Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane says he has ‘done nothing wrong’

Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kanetalked about the sexual assault investigation against him for the first time Thursday, declaring he had “done nothing wrong” and that he expected to be absolved.

“There’s going to be a time when questions (about Kane) can be answered”, Toews said, per Frank Seravalli of TSN.

When it was Kane’s turn to speak, he apologized to the team, to his teammates and to the fans for being a distraction.

“Again, I appreciate the question“, Kane said, before dodging it.

Chicago Blackhawks President and CEO John McDonough acknowledged that Kane “is dealing with a very serious situation”, but said it was a “calculated and deliberate” decision to bring him to training camp this week. “Based on our discussions with his legal representatives who are very close to this matter, we have decided to have Patrick join us for training camp”. Instead, team officials asked that Kane only receive questions about hockey, as if anyone in the room was there to talk about his workout regimen or the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup defense.

Mark Potash of the Chicago Sun Times apparently reached his breaking point, asking Kane if, regardless of the outcome of the investigation, he “would quit drinking”.

“Unless and until his name is cleared in this ongoing rape investigation, Kane shouldn’t have the privilege of playing professional hockey”, Shaunna Thomas said in a statement. Kane steered questions away from it, too.

Asked, shortly after his session-opening victory lap, if he was worried about coming off as tone-deaf, McDonough said: “I can assure you that I’m anything but tone-deaf”. “I do not know who else they have been in contact with”. “I will say this hasn’t been an easy situation for any of us to deal with”, McDonough said. “It’s been a challenging summer”, McDonough said. CSN will be televising the news conference live which really doesn’t happen ever this early before training camp kicks off. Not only will it be covered live, the campus of Notre Dame may want to move the press conference out to the football field for all the national coverage that will be converging on South Bend.