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Paul Kariya discusses reclusive long-term hockey sabbatical at BC ceremony (Puck Daddy)

Former Mighty Ducks star forward Paul Kariya has gone missing from hockey. You can reportedly find him surfing around Orange County, but you can hardly find him around a rink – or even at ceremonies for his former franchise, like the jersey retirement ceremony for Teemu Selanne.

If only he had a cameo in the Matthew McConaughey ‘hit’ film, “Surfer Dude.”

He was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame on Friday night, where he spoke about his strange absence from the game after retiring after the 2009-10 due to repeated concussions.

“I skated with my niece once.