Vincent Lecavalier Bio

• Height:  6’4″
• Weight:  220 lbs
• Date of Birth:  April 21, 1980
• Hometown:  Ile Bizard, Quebec, Canada
• Position:  Center
• Shoots: Left
• Draft:  1st overall, Tampa Bay Lightning, 1998
• Season: 13th, Tampa Bay Lightning-13th

2010-11 SEASON

Began the season with points in consecutive games on 10/9 vs. ATL and on 10/13 at MTL…Finished the season 3^rd on the team with 25 goals and 54 points…Was 2^nd on the team with 12 power-play goals…Ranked 4^th on the Bolts with 16 power-play assists and 3^rd with 28 power-play points…Was 3^rd on the team with 210 shots on goal…Led the Lightning with 591 faceoffs won and finished 4^th on the club with a 50.9 faceoff percentage… Recorded his 750^th career point on 12/20 vs. CAR and played his 900^th career game on 1/18 vs. CBJ…Tied a single-game career-high with 4 assists on 2/23 vs. PHX…Also matched a single-game career-high with 5 points on 2/23 vs. PHX, recording 1g-4a-5p…Reached the 20-goal plateau for the 11^th consecutive season…Finished the season with 17g-13a-30p in his final 28 games…Recorded points in 12 of the team’s final 14 regular season contests…Also finished the year with goals in 4 straight games, recording a total of 5 in that span.

2011 PLAYOFFS

Appeared in his 1^st postseason since 2007…Had 2g-4a-6p in the ECQF…Registered 3g-3a-6p in the ECSF…Recorded 1g-6a-7p in the ECF…Led the team with 56 SOG and was 8^th among all postseason skaters with 19 points…Finished 3^rd on the team with 6 goals and 4^th among all playoff skaters with 13 assists…Was 4^th on the team in FO% with 49.9 among Bolts with at least 150 draws taken…Was 2^nd among all playoff skaters with 3 game-winning goals and 8^th with 3 power-play goals…Recorded a point in all but 6 games in the postseason…Was 2^nd on the team with a plus-6 rating…Set a single-game franchise playoff record with 4 points in Game 2 of the ECF.

