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Vincent Lecavalier
Vincent Lecavalier (born April 21, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre currently working as a special advisor of hockey operations for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1998 NHL entry draft and was a member of their 2004 Stanley Cup championship team. Lecavalier played seventeen seasons in the NHL between 1998 and 2016 and served as captain of the Lightning on two occasions (2000–2001 and 2008–2013) prior to being bought out following the 2012–13 season and signing a 5-year, $22.5 million deal with the Philadelphia Flyers. He finished his NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings.
As a youth, Lecavalier played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from the North Shore of Montreal.
Lecavalier played two years of junior hockey for the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During his tenure, he quickly established himself as one of the NHL's top prospects. In his first season with the Océanic, he won the Michel Bergeron Trophy as the QMJHL's top rookie forward, and the RDS Cup as the top rookie overall.
Lecavalier was drafted first overall by Tampa Bay in the 1998 NHL entry draft, during which new Lightning owner Art Williams proclaimed that Lecavalier would be "the Michael Jordan of hockey".
On March 1, 2000, following his sophomore season, he was named captain, becoming the youngest captain in NHL history at 19 years and 314 days (since surpassed by Sidney Crosby in May 2007, Gabriel Landeskog in September 2012, and Connor McDavid in October 2016). Previously, Steve Yzerman had held that honour, having been named captain of the Detroit Red Wings at 21 years, 5 months.
On January 14, 2001, in a 3–0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, Lecavalier suffered a broken foot after getting in the way of a slap shot, causing him to miss the next 14 games. He eventually finished the 2000–01 season playing in 68 games with 23 goals and 28 assists for 51 points.
Lecavalier did not fulfill expectations and was later stripped of the captaincy before the 2001–02 season when Lightning management decided he was too young even as a high calibre player. Around that time, he clashed frequently with head coach John Tortorella.
Tortorella has since noted that Lecavalier matured since losing the team captaincy. During the 2003–04 season, while Martin St. Louis led in regular season scoring and Brad Richards led in the playoffs, Lecavalier played a key role in the team's Stanley Cup victory, assisting on the Cup-clinching goal by Ruslan Fedotenko in the deciding seventh game of the Stanley Cup Final against the Calgary Flames. He was named MVP of the Canadian National Team in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, which Canada won.
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Vincent Lecavalier
Vincent Lecavalier (born April 21, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre currently working as a special advisor of hockey operations for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1998 NHL entry draft and was a member of their 2004 Stanley Cup championship team. Lecavalier played seventeen seasons in the NHL between 1998 and 2016 and served as captain of the Lightning on two occasions (2000–2001 and 2008–2013) prior to being bought out following the 2012–13 season and signing a 5-year, $22.5 million deal with the Philadelphia Flyers. He finished his NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings.
As a youth, Lecavalier played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from the North Shore of Montreal.
Lecavalier played two years of junior hockey for the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During his tenure, he quickly established himself as one of the NHL's top prospects. In his first season with the Océanic, he won the Michel Bergeron Trophy as the QMJHL's top rookie forward, and the RDS Cup as the top rookie overall.
Lecavalier was drafted first overall by Tampa Bay in the 1998 NHL entry draft, during which new Lightning owner Art Williams proclaimed that Lecavalier would be "the Michael Jordan of hockey".
On March 1, 2000, following his sophomore season, he was named captain, becoming the youngest captain in NHL history at 19 years and 314 days (since surpassed by Sidney Crosby in May 2007, Gabriel Landeskog in September 2012, and Connor McDavid in October 2016). Previously, Steve Yzerman had held that honour, having been named captain of the Detroit Red Wings at 21 years, 5 months.
On January 14, 2001, in a 3–0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, Lecavalier suffered a broken foot after getting in the way of a slap shot, causing him to miss the next 14 games. He eventually finished the 2000–01 season playing in 68 games with 23 goals and 28 assists for 51 points.
Lecavalier did not fulfill expectations and was later stripped of the captaincy before the 2001–02 season when Lightning management decided he was too young even as a high calibre player. Around that time, he clashed frequently with head coach John Tortorella.
Tortorella has since noted that Lecavalier matured since losing the team captaincy. During the 2003–04 season, while Martin St. Louis led in regular season scoring and Brad Richards led in the playoffs, Lecavalier played a key role in the team's Stanley Cup victory, assisting on the Cup-clinching goal by Ruslan Fedotenko in the deciding seventh game of the Stanley Cup Final against the Calgary Flames. He was named MVP of the Canadian National Team in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, which Canada won.
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