Mike Ribeiro Makes Overtime Magic Against Flames

by Erin Bolen on Feb 17, 2012 12:00 AM CST in Dallas Stars Videos

When Mike Ribeiro gets his mind set on something, there are few better puckhandlers in the entire National Hockey League.

The Dallas Stars center proved that once again Thursday night. With the Stars tied 2-2 with the Calgary Flames and both teams in desperate need of points in the playoff race, Ribeiro pulled a new trick out of his seemingly endless bag of them.

He took a pass from Michael Ryder on the left wall, then twirled his stick around his body, creating space away from defenseman Scott Hannan, then brought the puck to the very top of the slot before channeling the spirit of the injured Sheldon Souray and ripping a slap shot through a Mark Giordano screen and into the upper corner past a screened (and very unhappy about it) Mikka Kiprusoff.

Steve Ott had this to say about it after the game:

"What a ridiculously awesome solo-effort by Ribs. I saw it and almost blacked out on the bench. Such a huge win. We needed these points."

And it's so, so much prettier than it sounds on paper. Watch it again and again and again...

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by DFWTrojanTuba on Feb 17, 2012 12:01 AM CST reply actions

I Love You

No, seriously. I do.

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by DamnitJason on Feb 17, 2012 12:06 AM CST up reply actions

Do you think it's always the same white suit

or does he have multiples?

by 1paniolo on Feb 17, 2012 10:24 PM CST up reply actions

that thing had some freaking steam on it

awesome puckhandling. awesome goal.

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by Jason Brynsvold on Feb 17, 2012 12:12 AM CST reply actions

I can't even describe to you the level of surprise in the press box

There was this serious… WHAT THE F? vibe going on … God, that was great.

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by Brad Gardner on Feb 17, 2012 12:12 AM CST reply actions

I had no idea he had THAT in him

I wanna see more of it! What a slap shot!

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by DFWTrojanTuba on Feb 17, 2012 12:14 AM CST up reply actions

It's certainly not something that's exactly repeatable or anything

But it was certainly a singular moment in time that we’ll all remember for a while.

Razor delivered too.

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by Brad Gardner on Feb 17, 2012 12:15 AM CST up reply actions

razor always delivers

by can we get hatcher back on Feb 17, 2012 12:15 AM CST up reply actions

that giant screen certainly helped.

kiprusoff made sure his d-man knew about it too.

by Travis Drybread on Feb 17, 2012 12:18 AM CST up reply actions

Certainly not the behind-the-back move

but the slap shot I want to see again.

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by DFWTrojanTuba on Feb 17, 2012 12:19 AM CST up reply actions

But that is what made it so great!

Not just behind the back, guys do that with a puck all the time, but the stick pass hand to hand behind the back. Such feather light dexterity followed by such power. Those things all in one play is the greatness!

by 1paniolo on Feb 17, 2012 9:44 AM CST up reply actions

The first replays that NHL posted

Had just the Ralph call of the goal and that was it. I yelled at Heika “WHERE’S RAZOR ON THIS??”

Eventually we found the expanded call. I knew he would deliver something fantabulous.

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by Brad Gardner on Feb 17, 2012 12:21 AM CST reply actions

Yup

Part of the reason I’m glad this post got pushed back a little bit. Got the much better call.

Look for the Canadian version of this play tomorrow at the end of the links post. /spoilers

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by Erin Bolen on Feb 17, 2012 12:27 AM CST up reply actions

So, I've been trying to calculate exactly how fast that shot was

Anybody know where I can find shot distance information?

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by DFWTrojanTuba on Feb 17, 2012 12:33 AM CST reply actions

If you go look at the play by play sheet at the Stars website, it has distance on all SOG

It’s at http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20112012/PL020856.HTM and it says Ribs shot was from 40ft.
GOAL DAL #63 RIBEIRO, Slap, Off. Zone, 40 ft.
Assists: #73 RYDER; #6 DALEY

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by TracyJean on Feb 17, 2012 12:59 AM CST up reply actions

40 ft?

Oh my. I’ve been going frame-by-frame in the video trying to calculate it that way. But, I’m getting an unrealistic result.

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by DFWTrojanTuba on Feb 17, 2012 1:05 AM CST up reply actions

how unrealistic?

by can we get hatcher back on Feb 17, 2012 1:06 AM CST up reply actions

I think I'm calculating it wrong.

But I was somehow getting it at 117 MPH. But now I remember they calculate it when it hits the back of the net. That’s going to change it a lot.

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by DFWTrojanTuba on Feb 17, 2012 1:11 AM CST up reply actions

Not unless Zdeno Chara has suddenly shrunk half a foot and is playing forward for us now....

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by TracyJean on Feb 17, 2012 1:16 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah it's totally wrong.

I think I got a much more accurate result that I posted below.

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by DFWTrojanTuba on Feb 17, 2012 1:17 AM CST up reply actions

I was at the game, but..

I still feel bad that Ribs called out the fans. I feel like I’m letting the team down by not being there more

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by T-rom on Feb 17, 2012 12:39 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions

yeah that kinda rubbed me the wrong way a little, but it’s good for him to say he wants more people there. This team has been ice cold recently and been out of the playoffs for 3 years. Keep playing like that and more people will go dude!

by rpm0003 on Feb 17, 2012 9:19 AM CST up reply actions