Patrick Kane

Patrick Kane
Kane with the Blackhawks in December 2014
Born (1988-11-19) November 19, 1988 (age 36)
Buffalo, NY, USA
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position Center/Right Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams
Chicago Blackhawks
EHC Biel (NLA)
National team  United States
NHL Draft 1st overall, 2007
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 2007–present

Patrick Kane (born November 19, 1988 in Buffalo, New York[1]) is an NHL ice hockey right winger/center for the Detroit Red Wings.

He was the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. On June 12, 2008 he won the Calder Memorial Trophy awarded to the best rookie player beating his Blackhawks teammate Jonathan Toews and Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom.[2] He was the cover athlete for the video game NHL 10.[3] He has also competed in the 2009 NHL All-Star Game. Kane was selected to compete with Team USA in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.[4] On June 9, 2010 Patrick Kane scored the game-winning overtime goal which led the Blackhawks in winning their first Stanley Cup in 49 years which ended the longest Stanley Cup drought in the NHL.[5]

  1. "Patrick Kane's official Blackhawks profile". Chicago Blackhawks. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  2. "Calder Memorial Trophy". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  3. "Blackhawks Star Patrick Kane The New Face Of EA Sports NHL 10". Chicago Blackhawks. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  4. "USA Hockey names 34-man roster for Olympic camp". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  5. "Patrick Kane's overtime goal lifts Chicago to its first Stanley Cup title since 1961". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-05-11.

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