Ribeiro could be suspended
“I think Osgood thought Ribeiro was going to try to run him, and Osgood sticks his stick out,” Tippett said. “Then Ribeiro turns around and slashes him, which is not right, but something made Ribby do that. He’s not going to turn around and hit the goalie like that. That’s not the way that works.”
Ribeiro didn’t make himself available to the media after the game. He was escorted out of the arena by a Stars spokesman.
Osgood said he was standing his ground and didn’t intentionally hit Ribeiro.
“I was just trying to stand out there to make sure Nicklas Lidstrom didn’t get run because I could see two guys coming,” Osgood said. “Whether I hit him or not, it was an accident. He probably skated through my stick and that would be it. I was more or less trying to protect our best player.
“But I don’t think that justified a two-hander over the top of the net. He could have went about it a different way or said something to me. We’re professionals out there and we can go about it in the right manner.”
Osgood fell to the ice after Ribeiro slashed him.
















