Panthers' Ekblad sustains upper-body injury at U20 summer development camp
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Prized Florida Panthers prospect Aaron Ekblad sustained an apparent injury and left a friendly on Tuesday night between Canada's U20 hopefuls and the Czech Republic.
Ekblad was sandwiched by a pair of Czech defenders on the sequence, and appeared to land awkwardly on his ankle following the contact. Based on the vague official description of the injury, it would appear that Ekblad was hurt on the initial contact:
Ekblad has upper body injury. Evaluated again tomorrow #Panthers
— Terry Koshan (@koshtorontosun) August 6, 2014
The good news is that Ekblad, in good spirits, popped out of the dressing room and assured reporters that he's okay.