I'm sure many of us would like to send a card to the family. I would. Is
there anyone on the list that can track this down. Perhaps we could send
the cards to the University and they could be forwarded.
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> Monday, December 30, 2002
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> Grieving Kariya helps Maine to title
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> By ANDY KENT, Special to Press Herald
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> Copyright 2002 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.
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> ESTERO, Fla. - Playing with a heavy heart Sunday, University of Maine senior forward Martin Kariya helped make sure something positive came out of a tragic weekend.
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> Kariya scored two goals and assisted on another in an 8-3 win over the University of Massachusetts at TECO Arena. The win gave the Black Bears (15-1-2) their second Everblades College Classic championship in three years.
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> Kariya did so after mustering the strength to play in the four-team tournament despite learning Friday night that his father, Tetsuhiko, died of a heart attack Friday in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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> The Kariya family has ties to Maine dating back to the early 1990s. Martin Kariya is the younger brother of former UMaine players Paul Kariya of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Steve Kariya of the AHL's Manitoba Moose, and former UMaine field hockey player Noriko Kariya.
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> "He was very inspiring, quite honestly. He inspired me this weekend," Maine Coach Tim Whitehead said of Martin Kariya. "He was really broken up, and he found a way to be strong and compete. I can't say enough good things about him, his loyalty and how good-hearted a person he is."
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> Kariya, named to the all-tournament team along with teammates Robert Liscak and goalie Frank Doyle, chose not to comment.
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> Senior forward Gray Shaneberger was named the tournament's most valuable player. He also had two goals and an assist on Sunday to follow up his two-point night in Saturday's 3-2 win over No. 3 Cornell.
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> "The most important thing was for us to come down here and get the tournament win," Shaneberger said.
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> Kariya scored the game's first goal 6:11 into the first period, beating goalie Gabe Winer high to the stick side.
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> The Minutemen (10-7-1) answered 1:07 later when James Solon poked the puck past Doyle after he missed covering the rebound.
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> UMass then took the lead a few minutes later. Josh Hanson dumped the puck into the Maine zone, and it skipped past Doyle.
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> Shaneberger quickly tied it though, capitalizing on a turnover to beat Winer at 11:54.
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> When these teams met earlier in the season, Maine won, 1-0. Sunday's game does not count in the Hockey East standings.
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> "I thought we came prepared to play and it wasn't our intent to get into that kind of a scoring battle," UMass Coach Don Cahoon said.
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> "We competed, but then we took some penalties and they capitalized."
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> Francis Nault gave the Black Bears the lead again at 17:20 when he took a pass from Liscak in the slot and fired it past Winer to make it 3-2. Colin Shields also got an assist.
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> Kariya made it 4-2 at 9:28 of the second period when he stuffed in a rebound off assists from Derek Damon and Lucas Lawson.
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> Then, at 12:33, Damon beat Winer from the right circle off assists from Shaneberger and Todd Jackson. About two minutes later, Lawson scored off a Kariya pass.
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> Just for good measure, Chris Heisten took a pretty cross-ice pass from Shields down the left side and beat Winer high off the crossbar with 56 seconds to go in the period.
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> UMass didn't give up, as Tim Turner scored on a power play just 16 seconds into the third period.
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> But the Black Bears didn't let up. A little more than two minutes later, Shaneberger scored from the left circle to make it 8-3.
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> "It will be a nice trip back for us," Whitehead said.
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