Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad had an express message for LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka because the staff celebrated its Stanley Cup victory with a parade in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday.
Ekblad, with a visitors cone on his head, got here as much as the rostrum in the course of the staff’s rally.
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![Golfer Brooks Koepka bangs a drum to start the game between the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Final at then-FLA Live Arena on June 10, 2023, in Sunrise, Florida.](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/06/1200/675/Brooks-Koepka.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Golfer Brooks Koepka bangs a drum to begin the sport between the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights in Recreation 4 of the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Ultimate at then-FLA Reside Area on June 10, 2023, in Dawn, Florida. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Pictures)
“F— you Brooks Koepka,” he yelled.
The message gave the impression to be one other web page within the tumultuous historical past between the 2 athletes.
The problem stemmed from Koepka’s look at Amerant Financial institution Area in March 2023. Koepka, a Panthers supporter, had a visitors cone in his suite and appeared to level at Ekblad.
“You’re a f—ing visitors cone,” he was heard saying of Ekblad’s defensive skills. “Ekblad, you suck!”
Ekblad mentioned after that incident that he and Koepka would “by no means be buddies.”
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Florida Panthers’ Aaron Ekblad carries the Stanley Cup in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on June 25, 2024. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Solar-Sentinel through AP)
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The Hockey News reported in April 2023 that cooler heads prevailed after the trash discuss.
“He texted me after and apologized, and I’m cool with it,” Ekblad mentioned on the time, per the outlet. “That’s simply a part of being intense. Possibly he had some cash on the sport.”
Brandon Montour, Ekblad’s Panthers teammate, mentioned on the “Cam and Strick” podcast final July that the rift was humorous to these within the locker room.
“We laughed about it,” Montour mentioned. “In the identical sense, it is like, we’ll put you in a pair of our skates and allow you to f—ing get on the ice and do it. All jokes apart, clearly he is a fan of the sport, and he desires us to win.”
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Aaron Ekblad of the Florida Panthers poses with followers at Amerant Financial institution Area on June 24, 2024, in Dawn, Florida. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Pictures)
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Ekblad and the Panthers bought the final chortle with their Stanley Cup win.
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