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Lightning captain Steven Stamkos relishes chance to finally represent Canada
- Updated: September 7, 2016
OTTAWA — Steven Stamkos is savoring his first chance to represent Canada in a best-on-best tournament as a professional.
The Tampa Bay Lightning forward looked like a lock to get his first chance at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, but he broke his leg in Nov. 2013 and didn’t recover in time to take part despite a frantic rehabilitation schedule.
When he found out on the eve of the Olympics he wouldn’t be going to Sochi, he left on a vacation.
Canada wound up winning its second gold medal in a row in men’s hockey.
“After rehabbing 4-5 hours a day, I kind of just wanted to get away,” Stamkos said Monday. “I caught the gold medal game. It was a party that you wish you were there with the guys. I think I was in the Cayman Islands. A lot of …
