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| played_for = [[Winnipeg Jets]]<br/>[[Washington Capitals]]<br/>[[Boston Bruins]]<br/>[[St. Louis Blues (hockey)|St. Louis Blues]]<br/>[[Chicago Blackhawks]]
  
| played_for = [[Winnipeg Jets]]<br/>[[Washington Capitals]]<br/>[[Boston Bruins]]<br/>[[St. Louis Blues (hockey)|St. Louis Blues]]<br/>[[Chicago Blackhawks]]
 
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* Christian was inducted into the [[United States Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 2001.
  
* Christian was inducted into the [[United States Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 2001.
 
* Christian played in the [[42nd National Hockey League All-Star Game|1991 NHL All-Star Game]]
  
* Christian played in the [[42nd National Hockey League All-Star Game|1991 NHL All-Star Game]]
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==Career statistics==
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===Regular season and playoffs===
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{| style="text-align:center; width:60em;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0"
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|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |&nbsp;
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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |&nbsp;
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! colspan="5" |[[regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |&nbsp;
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! colspan="5" |[[Playoffs]]
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|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
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![[Season (sports)|Season]]
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!Team
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!League
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! GP
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![[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
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![[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
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![[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
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![[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
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!GP
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!G
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!A
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!Pts
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!PIM
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|-
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|1976–77||Warroad High School||[[Minnesota State High School League|High-MN]]||— ||—||—||—||—||— ||—||—||—||—
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|[[1977–78 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1977–78]]||[[North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey|University of North Dakota]]||[[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]]||38 ||8||16||24||14||—||—||—||—||—
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|-
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|[[1978–79 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1978–79]]||University of North Dakota||WCHA||40||22||24||46||22||—||—||—||—||—
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|1979–80||[[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]]||Intl||59||10||20||30||26||—||—||—||—||—
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|-
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|[[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]||[[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]]||[[National Hockey League|NHL]]||15||8||10||18||2||—||—||—||—||—
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|[[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]||Winnipeg Jets||NHL||80||28||43||71||22||—||—||—||—||—
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|-
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|[[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]||Winnipeg Jets||NHL||80||25||51||76||28||4||0||1||1||2
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|[[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]||Winnipeg Jets||NHL||55||18||26||44||23||3||0||0||0||0
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|-
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|[[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]||[[Washington Capitals]]||NHL||80||29||52||81||28||8||5||4||9||5
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|[[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]||Washington Capitals||NHL||80||26||43||69||14||5||1||1||2||0
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|-
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|[[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]||Washington Capitals||NHL||80||41||42||83||15||9||4||4||8||0
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|[[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]]||Washington Capitals||NHL||76||23||27||50||8||7||1||3||4||6
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|-
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|[[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]||Washington Capitals||NHL||80||37||21||58||26||14||5||6||11||6
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|[[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]||Washington Capitals||NHL||80||34||31||65||12||6||1||1||2||0
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|-
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|[[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]||Washington Capitals||NHL||28||3||8||11||4||—||—||—||—||—
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|1989–90||[[Boston Bruins]]||NHL||50||12||17||29||8||21||4||1||5||4
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|-
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|[[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]||Boston Bruins||NHL||78||32||21||53||41||19||8||4||12||4
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|[[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]||[[St. Louis Blues]]||NHL||78||20||24||44||41||4||3||0||3||0
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|-
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|[[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]||[[Chicago Blackhawks]]||NHL||60||4||14||18||12||1||0||0||0||0
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|[[1993-94 IHL season|1993–94]]||[[Indianapolis Ice]]||[[IHL (1945-01)|IHL]]||40||8||18||26||6||—||—||—||—||—
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|-
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|[[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]||Chicago Blackhawks||NHL||9||0||3||3||0||1||0||0||0||0
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|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
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|[[1994–95 IHL season|1994–95]]||[[Minnesota Moose]]||IHL||81||38||42||80||16||3||0||1||1||0
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|-
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|[[1995–96 IHL season|1995–96]]||Minnesota Moose||IHL||69||21||25||46||8||—||—||—||—||—
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|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
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! colspan="3" |NHL totals
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!1,009
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!340
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!433
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!773
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!284
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!102
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!32
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!25
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!57
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!27
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|}
   
