Evander Kane

LOS ANGELES – SEP 2: Kane at “The Perfect Guy” LA Premiere at the Writers Guild Theater on September 2, 2015 in Beverly Hills, CA, kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Evander Frank Kane

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Birth: August 2, 1991

Ethnicity:
*Black Nova Scotian (father)
*European (mother)

Evander Kane is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He plays as a left winger for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League.

Evander is the son of Sheri and Perry Kane. His parents were collegiate athletes, his father an amateur hockey player and boxer, and his mother a volleyball player at the University of Calgary. His father is African-Canadian, from the Black Nova Scotian community. His mother is white. Evander was raised in East Vancouver. He has a daughter with his former wife.

His uncle, Leonard Kane, is in the Canadian Ball Hockey Hall of Fame. He is also a cousin of football player and politician Dwayne Provo and professional boxer Kirk Johnson.

He is named after boxer Evander Holyfield.

Sources:

Sarah Jenkins

Sarah Jenkins

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Sarah Jenkins is a veteran tech journalist with over 12 years of experience covering artificial intelligence, mobile innovations, and digital ethics. Her insights have appeared in leading technology publications worldwide.

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