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Patrick Kane seeks personal improvement by reading “Twilight” books

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Leave it to Patrick Kane to be perhaps the most fascinating NHL superstar of the summer. After scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Chicago Blackhawks, he’s been mesmerizing to watch in the public eye. From his on-ice interviews after winning the Cup, to his obviously intoxicated behavior throughout the Blackhawks Stanley Cup parade, to his day with the Stanley Cup that saw him both go to Niagara Falls and get stuck in a fire truck basket, it’s been a cavalcade of stunning amazement. And that’s not even going into all the bad PR he got before the season even started.

Today, we find out that Patrick Kane is indeed trying to improve his public image and straighten things up for himself personally. Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune got to follow Patrick Kane around Buffalo as he spent his day with the Stanley Cup and got to find out that Kane is trying to better himself through taking up reading books. No, he’s not reading Melville, Shakespeare or even Ayn Rand.

He’s reading about Twilight.

The color drained from Patrick Kane’s face when he was confronted with the knowledge of how he has spent part of his offseason after helping the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup.

It was his mother, Donna, who caught the 21-year-old in the act -- of reading a book.

While the fourth installment of the “Twilight” series isn’t exactly Tolstoy, the image of Kane in the bedroom of his Buffalo childhood home, curled up with a book instead of carousing on the streets of his hometown, is fairly startling.

“Ohhhh,” Kane said with a laugh after regaining his composure. “She would throw me under the bus like that. I watched the first three movies and was really interested ... so I decided to read the fourth book. I kind of snuck it in there, and she walked in a couple of times with me reading the book. I tried to hide it, but it wasn’t happening.”

The amusement that comes from Patrick Kane just living the way that he does just kind of off the cuff is pretty incredible. While myself and I’m sure many others like me will sit back and just shake their head muttering, “Twilight? Really?” you have to admit that whatever it is that it takes for Kane to straighten up has to be a good thing.

While he hasn’t exactly been public enemy number one when it comes to running afoul of the law both on and off the ice, having one overly-boozed up incident in your hometown that gets the attention of the world should be enough to make you re-think one’s priorities in life. If it takes reading about “vampires” that sparkle in the sun to help you keep from punching out cabbies in a dispute over pocket change then by all means, read on.

With that all said, I’d give anything I had to have Patrick Kane wear a microphone all season long to get a sampling of the trash talk he’s sure to endure all season long because of this revelation about becoming a big Stephanie Meyer fan. It’s moments like this where I’d love to hear what Paul “BizNasty” Bissonette would say about it.