CAREER

2009-10: Served as
Lightning captain…Was 1 of 3 Lightning players to appear in all 82 games…Posted the 3^rd-highest assist total of his career with 46 which ranked 2^nd on the team…Ranked 3^rd on the team with 70 points…Finished 7^th in the NHL with 295 shots…Won 771 of 1449 faceoffs taken (53.2%), good for the 10^th-highest faceoff win total in the league…Registered his 10^th consecutive 20-goal season…Reached at least 40 assists for the 4^th time in the last 5 seasons…Ranked 5^th on the team with 33 takeaways…Held a 5-game point streak (2-3-5) from 3/18 to 3/25…Appeared in his 850^th career game on 3/4 at WSH…Notched a season-high 6-game point streak (3-7-10) from 1/12 to 1/21…Tallied 16 multi-point games, including 4 3-point games and 12 2-point games…Had 3 2-goal games and 8 multi-assist games…Recorded 3 assists on 1/21 vs. TOR and on 12/26 vs. ATL …Recorded his 400^th career assist on 1/16 at FLA…Notched his 700^th career point on 12/18 at STL…Notched at least a point in 7 out of 8 consecutive games from 10/8 to 10/29…Had a 4-game point streak (1-4-5) from 10/17 to 10/29…Registered 5 3-game point streaks…2008-09: Played in 77 games with the Lightning, recording 29 goals and 67 points…Missed the final 5 games of the season following wrist surgery…Posted his 6^th consecutive season with 25 goals or more…Led the Bolts in power-play goals with 10, game-winning goals with 6 and shots on goal with 291…Was 2^nd on the team in goals and points…Made his 4^th career NHL All-Star Game Appearance, the 2^nd-most in franchise history…The Lightning had a 5-1-0 record when he scored 2 or more goals… Scored his 300^th career goal 3/1 at CGY…Had a season-high 3-game goal streak 1/15-1/19 with 4 goals … Had a season-high 7-game point streak 11/16-11/29 with 4 goals and 5 assists…2007-08: Became the 1^st player in franchise history to record back-to-back 40-goal seasons…Has 8 consecutive seasons with 20 goals or more (8 of 9 in his career)…Led the Lightning in goals (40), points (92), game-winning goals (7) and tied for the lead in power play goals (10) …Tied the franchise record for game-winning goals in a season …Established a franchise high for home points in a season with 53 (23-30-53)…Led the team in power-play points with 29 (10-19-29) and shorthanded points with 4 (1-3-4) …Ranked 2^nd on the Lightning with 52 takeaways and was 5^th
in hits with 112…Finished tied for 6^th in the NHL with 92 points (40-52-92)…Ranked 4^th in the NHL among forwards in average ice time with 22:57…Recorded his 600th career point with an assist 3/27 vs. WSH…Recorded his 2^nd hat trick of the season, the 6^th of his career, and tied his season high with 9 shots 3/11 vs. NYI…Recorded 1 assist in 15:59 of ice time in the All-Star Game…Was named the captain of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team…Was selected as starter for the Eastern Conference All-Star Team for the 1^st time in his career, it was his 3^rd
All-Star appearance…Scored his 250th career goal and recorded his 300th career assist 12/1 vs. BOS …Had his franchise record for consecutive multi-point games (last NHL player to have 8 multi-point games in a row was Jaromir Jagr in 1996 when he had 10) snapped at 8 11/21 vs. NYR…Tied his career best with 5 points in a game (3-2-5), recorded his 5^th career hat trick, tied the franchise record for points in a period with 4 (2-2-4) in the 2^nd  period and tied the franchise record for plus/minus in a game with a plus-5 on 11/14 vs. CAR…Was named the NHL’s 1^st Star of the Week for the period ending 11/11 after being tied for the league lead with 8 points (2-6-8)…2006-07: Won the Maurice Richard Trophy as the NHL’s leading goal-scorer…Set franchise records for goals in a season with 52 and points in a season with 08…Tied the team record for power-play goals in a season with 16 (Brian Bradley, 1992-93)…Fired 339 shots to set the franchise mark for most in a season…His 61 points on the road were a Lightning all-time best…Tied the franchise record with 7 game-winning goals…Was named the NHL’s 3^rd Star of the Month for March…Became the 1^st Lightning player and the first French-Canadian born player since Mario Lemieux to score 50 goals in a season 3/30 at CAR (Ward)…Registered his 500^th career point with an assist 3/22 vs. NJD…Set the franchise record for most points in a season with his 95^th and 96^th points of the season 3/16 vs. BUF…Set the franchise record for goals in a season with his 43^rd and tied the record for power-play goals with his 16^th on 3/6 at VAN…Was named the recipient of the Mark Messier Leadership Award for February …Played in his 600^th career game, contributing a goal and an assist on 2/1 at CAR…Had a 10-game point streak snapped (9-7-16) on 1/26 vs. NJD…Registered 1 assist at the 2007 NHL All-Star Game…Was named the NHL’s 3^rd Star of the Week for the week ending 12/24 after recording 6 points (3-3-6)…Scored his200^th career goal 12/19 at WSH…Was named the NHL’s 2^nd Star of the Week for the period ending on 12/10 as he was tied for the league lead in goals and points (4-3-7)…Recorded his 4^th career hat trick, tying him for the franchise record, and added 2 assists for a career high 5point night 12/7 vs. ATL…Had his career-best 11-game point streak snapped on 11/15 (8-10-18)…Recorded a personal best 4 assists, tying a franchise record, 11/4 at BOS…Had his goal streak snapped at a career-high 6 games (6g) on 11/4 at BOS…2007 Playoffs: Tied the franchise record for most goals in a series with  during the ECQF…Set the franchise record for most shots in a series with 30…Recorded 2 multi-point games in the series… Landed a team-high 4 hits in Game 5 of the ECQF…Scored hi 4^th goal of the playoffs and added an assist on the game-winner with 4 hits in Game 3…Scored 2 goals in Game 1 to tie Brad Richards for 2^nd on the franchise playoff goals list (15), was a plus-2 and landed 3 hits…2005-06: His 35 goals were a personal best and ranked 3^rd  most in franchise history…Recorded a season-high 7-game point streak from 3/7 to 3/19 (6-4-10)…Set a personal high by recording 31 penalty minutes on 3/17 vs. PHI…Netted his 16th goal of the season on a penalty shot 1/2 at NYI…Served a 1-game suspension on 12/23 vs. BUF…Recorded 2 assists, the 200th and 201st of his career on 12/14 at ANA…Had a goal and 2 assists and tied Brian Bradley for 2^nd on the all-time Lightning assists list with 189 10/28 vs. WSH…Tallied a goal and added 3 assists, including 1 on the game winner, for a 4-point night on 10/20 at ATL…Scored a goal 10/16 at WSH to tie him with Brian Bradley for 1^st on the all-time Lightning power play goals list with 37…Became the 1^st Lightning player to score in a shootout (Kolzig) on 10/16…2006 Playoffs: Played in all 5 games and scored a goal while
