Welcome to my first sports blog!
If you're reading this, you are most likely either misguided, or here specifically because you know me personally and I told you to check out the site. Either way is fine with me, as long as I get exposed...well, not exposed…you know what I mean.
For the most part I’ll be writing about whatever the latest thing is the Leafs have done wrong, but considering it’s playoff time and the Leafs don’t play hockey this time of year I’ll be writing about the teams that are still swinging a stick instead of a golf club.
Osgood's Oscar Nomination
Speaking of stick-swinging, I might as well start on the Ribeiro-Osgood fiasco. The story: the Dallas Stars are trailing the Detroit Red Wings late in game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. In the waning seconds, Dallas dumps the puck in to attempt a last-ditch effort to score the tying goal. The final buzzer goes as Dallas forward Mike Ribeiro is streaking in after the puck, which is behind the Detroit net. As he passes goalie Chris Osgood, who is guarding that net, Osgood for some reason (in the name of sportsmanship?) decides to give Ribeiro a show of empathy by pushing the butt-end of his stick into Ribeiro’s face as he flies by. Most of the Red Wings start to celebrate behind the net with Osgood still standing in front of it (most likely following up the high-stick with some friendly words of encouragement). Ribeiro responds by taking a swing with his own stick over the net and clipping Osgood’s chest and arm. Osgood promptly “acts” as if he were shot by an armor-piercing round and flops to the ice and plays dead. He even drags it out enough that a trainer has to tend to him.
