So does this mean he's at the AHL for the rest of the season or can he be brought back up again? I have over $150 in tickets to the Chicago game and would really like to see him in April (considering that is one of the main reasons I bought them)! Sorry I am just not overly familiar with the whole AHL/minors thing!! Tara >From: "Marc D. Kagan" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Maine Hockey Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Steve - Vancouver Sun >Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 13:10:44 EST > >Last Updated: Sunday 30 January 2000 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >-- > Iain MacIntyre: >Steve Kariya off to Syracuse for some Crunch time > >The Vancouver Sun > >Iain MacIntyre Vancouver Sun >After an unexpected detour straight into the National Hockey League from >college, North Vancouver dynamo Steve Kariya veered belatedly to the >minors. > >Kariya, who at 5'6" was one of the NHL's biggest surprises last fall, was >reassigned Friday by the Vancouver Canucks to make room on their 23-man >roster for the return from injury of winger Alex Mogilny. > >Kariya's exit from the Canucks was far less surprising than his arrival, >when >he led the team in pre-season scoring and made the roster after signing >last >spring as a free agent from the University of Maine Black Bears. > >But Canuck coach Marc Crawford steadily reduced Kariya's role the last two >months, scratching him from the lineup in four of the last five games. > >And since Kariya, as a rookie, does not need to clear waivers to report to >the minors, he was the obvious choice to be sent to the Syracuse Crunch. > >Still, as recently as Friday morning's post-skate media scrum, Crawford >said >he hadn't decided who would be sent to Syracuse. When asked last week about >the possibility of Kariya going to the minors to find playing time, >Crawford >said there was "not even a question of that." > >Even Kariya, however, had a feeling he'd be going to the minors. > >"I haven't been playing in games, and the ones I did I've played five or >seven minutes," Kariya said Friday. "They think it's better for my >development to go down; that's fine with me. To be honest, it doesn't >matter >what I think. It's their decision. I'll just go down there and try to work >hard. > >"Pouting is something you do when you're six years old. We're all pretty >much >grown men here. This is our job. Whatever the coaching staff asks from us, >it's what we're going to do. You've got to keep your head up, work hard and >do what you can for the team." > >After leading the Canucks with 10 points in six pre-season games, Kariya >collected six points in the first seven regular-season games but began to >taper off in November. > >Although he leads the Canucks with a plus-nine rating and is 13th in the >NHL >in rookie scoring with 19 points from 43 games, he has been held off the >scoresheet in 13 of 14 games since Dec. 8. > >"Most people thought that Steve wouldn't play a game in the NHL this year," >assistant general manager Dave Nonis said. "We thought he'd spend the whole >year in Syracuse and we'd see how he does. By playing one game in the NHL, >he >exceeded expectations. We're extremely happy with him. I think he's going >to >have a long, prosperous career." ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com