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    Click on the link to see video of the hit.

    https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/jr...021712982.html

    MONTREAL — An exhibition game in the dog days of summer was anything but friendly for star defenceman Aaron Ekblad.

    Ekblad, the Panthers first-overall pick in the June NHL draft, suffered an injury during Canada's 6-2 victory over the Czech Republic. The game was part of Canada's under-20 summer camp taking place in Montreal, Brossard, Que., and Sherbrooke, Que.

    With roughly six minutes remaining in the third period, the 6-foot-3, 216-pound defenceman carried the puck up to the Czech blueline when he was hit by 5-foot-11, 161-pound defenceman Lukas Klok. The contact dropped Ekblad and the 18-year-old was wobbly leaving the ice.

    At this point, head coach Benoit Groulx, said the team isn't going to be taking any chances with Ekblad, who was one of the team's most dependable blueliners at last year's tournament in Malmo, Sweden.

    "We know that he'll be re-evaluated (Wednesday)," said head coach Benoit Groulx. "Obviously it's upper body, but I don't know any more right now. We'll know more tomorrow."

    The native of Belle River, Ont., was not made available to media after the game, but TSN's Gord Miller reported that Ekblad came out of Team Canada's dressing room, smiled and said he was OK.

    Canada's camp runs through to Friday and features two games against Russia (Wednesday and Thursday in Sherbrooke) and another game against the Czech Republic (Friday in Montreal).
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    Was watching on TSN.ca last night. They were saying he was joking around and what not after the game, so nothing serious. He sure did get clocked though.

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    Video doesn’t work for me. Was it a clean hit? If so, he’s in for a big surprised come October when he’s against 6’4” 200+lb forwards hitting him
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2014olympicgold View Post
    Video doesn’t work for me. Was it a clean hit? If so, he’s in for a big surprised come October when he’s against 6’4” 200+lb forwards hitting him
    Ya the hit was clean IMO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2014olympicgold View Post
    Video doesn’t work for me. Was it a clean hit? If so, he’s in for a big surprised come October when he’s against 6’4” 200+lb forwards hitting him
    As clean as they come. He basically dumps the puck in near the blue line then gets cracked.

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    Hit looked pretty benign to be honest. Hopefully it's not a big deal.

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    Yeah I think it was a clean hit. Saw it on Sportcenter this morning. Hopefully it's nothing serious.

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    https://twitter.com/TSNRyanRishaug/s...24170027655168

    Ekblad done for the week as both the Panters and Hockey Canada will play it safe.
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    Let's hope that it's just that, playing safe.

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    It sounds like he just got his clock rung. First time being hit big in prolly a yr.
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    Hope he's okay. Looked clean, but that's no way to start your NHL career.
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    So they confirmed it was a concussion.

    Chris Nichols ‏@NicholsOnHockey 2m
    Dale Tallon confirms last night's concussion for Aaron Ekblad. #FlaPanthers expect he'll be ready for rookie camp in mid-September.

    Stephen Whyno ‏@SWhyno 7m
    #HockeyCanada says Aaron Ekblad is expected to make a "full recovery" from his concussion and be ready for #FlaPanthers training camp.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wendelclark17 View Post
    So they confirmed it was a concussion.

    Chris Nichols ‏@NicholsOnHockey 2m
    Dale Tallon confirms last night's concussion for Aaron Ekblad. #FlaPanthers expect he'll be ready for rookie camp in mid-September.

    Stephen Whyno ‏@SWhyno 7m
    #HockeyCanada says Aaron Ekblad is expected to make a "full recovery" from his concussion and be ready for #FlaPanthers training camp.
    Well that's never a good way to start off your promising career

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