TAMPA, Fla. – Patrick Kane likes to howl “Showtime” after some of his biggest goals and he’s become one of the major bright-lights/big-city guys in the NHL. It’s a long way from South Buffalo and the rinks of West Seneca. Wednesday night in Amalie Arena, he starts his quest for a third Stanley Cup in six years, a third Cup by age 26.
The Chicago Blackhawks won as a bunch of kids in 2010 on Kane’s overtime goal in Philadelphia, slipped into salary cap jail for a couple of seasons and then won again in 2013 as Kane took the Conn Smythe Trophy.