Hit somebody! Was what the crowd roared when Buddy the goon came over the boards. Coach, he’d say, I wanna score goals. The coach said, Buddy, remember your role. -Warren Zevon
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! Hockey Krishnas unite! Hockey Krishna. Hockey Krishna. Krishna Krishna. Hockey Hockey. That’s right. Hockey talk.
Old time hockey talk. Vincent LeCavalier hockey talk. Lard ass Bartley Donnellson. You all saw what happened. Stick down, gloves off. He challenged the Chiefs. Called us names, but Dave was there. Dave’s a killer. Dave’s a mess. But Dave’s out. Who’s gonna take his place? Is the answer Jesus? Close. The answer is Vincent LeCavalier.
Vinny was drafted first overall by Tampa Bay in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. New Lightning owner Art Williams proclaimed that Lecavalier would be the Michael Jordan of hockey. Maybe. Maybe if His Airness could fight. Following his sophomore season, Lecavalier was named captain. The youngest captain in NHL history. Since surpassed by Sid the Kid. He may have lost his captaincy, but not his will to play. After winning the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004, he was named Most Valuable Player for the Gold Medal Canadian National Team in the World Cup. Last year, LeCavalier broke the all-time Tampa Bay Lightning record for most points in a season. He also became the first Lightning player to record 50 goals in a season. Finishing the season with 52 goals. Tops in the league. On top of the world. On top of the world looking down on creation. Looking down on creation with his Rocket Richard Trophy in hand.
But he’s not just a goal scorer. Oh no. He’s tough. Ram tough. The toughest of Sears tough jeans…lab tests prove it! Vinny proves it. Proves it all night. Girl there’s nothing else that we can do. So prove it all night, prove it all night, and girl I’ll prove it all night for you. He proves it all night for you. Think Cam Neeley. Think Terry O’Reilly. Think about this: LeCavalier already has seven goals. Last night, for the second straight game, St. Vincent scored the Lightning’s only goal to extend his current scoring streak to four games. LeCavalier already has two fights. Old School Hockey. Eddie Shore hockey. A dying breed.
The last cat to score fifty goals and get into five fights in one season was Keith Tkachuk. Melrose Mass’ own Keith Tkachuk. Winnipeg Jets’ Keith Tkachuk. Winnipeg Jets’ Keith Tkachuk in 1995. Vincent LeCavalier can join another exclusive club this season. And like my main man Groucho Marx always says: I would not join any club that would have someone like me for a member. How bout someone like Gary Roberts? Or Kevin Stevens? Or Brendan Shanahan? Or Keith Tkachuk? Guys like that there. This club is not for the feint of heart. The only four guys in NHL history to net 50 goals while earning 200 minutes in the box. You go to da box for 2 minutes, ya know, by yourself…you feel shame…and then you get free. That’s a pretty elite club. No Great Wayne Gretzky there. No Super Mario Lemieuix there. Not even Number Four Bobby Orr there. Vinny is on pace to be there. Yes Hockey Krishnas it’s old time hockey again and Vinny LeCavalier is leading the charge.
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Do you mean Kevin Stevens? Otherwised known as speedbag, because that is what opposing players used his head as……………
yup, good lookin out. thats him.
Actually Kevin Stevens nickname was “Crack Monster”. He made Ken Caminiti look like an altar boy.