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Originally Posted by Mitch C.
First, Ozzie started it by throwing out the butt end of his stick at Ribeiro.
Ribeiro returned the favor with a chop to Ozzie's chest protector. Ozzie wasn't hurt at all by that shot.
If anything what Ozzie did was more dangerous than what Riberio did.
No suspensions and a few fines are the perfect call.
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Ozzie didn't start anything at all. He did what every goaltender does at just about every level. In fact, they teach them to do it. Now he made contact and should have been penalized for it but in NO WAY does that justify what that punk Ribeiro did.
If the league had any balls (which they don't), they should have done nothing to Ozzie not because he didn't do anything but because what he did didn't warrant anything more then a penalty. It was an act in direct associate to the game and was done without the intent to injure (spare me the bs reply that we don't know what his intent was). What the punk Ribeiro did was not an action that can be associated with the normal play of the game and in fact was an act that was INTENDED to injure.
As for the statement that Ozzie had a chest protector.............what does that have to do with the actual action (that's what is punishable) of Ribeiro? So what you are saying is that if someone shoots at a cop that is wearing a bullet proof vest, they shouldn't be punished too much since it couldn't have done too much damage.
GO GREEN!