| Steve Kariya | |
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 Kariya with HPK in December 2008 |
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| Born | December 22, 1977 North Vancouver, BC, CAN |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) |
| Position | Right Wing |
| Shot | Right |
| Played for | NHL Vancouver Canucks SML Ilves Tampere Espoo Blues HPK Hämeenlinna JYP Jyväskylä SEL Frölunda Indians |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1999–2010 |
Steven Tetsuo Kariya (born December 22, 1977) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey winger and younger brother of retired National Hockey League player Paul Kariya.
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Playing career [edit]
After playing Junior A with the Nanaimo Clippers, he joined the college hockey ranks with the University of Maine Black Bears. In his senior year, he captained the Black Bears and led them to an NCAA title in 1999.
Having not been drafted by an NHL team, he was signed as a free agent by the Vancouver Canucks and played three-and-a-half years within the organization. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Kariya went overseas to play for Ilves Tampere of the Finnish SM-liiga and won the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy as the league's top point-scorer. Remaining in Europe, he played one-season stints with the Espoo Blues, HPK, and JYP, with whom he last played during the 2009–10 season. He also played for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien for two seasons.
On March 1st, 2013, Kariya joined the Portland Winterhawks coaching staff
Personal [edit]
Kariya's sister Noriko is a professional boxer and his brother Martin is also a professional hockey player. He and Martin are the first and only brothers to have won the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy.
Awards [edit]
- NCAA Hockey East All-Rookie in 1996.
- Awarded the NCAA Hockey East Sportsmanship Award in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
- Named to the NCAA All-America First Team in 1999.
- Named to the NCAA All-Star Team Hockey East in 1999.
- NCAA Champion with University of Maine in 1999.
- Awarded the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy (Most points in SM-liiga) in 2005.
Career statistics [edit]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995–96 | University of Maine | HE | 39 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | University of Maine | HE | 35 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | University of Maine | HE | 35 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | University of Maine | HE | 41 | 27 | 39 | 65 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 29 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 45 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 43 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 67 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 38 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 31 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 57 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Ilves Tampere | SM-liiga | 55 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Espoo Blues | SM-liiga | 56 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 61 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2006–07 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 55 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Frölunda HC | SEL | 41 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HPK Hämeenlinna | SM-liiga | 58 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10 | JYP Jyväskylä | SM-liiga | 46 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| NHL totals | 65 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| SM-liiga totals | 215 | 83 | 107 | 190 | 139 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 28 | ||||
| SEL totals | 96 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
External links [edit]
- Steve Kariya's career stats at Eliteprospects.com
- Steve Kariya's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Steve Kariya – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net
- Kariya United
| Preceded by Timo Pärssinen |
Winner of the Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy 2004–05 |
Succeeded by Tony Salmelainen |
- 1977 births
- Albany River Rats players
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Canadian people of Japanese descent
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Canadian sportspeople of Asian descent
- Espoo Blues players
- Frölunda HC players
- Ice hockey people from British Columbia
- Ilves players
- Kansas City Blades players
- Living people
- Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey players
- Manitoba Moose players
- People from North Vancouver
- Syracuse Crunch players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Vancouver Canucks players
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