Almost exactly a year after his season ended because of an ankle injury, Aaron Ekblad was again down on the ice Friday and unable to put any weight on one of his legs as he tried to get back to the Florida Panthers’ bench.
A routine hit turned into a freak collision and the star defenseman’s right knee buckled beneath him.
A skirmish broke out and Ekblad crawled around on the ice, unable to even rise to his feet on his own.
