Leggio Rule: game misconduct

As Darren Dreger reported, there’s now what you could call a David Leggio Rule, effective immediately, in the AHL. A goalie who deliberately displaces a goal post while facing a breakaway will receive a game misconduct. Such a play will still result in a penalty shot, but that goalie won’t be around for it.

This follows Leggio’s now-famous net toss in Sunday’s loss to Springfield, which went viral Monday. From earlier this week: Sunday’s gamer and postgame notes with the initial reaction to the play, and Leggio’s reaction to the all the attention on Tuesday.

Michael Fornabaio