U.S. Olympian Hometown Spotlight: Patrick Kane's South Buffalo, New York

Blackhawks Predators Hockey — APSouth Buffalo native Patrick Kane hopes to help lead the U.S. ice hockey team to its first gold medal since 1980.

Olympian: Patrick Kane
Event: Hockey
Hometown: South Buffalo, New York
Population: 42,717

Two-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Kane has deep roots in South Buffalo, a working class neighborhood with a strong Irish-American flavor. Once part of Buffalo's most notorious vice district, the tight knit neighborhood is still home to some of the Queen City's best bars.