- Born
- Birth namePaul Tetsuhiko Kariya
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Paul Kariya was born on October 16, 1974 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- A Dean's list student at Maine
- Was so proficient at golf that at 13 he almost quit hockey to concentrate on that sport.
- Nickname in collge: The Mighty Mouse.
- Kariya played in the Ducks' game against the Canucks on 28 December 2002 even though his father died on the 27th of a heart attack. He was given the option to stay in Vancouver to be with his family, but decided to travel with the team to Calgary for their next game.
- Father was born in an internment camp in Greenwood, Canada. Tetsuhiko Kariya's parents, along with 23,000 other Japanese-Canadians, were deemed "enemy aliens" during World War II. He later played rugby for the University of British Columbia.
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