Star NHL's Blackhawks, Patrick Kane, will not face rape charges

NHL superstar Patrick Kane will not face rape charges because the accusations made by a woman who had met him at a Buffalo, New York nightclub contained inconsistencies and were not backed up by credible evidence, a county prosecutor said on Thursday. The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, had accused the 26-year-old Chicago Blackhawks player of raping her at his offseason lakeshore home in Hamburg, a Buffalo suburb, in the early morning hours of Aug. 2. Kane is one of the National Hockey League's top stars and has led the Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup championships.