CHICAGO -- He's one of the cornerstones of this city's hockey renaissance. Yet he looks like he's 12. He plays like there's nothing he can't do on the ice. Yet he's not even 6 feet tall. He can't go anywhere without being asked for an autograph. Yet he carries himself with the humility of a city sanitation worker.
At 20 years old, Patrick Kane is one of the NHL's brightest stars. His hat trick in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals not only helped the Blackhawks advance, but it brought with it the national sports spotlight. And now, in the Western Conference finals against Detroit, everyone is expecting Patrick Kane to do great things.
And yet, at the end of the day, he's so much more than a hockey player, so much more than No. 88, the future of the Blackhawks. Ask him about the roles that matter most in his life and Kane surely will tell you son, friend and big brother. It's the reason his family was right there with him at the NHL draft, at his first NHL game and at last year's NHL awards.
So in the era of social networking, in the era of MySpace, Twitter and Facebook, here are 20 things you might not know about the Blackhawks' forward, one for each of Kane's 20 years. They come courtesy of Kane himself, as well as the people who have been there from the beginning: his mother, Donna; father, Pat; and three sisters -- Erica (20), Jessica (18) and Jacqueline (15).
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