dishing out 3 assists…Recorded his 1^st assist of the playoffs on the Lightning’s 4^th goal in Game 3 at OTT…Scored the 1^st goal of the series, the 13th post season goal of his career, in Game 1 4/21 at OTT…2006 Olympics: Recorded 3 assists in 6 games with Canada…2004-05: Played 30 games with Ak Bars Kazan in Russia and scored 7 goals and added 9 assists with 78 penalty minutes…Appeared in 4 postseason games and scored 1 goal, recording 6 penalty minutes…2003-04: Scored 2 goals, both game-winners, and 5 assists in recording 7 points and earning World Cup MVP in his 1^st appearance, winning his 1^st World Cup title … Established new career highs in plus-minus, game-winning goals, and tied his best in shots per game with 2…Finished the season 2^nd on the team in goals, game-winning goals, and 4^th in points…His 32 goals rank 5^th in team history for goals in a season…Scored his 30th goal of the season on 3/23 at TOR, scoring 30 for the 2^nd consecutive season…Scored his 20^th goal of the season to become the 1^st Lightning player to score 20 or more goals in 5 consecutive seasons 2/14 vs. FLA…Had a goal and 2 assists 2/12 vs. MTL, tying Brian Bradley for most career points with the Lightning and hitting 300 career points… Registered his 3^rd career hat trick on 11/8 vs. PIT …Passed Chris Gratton for 2^nd all-time in assists with the Lightning 10/10 vs. BOS (149)…2004 Playoffs: Set new career playoff highs in games played, goals, assists, points, penalty minutes, power-play goals, and shots…Finished tied for 3^rd on the team with 9 goals and 4^th in points with 16…Scored 2 goals in a game for the 3^rd time in the playoffs in Game 6 vs. PHI …Set a new franchise record for fastest goal to start a game (1:28) on 5/20 at PHI…Recordedan assist on the game-winner in Game 5 vs. PHI…Scored 5 goals (in the 1^st 3 games) and added 2 assists in a 4-game sweep of MTL in the CSF…His 5 goals inthe series set a new Lightning record for goals in a series…Tallied his 5^th goal of the conference semi-finals with 17 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime in Game 3 on 4/27 at MTL…Had back-to-back 2-goal games on 4/23 and 4/25 vs. MTL in the CSF…2002-03: Set career-highs at the time in goals (33), assists (45), points (78), shots on goal (275), and plus-minus (E)…Named to the 2003 All-Star Game (1^st All-Star appearance)…Skated 16:13 of ice time and registered 2 shots on goal in All-Star Game…Was 2^nd on team in points and shots…Ranked 3^rd on team in assists and power-play goals… Finished the season tied for 6^th in the NHL in even strength assists (32) and was tied for 8^th in even strength points (52)… Recorded 1^st career hat trick 11/8 vs. PIT…Posted 3g-1a-4p at PHX on 3/22 to tie career-highs for goals and points in a game (2^nd career hat trick, 1^st natural hat trick)…2003 Playoffs: Madehis 1^st Stanley Cup Playoff appearance, recording 3 goals and 3 assists in 11 games…Was 3^rd on the team and 1^st among forwards, with an average of 22:35 in ice time…Recorded 1^st career playoff point with goal at 3:46 of 1^st period in Game 3 at WSH on 4/15…Recorded 1^st career playoff assist on game-winning goal in Game 5 vs. WSH on 4/18…Set up series-winning goal by Martin St. Louis in the 3^rdovertime of Game 6 at WSH on 4/20…2001-02: Tied for 2^nd on team with 20 goals…Became 1^st player in team history to post 3 consecutive 20-goal seasons…Attempted 1^st career penalty shot on 10/30at TOR (Joseph, unsuccessful)…2000-01: Appeared in 7 games for Team Canada at the 2001 World Championships, recording 3 goals and 5 points…Appeared in 68 games for the Lightning, scoring 23 goals, 28 assists and 51 points…Was 2^ndon team in goals (23) and assists (28)…Ranked 3^rd on team in points (51), shots (165) and average ice time (19:37)…1999-00: Led the team in goals (25), assists (42), points (67), shots (166), power-play points (28) and power-play assists (22)…Tied for 1^st on the team in power-play goals with 6…Named team captain on 3/11/00, the youngest full-time captain in NHL history at the time…Tallied 14 multiple-point games, including 4 with 3-or-more points…1998-99: Ranked 9^th among NHL rookies in points (28), 8^th in goals (13), and  5^th in shots (125)…Finished 2^nd on the team in goals and 4^thin points …Appeared in his 1^st NHL game 10/9/98 at FLA…Tallied 1^st NHL point with assist vs. PIT on 10/21/98…Recorded 1^st NHL goal 10/25/98 vs. VAN…Recorded 1^st multiple-point game (1-1-2) at NYI on  2/15/99…Recorded 1^st multiple-goal game 2/22/99 vs. NJD…Named NHL Rookie of the Month for February…Junior Career: Played 2 seasons for Rimouski of the QMJHL, scoring 86 goals, 132 assists and 218 points in 122 regular season games…Recorded 19 goals and 29 assists for 48 points in 22 playoff games…Became the 5^th QMJHL player selected no. 1 overall in the NHL Entry Draft since 1969 (Lafleur, Lemuiex, Turgeon, Daigle)…In 1997-98, appeared in 58 games, finishing 1^st on the team in goals (44), 2^nd in assists (71) and tied for 1^st in points (115)… Was named to the CHL 1^st All-Star Team…Was named to the QMJHL’s 1^stAll-Star Team…In 1996-97, his 1^st season with Rimouski, he appeared in 64 games and finished 2^nd on the team in goals (42), 3^rd in assists (61) and 3^rd in points (103)…Was named CHL Rookie of the Year and QMJHL Rookie of the Year…Was a member of the Gold Medal-winning Team Canada in the under-18 Three Nations Tournament in the Czech Republic…International Career: Suited up for Team Canada at the IIHF World Championships on 2 occasions (2001, 2004)…Appeared in the 2006 Winter Olympics for Canada, notching 3 assists in 6 games…Represented Canada in 1998 at the World Junior Championships in Finland, recording 1 goal, 1 assist and 2 points in 7 games.

