American hockey player Patrick Kane: biography, achievements and interesting facts

The most popular game in the world is football, but the most spectacular is hockey. The battles on ice are watched by millions of people around the world. World Cup and Stanley Cup - tournaments in which only the best of the best hockey players take part.

One of the main stars of the American Premier League can safely be called the American hockey player Patrick Kane. At the age of 29, the guy managed to participate in all the prestigious championships, collect a huge number of awards and enter the list of “100 best players in the history of the NHL”.

Biography

Patrick Timothy Kane II was born on November 19, 1988 in the small town of Buffalo, United States of America. Patrick was named after his father. He is a professional hockey player, currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks club, with which in 2015 he signed a contract worth more than $ 80 million. Performs under game number 88. Physical data: height is 178 centimeters, weight - 81 kilograms. Role Patrick Kane: forward, right.

Patrick grew up in a large family, he has three sisters - Jacqueline, Erica and Jessica. Parents are Donna and Patrick Kane.

Patrick began to demonstrate his first successes in hockey during his studies at the “St. Martin's School” in Buffalo. There he played for the Wings of the Western Seneca school team. When the young man’s talent became apparent, his parents decided to send him to study in Michigan so that Patrick could play in the team Honeybaked, which is part of the US Youth Hockey League. As part of the club, Patrick trained for three whole years.

Carier start

Based on the 2004 Ontario Hockey League draft, Patrick Kane joined the London Knights Club of Canada. His first performance for them took place only in the 2006/2007 season. This is due to the fact that Patrick at that time actively played for the youth national team of Canada. In its composition, the young man managed to achieve phenomenal successes and lead the standings, gaining more than 100 points. For this, he received from the media the nickname "The Golden Child of America."

The following season, playing for the London Knights, Patrick scored 145 points in the standings and received his first Ontario Hockey League Best Rookie award.

Career in the National Hockey League

After a stunning success in the Knights, the Chicago Blackhawks club draws attention to the hockey player Patrick Kane. Soon, the club’s main manager announces that a three-year contract for beginners has been signed with Patrick.

The recoil was not long in coming; Patrick spent his first match brilliantly, scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild. In total, according to the results of the season, Kane managed to score 72 points and stand at the head of the list of “Best NHL Newbies”. In 2008, he repeated the success and again became the best in the regular season, gaining 70 points. In addition, in 2008, the young man designed his first hat-trick. At the same time, thanks to Patrick Kane, the Chicago Blackhawks team managed to get to the playoffs.

The year 2009 was not so rosy for the hockey player. The young man was arrested for disorderly conduct and robbery. He was accused of stealing money from a taxi driver and using brute physical force against him. As a result of the trial, Patrick had to apologize to the driver and pay a fine. Surprisingly, all this did not stop him from signing with Chicago Blackhawks a new five-year extended contract worth more than $ 31 million.

Further, Patrick’s career only went uphill. Between 2010 and 2015, he won three Stanley Cups for his team. Repeatedly became the most productive player in the Championship, and was named the best among the scorers. Until 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks team for nearly half a century unsuccessfully tried to get the Stanley Cup.

The next season 2015/16, Patrick managed to score more than 100 points. Amazing statistics! During the previous five years, only two players of the National Hockey League managed this - Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby.

Patrick currently has a current contract with the Chicago Blackhawks Club for a period of 8 years and a cost of 84 million dollars.

The best moments of the new season can be seen in the video below.

Statistics

Tournament statistics for hockey player Patrick Kane:

Patrick took part in the 2010 Olympics, where his team managed to take second place. In the 2014 games held in Sochi, the US team could not get bronze, losing in the match with Finland. Patrick commented as a rout and expressed a desire to quickly forget the final match. The hockey player could not go to the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang because of participation in a regular tournament in his homeland, in the USA. However, in an interview, he said that he wanted to take part in the Olympics.

Awards

• 2006: “The best result of the tournament in goals and points” in the World Championship among juniors.
• 2007: the title of "Best Newcomer to Canadian HL"; titles of “The Best Newcomer of Ontario HL”, “The Top Scorer of the Canadian Hockey League”, “The Main Scorer of the Ontario Hockey League” and the bronze medal of the World Youth Championship.
• 2008: "The best draft prospectus of Canadian HL", Calder Trophy.
• 2010: Olympic Silver Medalist, Stanley Cup.
• 2013: Conn Smythe Trophy, Stanley Cup.
• 2015: Stanley Cup.

Facts from life

• The young man prefers not to talk about his personal life. Today it is known that Patrick Kane is not married, he also has no children. In his interviews, Patrick denies that he has any relationship, emphasizing that the main thing in his life right now is career.
• Patrick was charged with rape on a statement from a woman in 2015. After a long trial, the police refused to open a criminal case, Patrick's reputation was restored. Although immediately after the appearance in the media of information about a possible crime on the part of the fair sex, accusations fell on him. Some said that such a person does not belong in the National Hockey League.
• Patrick gets along well with his former teammate Artemy Panarin.
• Once Patrick mentioned that his match against Nashville was his worst game.