Patrick Kane Joins Elite Company

Collecting points in the game of hockey. Its a tough thing to do. You get them by either scoring a goal or picking up an assist. Doing it just once is tough. Doing it a thousand times is even tougher. Being able to do it a thousand times and do it in the best league in the world is saying a lot. Patrick Kane just hit that mark, picking up his 1,000th point on Sunday. In doing so, he became the 10th American born player to hit the magic milestone.

He's been one of the top players in the game since he stepped into the league. Kane was the first overall pick in 2007 and has spent his entire career in Chicago. He, along with team captain Jonathan Towes, have not only been the faces of the franchise but helped lead the club to its three most recent Stanley Cups.

Reaching 1,000 career points is pretty elite company. Hitting the mark makes Kane the 90th player in NHL history to record 1,00 points. He's the 4th player to ever do it while playing for the Blackhawks, joining Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull and Denis Savard. He's also the seventh active player, and the lone American, to hit the mark, joining San Jose's Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau, Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Washington's Alex Ovechkin and Carolina's Eric Staal. As far as American skaters go, Kane is the 10th to join the 1,000 point club joining the likes of Brett Hull (Canadian born but played for the US on international ice), Mike Modano, Phil Housley, Jeremy Roenick, Keith Tkachuk, Joe Mullen, Doug Weight, Brian leetch and Pat Lafontaine.

Now for the million dollar question. Where does this milestone put him among the games greats?

There's no argument that Kane is the best right wing of this generation and will go down as one of the top ten to ever play the position. Great plaaymaker with an equally as killer shot, Kane can do it all on an offensive rush up the ice. He's got good speed and incredible hands. There's no doubt in anybody's mind, when his playing career does come to an end, that he will be enshrined in the Hockey Hall Of Fame in Toronto