Chicago Blackhawks star forward Patrick Kane has had quite a year. The precocious youngster scored his first hat trick, his rejuvenated team made it to the Western Conference Finals, and he scored the cover of EA Sports’ NHL 2010. All the pieces of athletic superstardom were coming into place for Kane, and he was poised to take the sports world by storm.
(This is the face of evil.)
There was only one problem - everyone knows that real superstars gotta have street cred and a rap sheet, and poor Buffalo-bred Patrick Kane had neither. What’s a young hockey player to do? A bar brawl was out of the question (Kane’s only 20), and killing people is only OK if you play in the NFL. Last night, though, Kane took the first step towards that much-coveted rap sheet by beating up a Buffalo cabbie and breaking his glasses over…wait for it…twenty whole cents. Baby steps, Patrick.
According to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Kane - who made $875,000 this season - is quite the spendthrift:
Kane, 20, and a relative, James M. Kane, 21, believed to be his cousin, are alleged to have punched the cab driver and taken back money they had given him after the driver told them he didn’t have 20 cents in coins to give them change, according to the report.
The police told the newspaper the fare was $13.80 and the two Kanes had paid the driver $15. The newspaper is reporting the cab driver told police he was punched in the face, grabbed by his throat and had his glasses broken in the altercation.
Awesome. That’ll show those nerdy cabbies who’s boss, and get little Patrick Kane well on his way to athletic immortality with the true greats of our time. For those odd ducks who frown on such things as “assault” and “robbery,” take note - this is why you don’t make your kids play with dolls. You never know when those old insecurities will surface.
3:52 pm on August 9th, 2009
The horror…the horror…
How it sucks being a Chicago sports fan. Every time the sun shines on one of our teams, something bad happens. You can shove Bartman, I could care less about the Cubs; this idiot’s actions could have disasterous reprecussions for the Blackhawks. It was all coming together so perfectly…
How it hurts…
4:57 pm on August 9th, 2009
He probably dropped the ” do you know who I am ” line, and the cabbie probably said, ” NO youre in the NHL no one knows who you guys are.
10:32 pm on August 9th, 2009
douchebag……another young punk with money
2:05 am on August 10th, 2009
I’m sure there’s more to the story. He’s actually a really nice guy. Met him at the Blackhawks convention not too long ago. People are very quick to judge before knowing the whole story. We’ll see what happens in the coming days. All the bad things that consistenly happen in the NFL don’t ruin football. I don’t see this incident ruining hockey and the Blackhawks. True Hawks fans won’t care and they will continue to be there to root for the team thru thick and thin….its the fair-weather fans and non-hockey fans that will give a crap.
7:54 am on August 10th, 2009
Why no one mentions that this particular cab driver is pushing 70. Patrick Kane and his cousin assaulted an old grandpa.
8:56 am on August 10th, 2009
“Patrick Kane is a nice guy”, huh?
Beating up an old man who’s just doing his job? How can anyone defend that kind of behavior? It could have been your own old man or grandfather for Christ’s sakes…!!
Unbelievable… I hope Kane gets what he deserves and has to face at least a short jail time for this.
11:36 am on August 10th, 2009
Mike you had me and then you lost me big time. Take you’re “fail weather fan” comment and cram it.
I’ve been a Blackhawks for years - good times and bad times. I was a 2nd Balconey, SRO ticket buyer for years upon years in the Old Stadium, never missing a home game, watching Gretzky’s Oilers, Trottier’s Islanders, Hull’s Blues, etc, etc… And have dutifully followed the Hawks since.
I will withhold judgement on Kane until all the facts are in, but you couldn’t be more wrong in saying that we shouldn’t give a “crap”.
Kane seemed to be the exception to the rule - rich, young athletes are nothing more than arrogant, pieces of dog snap, but if the allegations are true, then he’s a walking, talking piece of human dung too.
“True Hawk fans won’t care”… Up yours moron. True sports fans SHOULD care!
2:00 pm on August 10th, 2009
Someone has to teach this little retard how to tip…nevermind he’s from Buffalo
4:17 pm on August 10th, 2009
Hey Reggie,
My comment was only an opinion. There was no need to be defensive and insulting. I’m glad you are a true fan of the Hawks and of the sport since they’re isn’t many left. My father has been a season-ticket holder since he was a teenager, so I’ve seen my fair share. I’ve also played hockey for 20+ years. With hockey popularity almost non-existent in the US, the media scrutiny is always gonna be huge. So I will assume that this will be made into an even bigger deal. I’m not here to criticize or belittle anyone.
What I meant by true fans not caring: We will always follow the Hawks no matter what. The Hawks will continue to progress with or without him. This is not going to tarnish the Hawks or the league. Almost every team in the NFL has some sort of deviant on their team, Baseball has the steriods issue….But we don’t see those teams going down the tubes because of it…people are still going to the games.
I definetly do not wanna see him miss out on the whole season. We pay these players well and I really don’t wanna see Hossa out because of his injury or Kane because he’s in jail. Hawks need to make another big push for the Cup.
I don’t know all the facts to this story but I will consider him innocent until proven guilty since thats how the Justice system is suppose to work here. I understand people will believe he is guilty right off the bat and that is okay since they are able to have their own opinion.
If this is true, of course, I think he should get a punishment from the court as well as the league but to say we should make him sit out a season?? Thats alittle rough. I know if it was an “average person” that was in this situation we would not get off easily. So I hope…if it is true…that he does get a proper punishment and not something light but not something excessive jus because he’s an athlete. They need to be fair with him as they would with us.