(1910-11-13)November 13, 1910 Aurora, Minnesota, U.S.
Died
May 2, 1992(1992-05-02) (aged 81) Wakefield Township, Minnesota, U.S.
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb)
Position
Goaltender
Caught
Left
Played for
Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career
1935–1946
Michael George Karakas (November 13, 1910 – May 2, 1992) was an American professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the league's first American-born and -trained goaltender.[1] He played eight seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks and appeared in two Stanley Cup Finals. In 1938, he helped Chicago, who had a .411 winning percentage in the regular season, win the Stanley Cup, playing with a steel-toed boot on one foot in the last two games of the Finals after he had broken it in the last game of the Semi-finals. He is one of the charter members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
^Allen, Kevin; Duff, Bob (2002). Without Fear: Hockey's 50 greatest goaltenders. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 223. ISBN 1-57243-484-8.
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during the 1940s including the All-Star goalkeepers Frank Brimsek and MikeKarakas, defenceman John Mariucci, and forward Cully Dahlstrom. At the beginning...
Maroons C 25 1934–35 Sweeney Schriner New York Americans LW 22 1935–36 MikeKarakas Chicago Black Hawks G 23 1936–37 Syl Apps Toronto Maple Leafs C 21 1937–38...
hockey. Several of them, including Doc Romnes, Taffy Abel, Alex Levinsky, MikeKarakas, and Cully Dahlstrom, become staples with the team, and under McLaughlin...
Americans to advance to the Finals. Chicago lost their regular goaltender, MikeKarakas, during the playoffs and started Alfie Moore in game one. League president...
Broda Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 Toe Blake Montreal Canadiens 1944 4 09:12 MikeKarakas Chicago Black Hawks 5–4 Pete Babando Detroit Red Wings 1950 7 28:31 Chuck...
1945–1948 Succeeded by Ted Kennedy Awards Preceded by Rookie of the Year MikeKarakas Winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy 1937 Succeeded by Cully Dahlstrom...
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American Hockey League with Gord Buttrey and $10,000 for goaltender MikeKarakas. He retired in 1951 after a stint with the Pacific Coast Hockey League...
in the National Hockey League (NHL): MikeKarakas, Sam LoPresti, Al Suomi and John Mariucci. Brimsek and Karakas played on the same baseball team in high...
1943–44 season. He was traded with Hec Highton and cash to bring goalie MikeKarakas back to Chicago. Buttrey spent most of his career, which lasted from...
the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015. "MICHAEL (MIKE) G. KARAKAS - 1973 Enshrinee". U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum. Archived from the...
exceptional goalies produced by Eveleth that included Frank Brimsek, MikeKarakas, and Sam LoPresti. Ikola is of Finnish descent. His brother Roy Ikola...
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