HOCKEY

There is no running for Paul Kariya. No riding the LifeCycle.

And certainly no skating.

Kariya is at Mighty Duck training camp in good spirits, but he won’t be on the ice until late this month according to a schedule designed to get him ready to play as close to the start of the season as possible.

A 50-goal scorer for the Ducks last season, Kariya is cautiously rehabilitating an abdominal muscle injury and has been on nearly complete rest for more than a month. He started with two solid weeks of inactivity, and is now receiving treatment and electrical muscle stimulation as well as doing some exercises supported by what amounts to a giant medicine ball.

“It’s getting a lot stronger,” Kariya said of the tender and inflamed muscle in his lower abdomen that led him to withdraw from the World Cup. “I just have to try not to get frustrated.”