Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Vince joins 300 club

Vince Lecavalier. Remember him? He's the guy who isn't going anywhere and will be with the Lightning for the foreseeable future.
Well, now he's scored his 300th career goal, and it came 15 seconds after getting hit in the mouth with Robyn Regehr's errant high stick in the third period.Lecavalier's second goal of the game at the Saddledome saw the Lightning home to an 8-6 victory over the Calgary Flames but the milestone came as some surprise to him.
"They just told me about the 300. I've been with the Lightning for a lot of years. I'm pretty proud of my teammates and all the pretty passes they sent me. It's great honor," Lecavalier said.
"It's just nice to get a win. We haven't scored that many goals this year, so to come out and get a few power-play goals is a great team effort. Everybody produced and everybody had a great game. It's nice to have a win going home on a long flight."
Down 4-2 midway through the second period, Lecavalier and his team-mates scored with three goals in less than five minutes to take a 5-4 lead after two periods.
Lecavalier's first sparked the rally, then Steven Stamkos scored on a great pass from Recchi and Vinny Prospal notched a power-play goal to take the lead.
Stamkos' goal from a perfect pass from Recchi was his 13th of the season, equalling the total Lecavalier scored in his rookie campaign a decade ago. Ryan Malone also scored for the Lightning, and Recchi finished with five assists.

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