{"id":7619,"date":"2017-03-13T16:42:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T20:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=7619"},"modified":"2017-03-13T16:42:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T20:42:16","slug":"florida-panthers-lose-aaron-ekblad-malgin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/03\/13\/florida-panthers-lose-aaron-ekblad-malgin\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Panthers Lose Aaron Ekblad and Denis Malgin to Concussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Florida Panthers announced that both defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ekblaaa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Ekblad<\/a> <\/strong>and forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/malgide01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denis Malgin<\/a> <\/strong>suffered concussions in Saturday&#8217;s tilt against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Both players have a reported timetable of seven to ten days before a return to the lineup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom Rowe said Aaron Ekblad and Denis Malgin are both expected to be out 7-10 days. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlaPanthers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FlaPanthers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew DeFranks (@MDeFranks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDeFranks\/status\/841321685273960450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Florida Panthers Lose Aaron Ekblad and Denis Malgin to Concussions<\/h2>\n<p>Ekblad was injured in the second period of the game when he was hit by Lightning player <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dumonga01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriel Dumont<\/a> <\/strong>up high which resulted in his head hitting the glass. He immediately left the ice and headed to the dressing room where he was then diagnosed with a concussion. Shortly after Ekblad&#8217;s injury, Malgin was checked into the boards by Bolts defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stralan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anton Stralman<\/a><\/strong>, where like Ekblad, he immediately left the game. After the game, Panthers head coach <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/roweto01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Rowe<\/a> <\/strong>announced that both players indeed suffered concussions and were &#8220;day-to-day&#8221; which then became seven-ten days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FLA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FLA<\/a> D Aaron Ekblad has suffered another concussion. This is his third recorded concussion. Ekblad is 21-years old.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Penalty Box POV (@penaltyboxpov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penaltyboxpov\/status\/840791307308130304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is Ekblad&#8217;s third head-related injury in the past fourteen months, the previous two coming at the World Cup of Hockey last year and in January of 2016. This is Malgin&#8217;s first diagnosed concussion at the NHL level. Though the team released that the two will be out for a maximum ten days, the case for return is never certain when it comes to concussions. Based on how severe they are, both players may miss extra time- especially Ekblad due to his history of head injuries.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Ekblad\u00a0has scored ten goals and has tallied eleven assists for 21 points total. This is Malgin&#8217;s\u00a0first season playing with the Panthers at the NHL level- scoring four goals and tallying four assists in 42 games played.<\/p>\n<p>In order to fill the vacancy on the blue line, Florida has recalled 23-year-old <strong>MacKenzie Weeger<\/strong> from the Panthers AHL affiliate team- the Springfield Thunderbirds. Weeger was a seventh-round draft pick in 2013 by the Panthers. In 51 AHL games this season has tallied 17 points. This will be his first time playing in the NHL.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlaPanthers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FlaPanthers<\/a> recall defenseman MacKenzie Weegar from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThunderbirdsAHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@thunderbirdsahl<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Details \u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YaJSn1nPcw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/YaJSn1nPcw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oojmn7hfzg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Oojmn7hfzg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Florida Panthers PR (@FlaPanthersPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlaPanthersPR\/status\/841295365332729857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In order to fill the vacancy on the blue line, Florida has recalled 23-year-old <strong>MacKenzie Weeger<\/strong> from the Panthers AHL affiliate team- the Springfield Thunderbirds. Weeger was a seventh-round draft pick in 2013 by the Panthers. In 51 AHL games this season has tallied 17 points. This will be his first time playing in the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was definitely the next guy to get called up,\u201d Rowe said in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/sports\/florida-panthers\/fl-sp-panthers-20170313-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> an interview with the Sun Sentinel<\/a>. \u201cThe kid\u2019s done a great job and we want him here to get a little taste of what it\u2019s about and, obviously, if we needed another guy in case somebody gets hurt tomorrow night, he\u2019s here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/642701636\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/642701636?et=0m1fMM7lRN5lwkfsWeKi0g&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=xuelEcDXbQuhaGqdpSjAknGIC2mx2MsYN5CEasVcPjs=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Panthers have lost both Aaron Ekblad and Denis Malgin to concussions suffered in Saturday&#8217;s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1187,"featured_media":7623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1489420200","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Ekblad\/Malgin Injuries","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,34],"tags":[346,1400,106,38,955],"class_list":["post-7619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-panthers","category-news","tag-aaron-ekblad","tag-denis-malgin","tag-florida-panthers","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-news"],"modified_by":"Nicholas Di Giovanni","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}