Vincent Lecavalier, also known as Winnie, is a former Canadian professional hockey player who acts as a central striker. During his career, he has performed in the United States and Russia. He plays for Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and Kazan Ak Bars.

He was the winner of the Stanley Cup 2004 in the Lightning Bay Club of the National Hockey League (NHL). From 2000 to 2001, Vincent Lecavalier was captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He held the position for a total of 14 seasons in the NHL for the club (1998-2013).

In the 2012/13 season, he played for Philadelphia Flyers. The contract worth 22,5 million dollars for 5 years. In 2007, this hockey player was the top scorer at NHL, for which he received the Maur Maurice Richard Trophy Muff award. The height of a hockey player is 193 cm, and weight – 93 kg, with a left grip.

On February 10, 2018, game number 4, under which V. Lekavalier played in Tampa throughout his career, was officially withdrawn from Club traffic and raised on the Amalie Arena.

Biography

Vincent Lecavalier was born on the twenty-first of April 1980 in Canada, on Il-Bizar Island, Quebec Province. Right from an early age, he began to care and participate in hockey.

After spending a great season in the Rimoski Okeanikk Village (Junior League of Quebec), the player was declared in a draft in 1998, where he was chosen as the first issue. In his final and farewell season, Vincent Lecavalier designed 86 goals and gave 132 assistants. This worth a total of 218 points in 122 matches of the regular season.

Thanks to his success in sports, Vincent is extremely popular in Quebec. In 1998, the hockey player was the best young athlete in the province. At the same time, Lecavalier has successfully played on an international level, defending the honor of the Canadian U-18 team. Afterwards, the player has repeatedly performed at the World Championships as part of a mature team.