Vincent Lecavalier RUMORS & NEWS

Tampa Tribune "Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier looks no worse for wear these days. But when he will get back on the ice or into the lineup is still undetermined, although Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman said it was "reasonable" for Lecavalier to be out three weeks. Lecavalier sustained..." March 20

Tampa Tribune "Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier looks no worse for wear these days. But when he will get back on the ice or into the lineup is still undetermined, although Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman said it was "reasonable" for Lecavalier to be out three weeks. Lecavalier sustained..." March 19

Tampa Tribune "Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury, the team announced Thursday. The nature of the injury was not revealed, though Lecavalier will be out for more than a week, general manager Steve Yzerman said. He will be placed on injured..." March 14

Tampa Bay Times "Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier said his left ankle still is pretty sore. But as far as tonight's game with the Flyers is concerned, "There's no thought of me not playing." Lecavalier, hurt Saturday when struck by teammate Sami Salo's slap shot, did not skate Monday and spent most of the..." February 05

Tampa Bay Times "Vinny Lecavalier said he iced his left foot until 3:30 a.m. Sunday. He watched the Super Bowl with his foot up while icing some more. It was a small inconvenience. The Lightning captain said it was "definitely a relief" the foot was not broken when hit by a slap shot from teammate Sami Salo..." February 04

Tampa Tribune "Through major surgeries, major distractions, major overhauls and 999 career NHL games, Vinny Lecavalier has seen no major changes to the crest he wears on his jersey. There have been minor tweaks to the colors, the lettering style, even a couple of redesigned logos, but through it all there has..." January 21

Tampa Tribune "Vinny Lecavalier's return to the lineup after an 18-game absence wasn't spectacular, but it did serve the purpose of showing even though the season is about over, he isn't packing it in. With Tampa Bay teetering on the brink of playoff elimination, Lecavalier suited up against the New Jersey..." March 30

Tampa Tribune "Vinny Lecavalier is happy to be traveling with the team and even though he didn't play in Monday's game against the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center, the Lightning captain is encouraged by his progress. Lecavalier has missed 17 games since suffering a fractured right hand on Feb. 18 against..." March 27

Tampa Bay Times "If all goes to plan, captain Vinny Lecavalier will play on the Lightning's three-game road trip that starts Monday in Philadelphia. The center, wearing a red no-contact jersey, skated Saturday for the first time with teammates since fracturing his right hand Feb. 18 against the Capitals. "It..." March 25

Tampa Tribune "Knowing when somebody is going to zig and when he is going to zag looks like intuition between teammates. It can't be practiced or mapped out. Sometimes, it just happens. Or, in the case of Lightning stars Vinny Lecavalier and Marty St. Louis, happens again. The Tampa Bay veterans have..." February 07

Tampa Bay Times "Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier said he does not regret anything he did or tried to do Sunday to Penguins star Evgeni Malkin. Not jumping Malkin from behind or the sucker punch he threw to Malkin's face at the end of a scrum. It was justified payback, Lecavalier said, for what he believes..." January 17

Tampa Tribune "Percolating emotions briefly bubbled over for Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier midway through the third period Sunday. With 7:49 left and Tampa Bay trailing by two goals, Lecavalier jumped Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin from behind and landed some punches on the Penguins' all-star center. Then..." January 16

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Center Evgeni Malkin simply shrugged his shoulders when asked why he was attacked by Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier on Sunday. Moments earlier, Malkin ducked to avoid a hit from Lecavalier, who was attempting to hit the Penguins center into the boards. Lecavalier then approached Malkin..." January 16

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "When Lightning center Vincent Lecavalier came charging after Evgeni Malkin , the Penguins center had one thought. "I just wanted to play hockey. I didn't want to fight with him," Malkin said of a third-period incident Sunday in the Penguins' 6-3 win at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. "It's the..." January 16

Tampa Tribune "As the Tampa Bay Lightning filed off the ice at the Troy Sports Center after practice Tuesday, a large contingent of media filed into an adjacent locker room, trailing Tampa Bay general manager Steve Yzerman. Around this part of the country, Yzerman's association lies with a single franchise,..." November 30

Tampa Tribune "Wading through foggy conditions, even for those with a concentrated focus, tends to dull the senses. But when the fog begins to break, it's clear sailing. That has been the case with Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier the past couple of years. Bogged down with injuries, surgeries..." November 01

Tampa Tribune "Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier and wife Caroline welcomed the couple's second child when Gabriel Vincent Lecavalier arrived Tuesday night. The newest addition to the Lecavalier family checked in at seven pounds, five ounces and 19-and-a-half inches. He was born at 7:52 p.m." October 19

Tampa Bay Times "For Vinny Lecavalier, the best part of his offseason workout program was it began a few weeks early. He didn't do anything major, he said, just some extra skating. But given how his past few summers have been more about rehabilitating repaired body parts than preparing for a season, the quick..." September 16

Tampa Bay Times "Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier has a bit more on his mind than the start of training camp. He and wife Caroline are expecting their second child, a boy, in about five weeks. He will not, Lecavalier said, laughing, be named Vincent. The couple's first child, Victoria, is 16 months." September 13

Tampa Bay Times "Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier doesn't claim to know all the ins and outs of what is going on in the protracted contract negotiations between the team and Steven Stamkos. But he does know this: "I know Stammer wants to be part of the Lightning." Besides, he added, "We're two months..." July 19

