“I’m now one of you, a Lightning fan forever.”
That was what Vinny Lacavalier said to the sell-out crowd at Amalie Arena last Saturday as the Bolts retired his No. 4 jersey in a typically classy ceremony. Lacavalier is more than a franchise icon. He’s also a genuinely nice guy who loves living here. He’s Marty St. Louis without any familial elephants in the room.
Vinny and his wife Caroline are raising their three kids in Tampa. He does serious charity work with pediatric cancer and coaches youth hockey. He is Tampa Bay–not just Tampa Bay Lightning.