Patrick Kane Calder Trophy
The first overall pick in 2007 and 2008 Calder Trophy winner who ended a 49-year Stanley Cup drought for Chicago.
Patrick Timothy Kane II (born November 19, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Showtime", he was selected by the Blackhawks with the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL entry draft. He won the 2008 Calder Memorial Trophy for NHL's rookie of the year.
Quick Facts
- Draft year
- 2007 (1st Round, 1st Overall)
Lore & Background
Kane won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year in 2008 after finishing his first NHL campaign atop the rookie scoring race with 72 points. He was selected first overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2007 NHL entry draft. The Blackhawks did not make the playoffs in the 2007–08 season.
Reader's Guide
Kane's first career hat trick came on May 11, 2009, in game six of the second round of the 2009 playoffs against the Vancouver Canucks. The Blackhawks had not won a Stanley Cup since 1961 before winning in 2010.
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