Vincent Lecavalier
Vincent Lecavalier was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on April 21st, 1980 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 44, Vincent Lecavalier biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Vincent "Vinny" Lecavalier (born April 21, 1980) is a former ice hockey player who competed in the National Hockey League for seventeen seasons (1998-2016). Vincent Lecavalier, the Tampa Bay Lightning's captain from 2000 to 2013, spent his first 14 NHL seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning from 1998-2013 before being sold out following the 2012–13 season and signing with the Philadelphia Flyers for $22.5 million over five years.
In the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, he was ranked first overall by the Lightning and was a member of their 2004 Stanley Cup championship team.
In 2007, he was named the NHL's top goal scorer, winning the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy.
The Tampa Bay Lightning retired his number 4 jersey on February 10, 2018.
Personal life
Lecavalier attended John Rennie High School in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, for two years (1992–1993) before moving to Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. Brad Richards, the former teammate who received the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2004 as the Most Valuable Player of the NHL playoffs, has been friends with him since the age of 14, when they first met at Notre Dame, where they were roommates and became best friends. Since then, they have been playing for the Rimouski Océanic, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and even with Ak Bars Kazan. Lecavalier now lives in Davis Island, Florida.
In 2001, Lecavalier began dating Caroline Portelance. In 2011, the two were married after ten years of dating. The couple have three children together.
In The Maurice Richard Story, he portrayed legendary Montreal Canadiens center Jean Béliveau. Béliveau's number 4 was on display at Béliveau.
Lecavalier was the cover celebrity in EA Sports' video game NHL 06, featuring Lecavalier as the head coach.
Lecavalier pledged $3 million to a new All Children's Hospital facility under construction in St. Petersburg, Florida, in October. In his honor, the Vincent Lecavalier Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorder Center was named.
The Tampa Bay Lightning retired Lecavalier's number 4 jersey on February 10, 2018. Lecavalier is the second player in franchise history to have his jersey retired, the first being Martin St. Louis.
Playing career
Lecavalier, a youth, competed in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, with a minor ice hockey team from Montreal's North Shore.
Lecavalier played two years of junior hockey for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During his time as a player, he quickly established himself as one of the top prospects in the league. He won the Michel Bergeron Trophy as the QMJHL's best rookie forward and the RDS Cup as the best rookie overall in his first season with the Océanic.
In the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Lecavalier was drafted first overall by Tampa Bay, and new Lightning owner Art Williams announced that Lecavalier would be "the Michael Jordan of hockey."
Following his sophomore season, he was named captain on March 1, 2000, making him the youngest captain in NHL history at 19 years and 314 days (since being surpassed by Sidney Crosby, Gabriel Landeskog, and Connor McDavid). Steve Yzerman had been on the Detroit Red Wings for 21 years, 5 months, before being named captain of the Detroit Red Wings for 21 years, 5 months.
However, Lecavalier did not live up to expectations and was later barred from captaincy as a youth in the 2001–02 NHL season, despite Lightning's decision that he was still young even as a high calibre player. He and head coach John Tortorella sparred often at this time.
Since losing Lecavalier's captaincy, Tortorella has improved. Lecavalier played a major role in the team's Stanley Cup triumph during the 2003–04 NHL season, although Martin St. Louis led regular season scoring and Brad Richards led in the playoffs. In the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, Canada defeated Canada, he was named MVP of the Canadian National Team.
Lecavalier, along with Lightning teammates Nikolai Khabibulin and Brad Richards, competed for Ak Bars Kazan in the Russian Superleague during the lockout that ended the 2004–05 NHL season. Kazan finished fourth in the league and lost in the first round of the playoffs after Lecavalier scored 15 points.
At the 2006 Olympics, Lecavalier was selected to represent Team Canada, but he returned to Tampa without a medal.
Lecavalier tied for the most points in a season by scoring his 95th point against the Buffalo Sabres on March 16, 2007. Martin St. Louis, who had 94 points in the 2003-2004 NHL season, had previously held the record. His 108 points was since eclipsed by Nikita Kucherov, who scored Art Ross trophy-winning 128 points during the 2018-19 NHL season and now holds the record at this point.