TRANSACTIONS

Selected by Tampa Bay in the first round, first overall, at the 1998 Entry Draft.

NHL AND LIGHTNING FIRSTS

GAME:             10/9/98 atFLA

GOAL:             10/25/98 vs. VAN (Snow)

ASSIST:           10/21/98 vs. PIT

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Goals

Game:                    3 (6 times, last – 3/11/08 vs. NYI)

Season:                 52 (2006-07)

Multi-Goal Games: 45

In 2010-11:        3

Hat Tricks:        6

Streak:                6 (10/21-11/2/06, 6g)

In 2010-11:        4 (2 times, last – 4/3-4/9/11, 5g)

Assists

Game:                   4 (2 times, last – 2/23/11 vs. PHX)

Season:                56 (2006-07)

Streak:                8 (11/3-11/19/07, 14a)

In 2010-11:        5 (3/22-3/31/11, 6a)

Points

Game:                             5 (3 times, last – 2/23/11 vs. PHX, 1g-4a-5p)

Season:                           108 (2006-07)

Multi-Point Games:  191

In 2010-11:        11

Streak:                            11 (10/19-11/11/06, 8g-10a-18p)

In 2010-11:        6 (3/19-3/31/11, 2g-6a-8p)

Shootout  Statistics

Career:          12-48 (25.0%)

In 2010-11:     0-5 (00.0%)

Most PIM in a Game:       31 (3/17/06 vs. PHI)

Most Shots in a Game:    12 (3/11/11 vs. OTT)

Honors and Awards:

• NHL All-Star (2009, 2008, 2007, 2003)

• King Clancy Memorial Trophy (2008)

• NHL Foundation Award (2008)

• NHL All-Star Game Captain (2008)

• Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy (2007)

• NHL Second All-Star Team (2007)

• Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team (1998)

• QMJHL First All-Star Team (1998)

• Canadian Major Junior Rookie of the Year (1997)

• QMJHL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1997)

• QMJHL All-Rookie Team (1997)