Patrick Kane | |||
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![]() Kane with the Blackhawks in December 2014 | |||
Born |
Buffalo, NY, USA | November 19, 1988||
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 |
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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]