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