Tampa Tribune "He is a Man in Full these days, a leader. He has been a Lightning center for a dozen seasons. He has been a captain when he shouldn't have been, and now he's a captain in every sense of the word. He took all 12 years, all of his experience, to get where he is. And there was Vinny..." May 03

Tampa Bay Times "He has been a prodigy. A skinny 18-year-old with the skills of a maestro. He has been a disappointment. A petulant 21-year-old with a lack of perspective. He has been a superstar. A smiling 26-year-old on top of the hockey world. And now? What would you call Vinny Lecavalier today? How..." May 02

Tampa Tribune "Vinny Lecavalier stood at the left post and deftly slipped a puck between his legs, followed quickly by his stick before snapping off a deceptive shot on goal. That particular play occurred early in the second period of Wednesday's Game 1 against Pittsburgh and only a brilliant save by..." April 18

Tampa Tribune "They're a part of our sports landscape. First names are enough. Marty and Vinny. They've been Lightning teammates for 10 seasons. Seven years ago, they took turns lifting the Stanley Cup. Last season, they took turns wondering whatever happened to those days, or if they'd play again in..." April 13

Tampa Bay Times "As soon as Vinny Lecavalier saw teammate Marty St. Louis pick off the pass, Lecavalier was off to the races. "The work on that, for me, is to beat the D," Lecavalier said. That is because the Lightning center knew St. Louis' first instinct would be to pass to his fastbreaking..." April 12

Tampa Tribune "Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier will play against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night, two days after getting hit in the eye with a stick. Lecavalier began Tuesday's morning skate wearing a tinted visor, but switched to a clear visor he is required to wear for the remaining three..." April 05

Tampa Bay Times "The NHL made the right call in suspending Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke for the rest of the regular season and first round of the playoffs, Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier said. "Hopefully," he said Tuesday, "it helps clean up the game." Lecavalier has long been an advocate of harsher penalties..." March 23

Tampa Bay Times "Vinny Lecavalier was diplomatic last week when he spoke of reasons for the two-year slump from which he is emerging. And certainly "bad habits" on the ice, as he called them — such as floating on the perimeter of the action instead of grinding through it and leaving the defensive zone early —..." March 20

Tampa Tribune "Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier became the latest player to call into question the antics of Montreal rookie defenseman P.K. Subban. In the waning seconds of the first period of Thursday's Lightning game at Bell Centre, Lecavalier and Subban were battling in front of the net on a Tampa Bay..." March 19

Tampa Bay Times "Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier apparently will face no supplemental discipline for his slashing incident Thursday with Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban. Lecavalier received a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct with 8.5 seconds left in the first period of what turned out..." March 18

Tampa Tribune "Tampa Bay gutted out a point, playing a man down for the final two periods, before dropping a 3-2 shootout decision to Montreal on Thursday. Mike Cammalleri had the deciding goal in the fourth round of the shootout while Carey Price stopped 35 shots and three of four shooters in the shootout...." March 18

SportingNews.com "Vincent Lecavalier was last a 40-goal scorer in 2008 and it may never happen again. But his play right now is as close to that level as it's been in years and it comes as a good time while the Lightning fight for position in the Eastern Conference. "Vinny's play from the start of the year..." March 17

Tampa Bay Times "Polite as ever, Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier asked a reporter if he minded that he probably would not read the article for which he was being interviewed. Lecavalier said he is trying to avoid distractions, and he held up his hands, like blinders, at the sides of his head. "I just want..." March 17

Tampa Tribune "Nearly all of the Lightning's walking wounded skated Saturday. That included captain Vinny Lecavalier and D Marc-Andre Bergeron, who both missed Thursday's game in Boston. The only missing member was RW Steve Downie, who is out with an unspecified lower-body injury suffered in the second period..." March 06

Tampa Tribune "The Lightning survived the loss of captain Vinny Lecavalier to injury earlier this season. Now, they have to do it again. Lecavalier, who missed 15 games in November and December with a fracture in his hand, sat out Thursday's game in Boston with an undisclosed mid-body injury suffered in the..." March 04

Tampa Bay Times "Vinny Lecavalier on Sunday made the same fist-pumping gesture he usually does after he scores a goal, but even the Lightning captain agreed it was with more gusto. That's what happens when you regain some self-esteem and help your team win at the same time. Lecavalier's goal, on the power..." February 28

Tampa Tribune "No matter the circumstances, no matter the situations, outsiders will always view Vinny Lecavalier's game with a narrow focus. Since his first days on the ice with the Lightning, Lecavalier's offensive skills and abilities stole headlines and defined his game. Winning the Rocket Richard Trophy..." February 14

Tampa Bay Times "Vinny Lecavalier said he preferred not to talk about his game Tuesday against the Sabres even though it was one of his best of the season. The Lightning captain had two goals and his first three-point game. He tied a season best with six shots and had seven scoring chances. But Tampa Bay..." February 12

Tampa Tribune "Vinny Lecavalier's name has been absent from the headlines for much of the Lightning's run to the top of the Southeast Division, but not many people seem to have noticed. That probably wouldn't have been the case in other years. We'd be harping on the fact he has only eight goals (to be fair,..." February 04