by Jerry Feitelberg

A source reportedly told the Buffalo News that a teammate of Chicago superstar Patrick Kane who is accused of an Aug 2 rape in his Hamburgh New York mansion has been interviewed by the Erie County District Attorney’s office. Kane’s alleged victim said that the superstar met her and her friend at a local bar Skybar Restaurant in Buffalo. The victim had said she did not want to go to Kane’s home after he had invited her and her friend to come over. The victim relented after her friend wanted to go.

The victim was reported to have scratches on her leg and bites on her shoulders and went to the hospital after the alleged assault. Hamburgh authorities and the Erie District Attorney’s office has been doing a thorough investigation on the case. The teammate interviewed with authorities was not disclosed by Hamburgh authorities and speculation whether the teammate was present at the time of the alleged rape or if he was told something that would conclude the case was not forthcoming.

However it was learned that the District Attorney’s office had seen Kane and the teammate had met with an Erie County DA investigator. Nothing conclusive has been established as both sides try to sort this out. The scratches and bites legal sources say maybe a lead in the case and that there was some sort of struggle between the victim and Kane. Also there was no way to prove Kane was intoxicated at the time but sources say that Kane was drunk at the time of the alleged rape. Again the Erie DA’s office has not established this nor has there been any evidence forthcoming to substantiate if Kane was inebriated or not at the time of the alleged rape. Kane has not been seen in public since the rape allegation went public. Kane has not been charged with a crime.

Falling Canadian won’t stop Quebec City from moving forward with NHL expansion: Parti Quebecois leading and shareholder of Quebecor Inc Pierre Karl Peladeau told the media that it wouldn’t be necessary to use public funds or taxpayer money to bring an NHL expansion team back to the City.

The Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec which is Quebec’s pension fund manager is said that they could invest in a future team. The window is there and out of 16 NHL teams the NHL Board of Governors turned down all expansion cities except for two Las Vegas and Quebec City. Before the issue of funding there was talk that the recent stock market issues with the falling Canadian dollar was a huge concern in brining an NHL team to Quebec but those worries are to rest because it’s fund managers.

“If the Caisse is asked and it considers that it could be a good thing, then it will be up to the fund’s managers to decide. Its not up to me to make the decision.” said Peladeau to reporters inquiring about the funding of a Quebec club. At the earliest Quebec could get their expansion team in 2017-18. The new Videotron Centre in Quebec was scheduled to be finished this year with an 18,000 plus seating capacity. The Quebec expansion is at step three.

Jerry Feitelberg is a talk show host at http://www.sportsradioservice.com