Kane poised to make history with Hart win

The Hart Trophy has been awarded to the most valuable player of the National Hockey League 91 times. It has gone to 55 players, including obvious immortals like Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky, obscure names from the past like Frank Nighbor and Roy Worters, faces of today's game like Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, and others who have had great seasons like Jose Theodore and Henrik Sedin.

Never in all that time has it gone to an American, not counting Brett Hull, who represented the United States in international competition even though he was born in Belleville, Ontario. But that could change with Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane at the 2016 NHL Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino…