Hockey superstar Patrick Kane may be the biggest name in the sport ahead of next month’s NHL trade deadline as speculation swirls around his future. But long before the three Stanley Cup wins and pro career that’s made him the best U.S. player ever, a 17-year-old Kane came to London for one sizzling season with the Knights. Jim Kernaghan’s rather prophetic column about the then-unknown teen was first published in the April 29, 2006 print editions of The London Free Press: Read More
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