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Canada Aaron Ekblad

#5 Florida Panthers / NHL - 22/23
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Feb 07, 1996
Position
D
Age
27
Height
6'4" / 193 cm
Place of Birth
Windsor, ON, CAN
Weight
216 lbs / 98 kg
Nation
Canada
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Youth Team
Sun County MHA
Contract
24/25
Cap Hit
$7,500,000 Powered by
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Florida Panthers Florida Panthers / Signed
Drafted
2014 round 1 #1 overall by Florida Panthers
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Highlights
1-time Hlinka Gretzky Cup Gold Medal 1
1-time World Championship Gold Medal 1
1-time NHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time NHL Rookie of the Year (Calder Trophy) 1
1-time OHL First All-Rookie Team 1
1-time OHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time OHL Most Outstanding Defenseman (Max Kaminsky Trophy) 1
1-time OHL Rookie of the Year (Emms Family Award) 1

Brother: Darien Ekblad

Just the second player to be granted exceptional status in the OHL. Ekblad is a true two-way defenseman. He makes great passes, uses his size to his advantage, plays the body, quarterbacks the power play, can take over the game in any of the three zones and has great hockey sense.
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S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2009-10 Sun County Panthers U15 AAA ALLIANCE U15 - - - - - - |
2010-11 Sun County Panthers U16 AAA “C” ALLIANCE U16 30 4 30 34 34 - | Playoffs 18 5 16 21 14 -
2011-12 Barrie Colts OHL 63 10 19 29 34 -5 | Playoffs 13 2 3 5 8 -1
Canada Ontario U17 “A” WHC-17 5 1 2 3 4 - |
2012-13 Barrie Colts OHL 54 7 27 34 64 29 | Playoffs 22 7 10 17 28 11
Canada Ontario U17 “C” WHC-17 5 2 4 6 4 - |
2013-14 Barrie Colts “C” OHL 58 23 30 53 91 7 | Playoffs 9 2 4 6 14 -4
Canada U20 WJC-20 7 1 1 2 2 0 |
2014-15 Florida Panthers NHL 81 12 27 39 32 12 |
Canada WC 10 4 3 7 6 10 |
2015-16 Florida Panthers NHL 78 15 21 36 41 18 | Playoffs 6 0 1 1 0 0
2016-17 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 68 10 11 21 58 -23 |
Team North America “A” WCup 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
2017-18 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 82 16 22 38 71 9 |
Canada WC 10 1 5 6 6 5 |
2018-19 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 82 13 24 37 47 1 |
2019-20 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 67 5 36 41 26 12 | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 2 0
2020-21 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 35 11 11 22 33 5 |
2021-22 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 61 15 42 57 26 38 | Playoffs 10 1 4 5 11 -2
2022-23 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 65 12 21 33 62 -15 |
Projected NHL 71 13 23 36 68 -16 |
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S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 OHL All-Stars Jr Super Series 2 0 0 0 0 1 |
Canada U18 “C” Ivan Hlinka Memorial 5 2 3 5 4 4 |
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Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
NHL
2023-03-30T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Montréal Canadiens
2023-03-29T19:30:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Toronto Maple Leafs
2023-03-27T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Ottawa Senators
2023-03-25T17:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers vs New York Rangers
2023-03-23T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
2023-03-21T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Philadelphia Flyers
2023-03-20T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers @ Detroit Red Wings
2023-03-18T18:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers vs New Jersey Devils
2023-03-16T19:00:00-0400 Florida Panthers vs Montréal Canadiens
2023-03-11T18:00:00-0600 Florida Panthers vs Winnipeg Jets
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
ALLIANCE U15 1 - - - - - - - | 0
ALLIANCE U16 1 30 4 30 34 1.13 34 - | 1 18 5 16 21 1.17 14 -
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 5 2 3 5 1.00 4 4 | 0
Jr Super Series 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 | 0
NHL 9 619 109 215 324 0.52 396 57 | 3 20 1 5 6 0.30 13 -2
OHL 3 175 40 76 116 0.66 189 31 | 3 44 11 17 28 0.64 50 6
WC 2 20 5 8 13 0.65 12 15 | 0
WCup 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 | 0
WHC-17 2 10 3 6 9 0.90 8 - | 0
WJC-20 1 7 1 1 2 0.29 2 0 | 0
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Passing
17
Agility
17
Teamwork
16
Puckhandling
16
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Aleksander Barkov (F) 2014-2023 9 Florida Panthers
Jonathan Huberdeau (F) 2014-2022 8 Florida Panthers
MacKenzie Weegar (D) 2016-2022 6 Florida Panthers
Vincent Trocheck (F) 2014-2020 6 Florida Panthers, Team North America
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07/01/2016
07/01/2016 Extension Florida Panthers Florida Panthers
09/03/2014
09/03/2014 Confirmed Barrie Colts Florida Panthers
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Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2013, 5 #171 overall by Vityaz Podolsk in the KHL Draft

Drafted 2011, 1 #1 overall by Barrie Colts in the OHL Priority Selection

2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #2 by ISS Hockey

2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #1 by FCHockey

2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #3 by McKeen's Hockey

Cult/Star player for Barrie Colts

Cult/Star player for Florida Panthers

Cult/Star player for Sun County Panthers U16 AAA

On March 31, 2011, Aaron Ekblad was granted Exceptional Player Status by Hockey Canada to be eligible for the 2011 OHL Priority Selection. He was selected first overall.

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