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BY JORDAN SAMERY What a couple of years it’s been for Patrick Kane. In the span of 18 months, the Buffalo native has gone from near obscurity playing his first year for the London Knights of the Ontario League, to a potential first round talent, to the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL draft. That’s what happens when you score 145 points for one of Canada’s high profile junior teams, on a line with future NHL rookie stars Sergei Kostitsyn and Sam Gagner, to boot. For most people, that would have been enough. Not for Kane. Kane was insistent on making the Blackhawks roster out of training camp and managed to earn a spot despite having a sub-par pre-season. He capped off his remarkable rise by capturing the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year Thursday night in Toronto, beating out teammate Jonathan Toews and the Capitals’... [read full story]
