Mike Christie (ice hockey)

Mike Christie
Born	December 20, 1949 Big Spring, TX, USA
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Defense
Shot	Left
Played for	Vancouver Canucks Colorado Rockies Cleveland Barons California Seals
National team	United States
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1974–1981

Michael Hunt Christie (born December 20, 1949 in Big Spring, Texas and raised in Calgary, Alberta) is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played 412 games in the National Hockey League for the California Seals, Cleveland Barons, Colorado Rockies, and Vancouver Canucks in 1974–81. He was the first native of Texas to play in the NHL although it was strictly a technicality as his father was a Canadian citizen working for an American oil company and he grew up in Canada.^[1] Christie did represent the United States in the inaugural 1976 Canada Cup tournament, however.

Before turning professional, he played for the University of Denver men's ice hockey team as well as the US amateur national team at the 1972 Ice Hockey World Championship Pool B tournament.

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-WCHA First Team	1970–71	[2]
AHCA West All-American	1970–71	[3]

References

1. Shorthanded: The Untold Story of the Seals: Hockey's Most Colorful Team (p.244), by Brad Kurzberg, AuthorHouse (2006), ISBN 1-4259-1028-9
2. "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
3. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

External links

• Mike Christie's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Mike Christie's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database