PATRICK KANE

'Patrick Kane' (born November 19, 1988 in Buffalo, New York) is an American junior ice hockey player. He went to St. Martin of Tours school. He started his hockey career playing for the Cazenovia Chiefs in his home town, South Buffalo. ^[1] He is currently playing for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League.
Kane was the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft to the Chicago Blackhawks.
He was drafted in the 5th round of the 2004 OHL Bantam Draft,^[2] but 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 points ^[3] during the 2005-2006 season. Kane's junior career has 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.^[4]
Kane threw the Ceremonial first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game on June, 25, 2007 at Wrigley Field.^[5] Kane later joined Denis Savard, the Blackhawks' coach, in singing ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' later during the day.
On July 25th 2007, Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon announced that they had signed Patrick Kane to a three year contract.^[6]

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Career statistics

References

External links

Career statistics

				Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
2006-07	London Knights	OHL		58	62	83	145	+42	52		16	10	21	31	+2	16
OHL Totals				58	62	83	145	+42	52		16	10	21	31	+2	16

References

1. Patrick Kane
2. 2007 Home Hardware CHL/NHL TOP PROSPECTS GAME Participant Bios
3. Patrick Kane Named OHL Rookie of the Year
4. Tavares wins Red Tilson Trophy as OHL's Most Outstanding Player
5. Lai, Jerry, Chicago Blackhawks Gallery (June 25, 2007), Yahoo! Sports, Retrieved on July 7, 2007.
6. Blackhawks sign 1st overall pick (July 25, 2007), Chicago Blackhawks official website, July 25, 2007.

External links

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★ LondonKnights.com Bio

★ Kane Projected #1 2007 Draft