Lecavalier became the first Lightning player to score 50 goals in a season on March 30, 2007. He finished the season with 52 goals, edging Ottawa's Dany Heatley, who scored 50 goals, to win the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy as the NHL's top goal scorer for the 2006-07 season.
Lecavalier played 8 straight multipoint games in 2007, being the first to do so since Jaromr Jágr in 1996. He was first in the NHL scoring race until being defeated by Ottawa Senator Daniel Alfredsson, who scored 7 points in the final game before the All-Star break. At the 2008 NHL All Star Game, he was named captain of the Eastern Conference. He was the recipient of both the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and the NHL Foundation Player Award for his outstanding charitable work in the community at the end of the year.
Lecavalier underwent shoulder surgery to fix a fracture caused by his collision from being struck by Matt Cooke of the Washington Capitals in the 2007-08 offseason. Later this year, he underwent more surgery on his left wrist.
Lecavalier announced that he would have an eleven-year, $85 million contract extension with the Lightning on July 12, 2008. He started his new deal in 2008-09 and continued into the 2019-20 season.
On September 18, 2008, he was renamed captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
In mid-January 2009, rumors were swirling around a potential trade that would bring Lecavalier to the Montreal Canadiens, his hometown, but Brian Lawton later revealed that Lecavalier would rather remain in Tampa Bay for the remainder of his career. Lecavalier Lecavalier revealed in his own words that he preferred Tampa Bay over Montreal's native Montreal. Lecavalier received a standing ovation from the Montreal audience when he was introduced on January 24, during the NHL's superskills tournament.
On April 3, 2009, Lecavalier underwent season-ending wrist surgery.
Lecavalier played in his 1000th NHL game on January 21, 2013, becoming the 280th NHL player to reach that milestone. His 1,000 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning were all based on the Tampa Bay Lightning. On January 25, the team paid tribute to him with several gifts, including an engraved silver stick.
In June 2013, the Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs had discussed a trade that would have brought Lecavalier to Toronto; the Maple Leafs would get an asset in exchange for buying out Lecavalier's deal, and the Maple Leafs would then be able to re-sign with Tampa as an unrestricted free agent with a lower salary cap. Despite the fact that the Maple Leafs denied the findings, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly sent out a letter advising all 30 league teams that they should refrain from doing business that breach the collective bargaining agreement. The CBA has forbidden clubs from re-signing players who have been on loan for at least one year. The Lightning reported one day later that it had purchased Lecavalier's deal, allowing the Lightning to become a fully licensed agent. The buyout will cost Lecavalier a total of $32.67 million and strip the Lightning of his $7.727 million salary cap hit.
Lecavalier, a week after being bought out by the Lightning, has signed with the Philadelphia Flyers, earning him $22.5 million over a five-year deal; this is in comparison to the $2.33 million he will receive annually from the Lightning for the next 14 years. Lecavalier decided to wear number 40 with the Flyers because his old number 4 had been retired by the Flyers in honor of Barry Ashbee. Lecavalier returned to Tampa, Florida, as a member of the Flyers on November 27, 2013 and was greeted with a tribute video as well as a long standing ovation from Lightning fans. He scored a goal in his homecoming and was named the game's third star. Lecavalier scored 20 goals and 17 assists on his season's record and scored his 400th goal against the Boston Bruins on March 30, 2014. The Flyers trained for the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs before being eliminated in seven games by the New York Rangers, in which Lecavalier had one goal and an assist in the series. Lecavalier's 2014-15 NHL season began poorly, and he was a healthy scratch for the first time in his career on December 2, 2014.
Lecavalier fought twice against Hurricane Keegan Lowe, who was playing his first NHL game on April 9, 2015. Lecavalier did not participate in the third session and may have sustained a concussion.
Lecavalier was traded by Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jordan Weal and a third round pick on January 6, 2016. Lecavalier was expected to retire at the end of the season to avoid the Kings from being saddled with his salary cap, according to one of the trade's stipulations. Lecavalier selected number 44 for the Kings after Rob Blake's retirement from number four. On June 21, 2016, he officially announced his resignation.