Patrick Kane

Patrick Kane

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


position = Right Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 175
team = Chicago Blackhawks
league = NHL
prospect_team =
prospect_league =
nationality = United States
birth_date = birth date and age|1988|11|19
birth_place = Buffalo, NY, U.S.
draft = 1st overall
draft_year = 2007
draft_team = Chicago Blackhawks
career_start = 2007

Patrick Kane, Jr. (born November 19, 1988 in Buffalo, New York, USA) is an American ice hockey player currently playing for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks made him the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Amateur and juniors

Kane went to St. Martin of Tours school and started playing for the Cazenovia Chiefs in his home town of South Buffalo, NY. He played for the Buffalo Devils. cite web| url=http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/player.php?id=4581 | title=Patrick Kane | publisher=OHL | accessdate=2007-06-23 ]

The London Knights drafted Kane in the 5th round of the 2004 Ontario Hockey League Bantam Draft, [cite web | url=http://www.chl.ca/CHLTopProspects/2007_bios.html | title=2007 Home Hardware CHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME Participant Bios | publisher=CHL | accessdate=2007-06-23] but Kane did not choose to play for the Knights until the 2006-07 season. Instead, Kane played for the United States U-18 National Team Development Program (NTDP) where he led the team in scoring with 102 pointscite web | url=http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/awards/?sub=&id=3666 | title=Patrick Kane Named OHL Rookie of the Year | publisher=OHL | accessdate=2007-06-23] during the 2005-2006 season. Kane's junior career started off with a bang. Playing on a line with Sergei Kostitsyn and Sam Gagner, he amassed 145 points for the OHL scoring title and combined with Gagner and Kostitsyn for 394 points.

Kane participated in his first international tournament for the United States in the U-18 in 2006, where he helped the team win a gold medal. He was then named to the U.S. squad for the 2007 World Jr. Hockey Championships where he was selected as one of the tournament's All-Stars. He was one of only 3 players on the team to be playing major junior hockey. He was tied for 2nd in scoring in the tournament. Patrick Kane and his London Knights finished the post-season losing in the OHL's Western Conference final to the Plymouth Whalers in a 4-1 best of 7 series loss. He finished his postseason with 10 goals and 21 assists for a total of 31 points in 16 games.

On April 27, 2007, Kane was announced as the winner of the Emms Family Award for the OHL rookie of the year. He was also named runner-up to John Tavares for the Red Tilson Trophy as league MVP. [cite web | url=http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/awards/?sub=&id=3613 | title= Tavares wins Red Tilson Trophy as OHL's Most Outstanding Player | publisher=OHL | accessdate=2007-06-23 ]

Kane threw the Ceremonial first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game on June, 25, 2007 at Wrigley Field.Lai, Jerry, [http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/photo?slug=5d163352e3824ca49f2ba4aee780702c.rockies_cubs_baseball_cxc101&prov=ap Chicago Blackhawks Gallery] (June 25, 2007), Yahoo! Sports, Retrieved on July 7, 2007.] Kane later joined Denis Savard, the Blackhawks' coach, in singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" later during the day. Kane also threw the first pitch at a Buffalo Bisons (AAA) game in August.

NHL career

On July 25 2007, Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon announced that they had signed Patrick Kane to a three year contract. [http://blackhawks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=335301 Blackhawks sign 1st overall pick] (July 25, 2007), Chicago Blackhawks official website, July 25, 2007.]

He made his NHL debut on October 4, 2007 against the Minnesota Wild, [cite news |title =Recap - Wild 1, Blackhawks 0|url =http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=11&season=20072008&gameType=2|author =Associated Press|publisher =NHL|date =2007-10-04|accessdate =2007-10-20] and had his first assist and first shootout goal, a game-winner, two days later against Dominik Hašek of the Detroit Red Wings. [cite news |title =Recap - Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 3, SO|url =http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=31&season=20072008&gameType=2|author =Associated Press|publisher =NHL|date =2007-10-06|accessdate =2007-10-20] On October 19, 2007, he scored his first NHL regulation time goal on Jose Theodore of the Colorado Avalanche. [cite news |title =Recap - Blackhawks 5, Avalanche 3|url =http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=Recap&gameNumber=100&season=20072008&gameType=2|author =Associated Press|publisher =NHL|date =2007-10-19|accessdate =2007-10-20]

On November 2, 2007, Kane was named the NHL Rookie of the Month for October after tallying 5 goals and 11 assists in 12 games.

On December 15, 2007, Kane visited the Buffalo Sabres for a regular season game. It was the first time Kane had come back to Buffalo as a pro hockey player. Kane received a special cheer from his hometown and a special ceremony was done before the game. The Blackhawks lost the game 3-1 with Kane scoring their lone goal.

On June 12, 2008, Kane received the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL's best rookie finishing ahead of teammate Jonathan Toews and Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Bäckström. [http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=240520&lid=sublink05&lpos=topRelated_main]


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International play

Played for the United States in:

*2008 World Championships

International statistics

References

External links

*hockeydb|96554
* [http://www.londonknights.com/display_player.asp?player=119 LondonKnights.com Bio]
* [http://www.mynhldraft.com/2007 Kane Projected #1 2007 Draft]

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