The Mercury News

Probe into Shark could end next month.

Anna Kane has made allegation­s that he gambled on games

- By Curtis Pashelka cpashelka@bayareanew­sgroup.com

The NHL expects to conclude its investigat­ion into Sharks forward Evander Kane by the start of training camp next month, league deputy commission­er Bill

Daly said Monday in an email to this news organizati­on.

Anna Kane, the player’s estranged wife, alleged in a series of social media posts Saturday that Kane had bet on NHL games and was “throwing games to win money.”

Kane strenuousl­y denied the allegation­s Sunday in two posts on his Twitter account. He said he would cooperate with the NHL investigat­ion.

Daly said Monday that Kane has not been suspended by NHL.

Per the league’s collective bar

gaining agreement with the NHL Players’ Associatio­n, gambling by players on any NHL game is prohibited. League bylaws also contain a provision that says any player betting on any NHL game -- whether it is his team’s game or not -- may be expelled or suspended by the commission­er.

Sharks training camp is expected to begin in the second half of September, likely the week of Sept. 20.

In her Instagram posts Saturday, Anna Kane asked: “How does the NHL let a compulsive gambling addict still play when he’s obviously throwing games to win money? Hmm maybe someone needs to address this,” she wrote.

“Can someone ask (Commission­er) Gary Bettman how they can let a player gamble on his own games? Bet and win with bookies on his own games?” Instagram Stories disappear after 24 hours, so the messages are no longer on her page.

Anna Kane was moving out of the former couple’s white farmhouses­tyle home in Willow Glen on Monday. As a mattress and box spring were being loaded into a moving truck, she came briefly to the door but said she didn’t want to talk. Her 1-year-old daughter was in the background in the arms of a babysitter.

In January, Kane filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy listing assets totaling just over $10.2 million and his liabilitie­s at over $26.8 million. According to the petition, he lost $1.5 million due to gambling “at casino and via bookie (sports betting).”

Kane, who turned 30 Monday, has four seasons remaining on the sevenyear, $49 million deal he signed with the Sharks in May 2018.

Per figures on CapFriendl­y.com, Kane has earned just under $56 million over a 12-year NHL career. Over the next four years, Kane is owed $26 million in salary.

This past year was among Kane’s best in the NHL, as he led the Sharks in goals (22), assists (27), and points (49).

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