Oilers’ Ekholm clears protocol after hitting head on ice: ‘I think I got an angel watching over me’

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It was a scary sight last Thursday when Edmonton Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm was taken hard to the ice. Finding himself on the receiving end of a hit from Carolina Hurricanes winger William Carrier, the first part of Ekholm’s body to hit the ice early in that third period was his head. Dazed, Ekholm stayed…