Referee Mike Leggo has left Friday’s game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins due to illness. According to the league’s public relations department, that game will now feature a three-man system the rest of the way.
Due to an illness to referee Mike Leggo, the @TBLightning/@Penguins game will continue under the three-official system. #TBLvsPIT
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 3, 2015
Referee Mike Leggo just vomited twice at the zamboni entrance as he left the ice
— Lightning Insider (@Erik_Erlendsson) January 3, 2015
Referee Mike Leggo threw up on the ice near the corner, getting cleaned up now. Not something you see often, that's for sure
— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithNHL) January 3, 2015