Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad's hit that knocked Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel out of Game 4 wasn't penalized by the referees. But the NHL Department of Player Safety had its ...

Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad knocked Brandon Hagel out of Game 4 with an unpenalized high hit in the Tampa Bay Lightning forward's return from a one-game suspension, Then Ekblad played a ...

TAMPA — The Florida Panthers will be without defenseman Aaron Ekblad tonight in Tampa when they play the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of their Stanley Cup playoffs series. Ekblad was suspended two ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers will be without one of their top defensemen for Game 5 against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday. The Department of Player Safety said its reasoning was that ...

SUNRISE, Fla. — A series filled with nasty hits has struck again. Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad, in his second game back in the lineup on Monday, threw a flying forearm into the head of Tampa Bay ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended for two games for elbowing Lightning forward Brandon Hagel in the head midway through Game 4 of the Panthers’ first-round series ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended for two games for elbowing Lightning forward Brandon Hagel in the head midway through Game 4 of the Panthers’ first-round series ...

NEW YORK — Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended for two games for elbowing Lightning forward Brandon Hagel in the head midway through Game 4 of the Panthers’ first-round series against ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers are without Aaron Ekblad again. Ekblad, the veteran defenseman who recently returned from a 20-game suspension for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA ...