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Max Domi regrets sucker punch; Ekblad vows 'scores will get settled'

After being suspended for the rest of the NHL preseason, Max Domi of the Montreal Canadiens said that he regretted giving Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad a broken nose with a sucker punch.

"I feel bad about it. It's not the way I wanted to handle that. It's an emotional game, and obviously I'm an emotional player," Domi said at Canadiens camp on Friday. "I've known Aaron for a long time. Grew up playing against each other. We always play hard, always battle, whether it was in minor hockey, junior, the national level and now in the NHL.