By looking at his 2024-25 season, you wouldn't guess that Aaron Ekblad was once the NHL's first overall pick, but there it is ...

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 ...

The Lightning forward expected retribution for his Game 2 hit on Aleksander Barkov, but Aaron Ekblad targeting his head was over the line, he says. TAMPA — Brandon Hagel knows the unwritten ...

Yeah, purposefully going for someone's head, it's as bad as it gets," Hagel added. Had Aaron Ekblad asked Brandon Hagel to fight in response to his hit on Barkov, the Lightning winger would not ...

TORONTO — While calling the pointed criticism Brandon Hagel directed at him as “reasonable” after being sidelined by a forearm shiver to the head, Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad ...

Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad says he accepts that Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel accused him of a purposeful hit to the head during Round 1 of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs.

as defenseman Aaron Ekblad is returning to the lineup after serving his two-game suspension for elbowing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel in Game 4 of the first round. While speaking to ...

Ekblad was suspended again for delivering an elbow to the head of Lightning star Brandon Hagel in Game 4 ... hurt anybody on the ice," Ekblad said. Aaron Ekblad is a pending UFA in the final ...

We read Florida defenseman Aaron Ekblad’s explanation ... makes his way to the bench after being hit by Brandon Hagel in Game 2 of the postseason's first round. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ] Hagel ...