By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, March 26, 2011
5 questions | G Dwayne Roloson
Are you a golfer?
My wife and I are avid golfers, and both my boys are.
How good are you?
I'm all over the map right now. I usually play better at the beginning of the year, when I'm not so stiff.
What's your handicap?
I've had it down to a 3. Now I'm probably 8 or 9.
Any holes in one?
None.
How close?
An inch. I lipped out a couple times, too.
Starting line
In case you hadn't heard, Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier is the grand marshal of today's Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Lecavalier is a fine choice given his love of open-wheel racing, particularly Formula One. "I'm like a kid in a candy store when it comes to that stuff," Lecavalier said.
Lecavalier's main responsibility today will be to say before the race, "Drivers, start your engines."
He even practiced last week in the trainer's room at the St. Pete Times Forum. "The guys were laughing at me," he said.
Subway series
Lightning D Mattias Ohlund played his 900th NHL game last week. He played his first two in 1997 as a member of the Canucks in a series against the Ducks in Japan. "The people treated us great," he said.
But it's not like the players blended in.
"Everyone took the subway to get to practice and the games," Ohlund said. "You had 22 tall white guys clearly standing out in a packed subway with a lot of smaller Asian people. They didn't know who we were. A lot of stares. They obviously knew we were not from there."
Quote to note
"If we're going to panic at the first real adversity we had this season, what kind of organization are we going to be?" Coach Guy Boucher, on the team's March slump
Number of the day
20 Most shorthanded goals Lightning allowed in a season (1993-94), five more than this season entering Saturday