Vincent Lecavalier
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Lecavalier pictured during his time with the Tampa Bay Lightning
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| Born |
April 21, 1980 L'Île-Bizard, Quebec, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Tampa Bay Lightning Ak Bars Kazan Philadelphia Flyers Los Angeles Kings |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 1st overall, 1998 Tampa Bay Lightning |
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| Playing career | 1998–2016 | ||
| Website | vinny4.com | ||
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| Representing Canada
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Cup | ||
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2004 Canada | |
Vincent Lecavalier (born April 21, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Vincent Lecavalier was the captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 2000–2001 season and between the 2008–2013 and spent his first 14 NHL seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning before being bought out following the 2012–13 season and signing with the Philadelphia Flyers for $22.5 million over 5 years. He was chosen first overall by the Lightning in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and won a Stanley Cup with the team in 2004. He won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy in 2007 as the NHL's leading goal scorer.
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, Gabriel Landeskog, and Connor McDavid). Previously, Steve Yzerman had held that honour, having been named captain of the Detroit Red Wings at 21 years, 5 months.
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