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Stanley Cup champ has specific message for LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka at victory parade

June 30, 2024

Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad had an specific message for LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka because the crew 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 throughout the crew’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 Stanley Cup Final at then-FLA Live Arena on June 10, 2023, in Sunrise, Florida.

Golfer Brooks Koepka bangs a drum to start out the sport between the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final at then-FLA Live Arena on June 10, 2023, in Sunrise, Florida. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

“F— you Brooks Koepka,” he yelled.

The message seemed to be one other web page within the tumultuous historical past between the 2 athletes.

The concern stemmed from Koepka’s look at Amerant Bank Arena 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 stated after that incident that he and Koepka would “by no means be buddies.”

Florida Panthers’ Aaron Ekblad carries the Stanley Cup in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on June 25, 2024. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel through AP)

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The Hockey News reported in April 2023 that cooler heads prevailed after the trash speak.

“He texted me after and apologized, and I’m cool with it,” Ekblad stated on the time, per the outlet. “That’s simply a part of being intense. Maybe he had some cash on the sport.”

Brandon Montour, Ekblad’s Panthers teammate, stated on the “Cam and Strick” podcast final July that the rift was humorous to these within the locker room.

“We laughed about it,” Montour stated. “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.”