Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni ibẹrẹ ti a ṣe akojọ 72nd lapapọ ni 1996 NHL Entry Draft nipasẹ awọn Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh kuna lati wa si awọn ipo pẹlu Kane lori adehun kan. Ó tún padà wọ iṣẹ́ ológun ní
Ọdún 1998 ni New York Rangers yàn án gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹni 114th overall. O pin awọn akoko ọjọgbọn mẹta akọkọ rẹ laarin awọn Hartford Wolf Pack ti American Hockey League ati awọn Charlotte Checkers ti ECHL ṣaaju ki o to ni ikẹhin ti o ni aaye akoko kikun pẹlu Hartford ni ọdun 2001 <unk> 2002. Ṣaaju akoko 2002-03, sibẹsibẹ, o ti ṣowo si Tampa Bay Lightning fun Gordie Dwyer, ti o lo akoko naa pẹlu awọn Falcons Springfield.