Mike Karakas Ice hockey player

Michael George Karakas (November 13, 1910 – May 2, 1992) was an American professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) who was the league's first American-born and trained goaltender. Karakas played six full seasons and parts of two others with Chicago Black Hawks. He appeared in two Stanley Cup Finals, winning once. In 1938, Karakas led Chicago, who had .411 winning percentage in the regular season, to a second Stanley Cup, playing with a steel-toed boot in the last two games of the Finals after he had broken it in the last game of the Semi-finals. Karakas is one of the original members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 13, 1910
Birth place
Minnesota , Aurora Minnesota , United States
Date of deathMay 02, 1992
Height (meters)1.8034
Weight (Kilograms)66.6792

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Ice hockey player

Career start1935
Career end1946
former team
Chicago Blackhawks
position
Goaltender
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