42 Facts About Evander Kane

Evander Kane has previously played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, and San Jose Sharks.

Evander Kane was selected fourth overall by the Thrashers in the first round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Evander Kane has been suspended for submitting a fake COVID-19 vaccine card, abusing on-ice officials, and other incidents.

Internationally, Evander Kane received gold medals as a member of Team Canada at the 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament and 2009 World Junior Championships.

Evander Kane comes from an athletic lineage; his father was an amateur boxer and hockey player, while Evander Kane's mother was a college volleyball player.

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Evander Kane's uncle, Leonard Kane, is a member of the Canadian Ball Hockey Hall of Fame.

Evander Kane's father instructed him in his early years and initially wanted to keep him out of organized hockey until Kane was ten.

Evander Kane played in the 2003 and 2004 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a team from North Vancouver.

At the age of 14, Evander Kane recorded 140 points in 66 games with the bantam North Shore Winter Club, followed by a 22-goal, 54-point campaign to finish fourth in league scoring with the Greater Vancouver Canadians of the BC Hockey Major Midget League .

Evander Kane played minor hockey with the Vancouver Thunderbirds, prior to bantam and midget.

Evander Kane was drafted 19th overall in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft by the Vancouver Giants.

Evander Kane suited up for five WHL postseason games, being originally called up for the playoffs after Giants forward Tim Kraus was suspended for game three of the opening round.

Evander Kane later appeared in two Memorial Cup games, tallying an assist, as part of the Giants' 2007 Memorial Cup championship.

Evander Kane nevertheless recovered and joined the Giants full-time to tally 24 goals – third in team scoring – and 41 points in his first WHL season.

Evander Kane earned a spot as an injury replacement at the 2009 World Junior Championships with Team Canada.

Evander Kane finished his second WHL season with 48 goals and 96 points, fourth in league scoring.

Second in team scoring to Pierro-Zabotel's 115 points, the line-mates finished one-two in all-time Giants' single-season scoring as Pierro-Zabotel and Evander Kane both surpassed Gilbert Brule's previous 87-point mark.

Evander Kane received WHL West First Team All-Star honors along with teammates Pierro-Zabotel and Jonathon Blum.

Evander Kane finished his NHL rookie campaign with 14 goals and 26 points in 66 games, ranked 12th among first-year point-scorers.

Evander Kane ranked fifth in team point-scoring – third among forward behind captain Andrew Ladd and Bryan Little.

Evander Kane was enjoying a successful first season as a Jet, leading his team in scoring with 18 goals and 31 points by mid-January 2012.

Evander Kane was the first Canadian NHL player to sign a contract with the KHL.

Evander Kane revealed in an October 2015 interview that he felt the Jets did not "have his back" throughout his legal and behavioral issues but instead felt that they traded away their problem.

Evander Kane has said that he would like to remain with the Sharks for the rest of his career.

Evander Kane repeated as league leader in penalty minutes with 122 while registering 26 goals and 47 points, marking his fifth consecutive season with at least 20 goals.

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Shortly after news of San Jose's effort to terminate Evander Kane's contract broke, reports began to circulate that the Edmonton Oilers were interested in signing Evander Kane.

The decision to sign Evander Kane generated some controversy, but was defended by Oilers star Connor McDavid.

Evander Kane was great in acknowledging that there might be some backlash, but it's a good opportunity for both sides.

Evander Kane finished the season with 22 goals and 17 assists, while the Oilers finished second in the Pacific Division and qualified for the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Evander Kane was dynamic in the team's first round matchup with the Los Angeles Kings, notably recording his first ever playoff hat trick in Game 3.

Evander Kane finished the series with seven goals, one more than he had scored in all prior playoff games.

Evander Kane recorded his second playoff hat trick, this time a natural one, in six minutes during the second period of Game 3 of the second round.

Evander Kane attracted controversy in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final against the Colorado Avalanche when he cross-checked Avalanche centre Nazem Kadri into the boards, receiving a five-minute major penalty for boarding, and causing Kadri to be ruled out for the remainder of the series due to injury.

At that time, Evander Kane was a member of the Buffalo Sabres.

The suit claims that Evander Kane left the casino without making arrangements to settle the debt.

In July 2021, Evander Kane's estranged wife, in an Instagram post publicly accused her husband of betting on games involving his own team, and of "throwing games with bookies to win money".

Evander Kane later published a statement offering his full cooperation and categorically denied his involvement in any hockey-related betting, suggesting that his wife's claims were motivated by distress related to their ongoing divorce process.

Also on the same day that Evander Kane was cleared of gambling, the NHL revealed that it was investigating claims that Evander Kane engaged in "inappropriate behavior potentially jeopardizing the health and safety" of his teammates.

Evander Kane competed in the 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, capturing gold with Canada's under-18 team.

Later that year, Evander Kane competed on Team Canada during the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Evander Kane finished the tournament with two goals and two assists in seven games.

Evander Kane recorded two assists over seven games as Canada suffered a second consecutive defeat in the quarterfinal to Russia.