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SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning did their best Slap Shot impression Saturday night with an ugly first period of preseason hockey.
Florida led 3-0 in a first period that saw 19 penalties for 59 combined minutes.
By the end of the second, which took almost 2 1/2 hours to complete, there were 48 penalties called for 194 minutes.
The Panthers led this thing 6-0 after two.
Aaron Ekblad left the game 2:18 in after being cross-checked in the face by Scott Sabourin and did not return.
Ekblad was officially ruled out late in the second period.
Sabourin was tossed from the game.
Of course, that does not really matter to Sabourin — one of six players Tampa Bay brought up from the minors to do their thing against the Panthers.
Of the six, four took penalties for roughing, cross-checking, or high sticking in the opening period alone. It was five of six early in the second.
The first period took over 52 minutes to complete.
Florida coach Paul Maurice did not seem pleased at one point seemingly saying “I’m done with this.’’
Saturday’s game is obviously more of the same between these two rivals, with Thursday’s preseason game ‘featuring’ 186 combined minutes of penalties.
In the first period alone, four major penalties were called.
Florida led 3-0 on power play goals from Mackie Samoskevich and Evan Rodrigues, as well as an even-strength goal from Jack Studnicka.
The second period picked right up where the first ended, A.J. Greer getting tossed after he jumped into a scrum Luke Kunin seemed to have under control.
While wrapped up with Charle-Edouard D’Astous, Greer appeared to D’Astous (another of the Syracuse Six) a wet willie.
At one point in the second, Tampa Bay had more players in the penalty box (six) than they did skaters on the bench (five).
Florida only had six players on its bench.
This game may end sometime Sunday morning.
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