers defender Niko Mikkola was fined $ 5,000 for Lightning Forward Zemgus Girgensons. The fine is maximum allowed within the scope of the collective bargaining agreement.
Ekblad, NHL’nin violating the performance -enhancing drug policy after a suspension of 20 games on Saturday after the series took action for the 3rd game of the series.
Hagel also returned after a game ban on the game 2 in Panthers Captain Aleksander Barkov. However, Hagel did not return to the game after Ekblad was shot.
29 -year -old Ekblad scored a goal and recorded the ice time 22:11 in the game 4.
Florida made Ekblad number 1 in the 2014 NHL draft and spent his 11 -year career with a franchise. The injuries limited him to 51 normal season matches in 2023-24, but the Panthers won the first Stanley Cup in the history of the team.
This season, Ekblad played 56 games and 33 points (three goals, 30 assists). He played in 732 career matches and collected 118 goals and 262 assists and added five goals and 16 assists in 66 Playoff match.
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