Gone but never forgotten: Vinny Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning. A better person than player–and a very, very good player.
He was an all-star, a captain, and a Stanley Cup winner. He was a family man and a community force. He learned from former teammate Brad Richards about the special needs–and moving stories–of families impacted by pediatric cancer. He vowed to be a difference maker off the ice as well as on. The Vincent Lecavalier Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at All- Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg would attest to a very big commitment kept.