The Florida Panthers’ Aaron Ekblad is more than just a hockey player.
As of Tuesday night, he can officially say he is a cover model.
Ahead of the Panthers’ home opener of their 25th anniversary season on Thursday, the team unveiled a 120-plus page commemorative magazine that connects the start of the franchise with the modern-day team at an event at the Boatyard in Fort Lauderdale with a few hundred in attendance. Ekblad, the Panthers’ rising star defenseman, served as the cover man for the team hoping to make it back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs after last season’s second-half surge came up just short.