Panthers’ Lockwood in Hot Water for Fleury Hit

Hold onto your helmets, folks, because it looks like Florida Panthers’ resident tough guy, the one and only William “Wham Bam” Lockwood, has landed himself in the naughty corner with the bigwigs at the Department of Player Safety. That’s right, Lockwood’s decided to go bowling using Minnesota’s esteemed goalie Marc-Andre “The Flower” Fleury as his personal pin, and oh boy, did things escalate quicker than a slapshot!

Listen up, this all went down at the crack of last night’s game – I kid you not, a mere two minutes and fifteen seconds in – when Lockwood, probably thinking he’s playing bumper cars, gives Fleury a nudge that ended up with some quality time in the sin bin for goalie interference. And because he’s a glutton for punishment, he stacks on a roughing minor just for the extra seasoning.

As if that wasn’t enough drama for one night, Lockwood’s encore was a face-off of fists with Brandon “Bruiser” Duhaime. And let me tell you, that show ended with Lockwood escorted off stage left after a whopping twenty-six-second cameo and collecting a souvenir of nine penalty minutes. Meanwhile, our dear Flower was plucked from the ice just north of the halfway mark with an “upper-body injury.” Hope it wasn’t the petals!

Now let’s rap about Lockwood’s stats, as stellar as they may be with his massive tally of one assist over twenty-three games. He’s been the fourth-line’s wallpaper, folks, hanging out with just eight minutes of limelight on average per night. But that doesn’t mean much now that he’s on the Player Safety’s radar for the first time in his twenty-five-year-old life.

Can we expect a slap on the wrist or a full-on benching? Stay tuned to find out if Lockwood gets grounded by the league for his shenanigans on the ice. Trust me, it’s going to be more gripping than watching paint dry on the penalty box walls!