Much has been made of the end-of-game incident Saturday involving Mike Ribeiro of the Dallas Stars and Chris Osgood of the Detroit Red Wings.As the Wings' 2-1 win closed out, Osgood appeared to put his stick out in an effort to butt-end Ribeiro. The Star forward responded with a two-hand chop across the top of the net, which Osgood sold as if a sniper in the fifth row of the upper deck had just picked him off.
TSN is reporting that neither player will be suspended, but fines were levied against both. Dallas' Steve Ott was also fined for his attack of Detroit's Kris Draper
In the end, discretion on the NHL's part is the right move. Suspending Ribeiro probably would have required a suspension of the obvious instigator, Osgood. And I'm pretty sure the league doesn't want to suspend a goaltender who is 8-0 so far in the playoffs.
Game Three should be interesting Monday night in Dallas. Typically, a player who two-hands a goaltender the way Ribeiro did would be required to pay for his sin at some point. However, it's the playoffs. Such redemption may have to wait until October, when the games aren't quite as meaningful.
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5-11-2008 @ 9:00PM
davedduchene said...
Give me a break...Ribeiro has got to be suspended for that..if that means Osgood goes for one game and Ribeiro for ten...well, okay, I guess...but if that's allowed then what's next? NHL brass isn't afraid to call refs on to the carpet for not calling ridiculous penalties but doesn't have the balls to stop unrestrained attempts to injure after the play is blown dead...give me a break.
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5-12-2008 @ 9:05AM
Dwayne said...
Indeed, and the butt-end to the face was clearly an attempt to injure. What else could it be? It's not like he took him in the arm with it. He aimed it for his face.
Therefor, I agree with your assessment: they both should be gone, for the series.
That'll keep goalies from hiding from their actions like this, and then diving like they there was an assailant with a gun on the grassy knoll.
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