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| Vincent LECAVALIER (luh-KAV-uhl-YAY, VIHN-sihnt) |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
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On his hot start to season: "Once you start scoring, it seems like you can really see the net. But, you know, if you go three, four, five games, you get to squeezing your stick a little bit, obviously you see the goalie as a lot bigger; it kind of goes both ways. Right now my confidence or our confidence is pretty good. When I get in front of a goalie, it's all about confidence I think. If you're calm and you don't squeeze your stick, good things will happen."
On his off-ice interests: In October, Lecavalier donated $3 million to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., for a state-of-the-art facility in the hospital's new building that will be named the Vincent Lecavalier Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. "I have wanted to do this since before the lockout. I wanted to give back to the community. I've been to the Children's Hospital many times. I've checked a lot of charities before choosing them ... I chose the pediatric cancer (because) it's something really close to my heart."
On his two fights in back-to-back games (against Washington's Shaone Morrisonn and Philadelphia's Scott Hartnell) earlier this season: "I hope it did fire up the team, but I can't say before I stepped on the ice I knew I was going to go fight. It's not something I planned or anything like that. It was two games in a row, two incidents. It's not something I look to do. If it happens, it happens. I don't know. I mean, I think there's a lot of good players out there that can fight and that can play hard. You don't have to fight to be a tough player. I think there's some guys that don't drop the gloves, but they're really tough players. Look at an offensive guy like (the Atlanta Thrashers') Kovalchuk. He's not going to drop the gloves, but he's strong on the puck and he's physical. (The Washington Capitals' Alex) Ovechkin. All these guys are very physical."
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