Another month, another National Hockey League award for Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane.
The 27-year-old was given the NHL’s Third Star of the Month for December on Monday after earning November’s First Star award. This marks the fourth time in his career Kane has been named an NHL star of the month, with the other three instances occurring last November, December 2013 and November 2013.
It almost feels like Kane’s consecutive games with a point streak was so long ago, since we’ve flipped the calendar to January 2016. But Kane’s streak extending into December was a key reason he received this honor.