Mike Machnik <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
>Unofficially, Kariya added to his HE and I believe nation-leading totals
>with 3-3--6 in the three games in Alaska, giving him 11-24--35 in 12
>overall games.  Maine plays 38 regular season games which would give him
>about 110 points at the current pace before the playoffs, and at this pace
>if Maine made it to the championship game, he could play 45 games with 131
>points.  Just FYI. :-)
 
Somebody could probably give you the dates, but as I understand
it, Kariya will miss 6 games during the season to play with the
Canadian National (Junior?) team.  That's usually during the
December-January tournament season, but I don't know for sure.
(The 3-3 is correct; he was also named the tournament MVP.)
 
So I guess that makes it 94 points in 32 games or...let's see
... about 113 in 39 games (if Mike's computations are correct).
 
I'm still not comfortable with Kariya being a candidate (consider
the non-scoring criteria for the award) but Mike was certainly
right when he said it makes for great discussion.
 
Charlie