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===International===
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{| style="text-align:center; width:50em" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0"
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" align="center"
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!Year
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!Team
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!Event
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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |&nbsp;
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!GP
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!G
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!A
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!Pts
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!PIM
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|-
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|[[1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1979]]
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|[[United States men's national junior ice hockey team|United States]]
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|[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
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|5
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|2
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|1
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|3
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|0
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|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
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|[[Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]]
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|[[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]]
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|[[Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics|OG]]
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|7
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|0
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|8
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|8
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|6
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|-
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|[[1981 World Ice Hockey Championships|1981]]
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|United States
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|[[World Ice Hockey Championships|WC]]
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|8
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|8
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|3
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|11
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|6
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|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
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|[[1981 Canada Cup|1981]]
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|United States
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|[[Canada Cup|CC]]
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|6
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|1
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|0
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|1
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|4
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|-
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|[[1984 Canada Cup|1984]]
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|United States
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|CC
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|6
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|2
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|1
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|3
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|2
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|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
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|[[1989 World Ice Hockey Championships|1989]]
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|United States
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|WC
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|6
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|4
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|3
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|7
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|2
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|-
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|[[1991 Canada Cup|1991]]
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|United States
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|CC
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|7
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|1
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|1
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|2
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|0
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
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! colspan="3" |Junior totals
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!5
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!2
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!1
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!3
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!0
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
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! colspan="3" |Senior totals
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!40
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!16
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!16
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!32
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!20
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|}
   
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==In popular culture==
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In the 1981 TV movie about the gold medal-winning hockey team entitled ''[[Miracle on Ice (1981 film)|Miracle on Ice]]'', Christian is played by Thomas F. Duffy.
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In the 2004 Disney film ''[[Miracle (2004 film)|Miracle]]'', he is played by Steve Kovalcik.
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==See also==
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*[[List of members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame]]
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*[[List of NHL players with 1000 games played]]
   
 
==External links==
  
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*[http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1979/79040.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]
  
*[http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1979/79040.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 11 June 2023

Dave Christian
Davechristian
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
Height
Weight 		5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Teams Winnipeg Jets
Washington Capitals
Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
Chicago Blackhawks
Nationality Flag of the United States American
Born (1957-09-22)September 22, 1957,
Warroad, Minnesota
NHL Draft 40th overall, 1979
Winnipeg Jets
Pro Career 1980 – 1993


David William Christian (born May 13, 1959 in Warroad, Minnesota) is a retired American professional ice hockey forward. Christian comes from a family of hockey players. His father Bill and uncle Roger were members of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team that won the Gold Medal. Another uncle, Gordon Christian, was a member of the 1956 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team that won the Silver Medal. Bill and Roger also were the founders of the Christian Brothers hockey stick company based in Warroad, Minnesota.

Amateur career

He attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota where he played for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux and played in the 1979 national championship, where North Dakota lost the championship game to the University of Minnesota and Christian's future Olympic teammate, Neal Broten.

Professional and international career

Christian is best known for being a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal in an event known as the Miracle on Ice during the 1980 Olympics. He also played for the U.S. national team at the 1981 Canada Cup as well as the 1981 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments as an NHL rookie. His international career continued in the 1984 Canada Cup, 1989 Ice Hockey World Championship and 1991 Canada Cup tournaments.

Christian's professional hockey career started one week after the Miracle on Ice when he joined the Winnipeg Jets, who drafted him 40th overall in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. Christian set and still holds the record for the fastest goal by a player in his first NHL game, scoring after just 7 seconds. After a roller-coaster career in Winnipeg, he went on to play in the NHL with the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues. Between 1980 and 1993, he scored 340 goals and 433 assists in 1,009 NHL regular season games.

Post career

Christian was named head coach and general manager of the United States Hockey League Fargo-Moorhead Bears near the end of the 1997–98 season and held the positions through the 1999–2000 season.

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1976–77 Warroad High School High-MN — — — — — — — — — —
1977–78 University of North Dakota WCHA 38 8 16 24 14 — — — — —
1978–79 University of North Dakota WCHA 40 22 24 46 22 — — — — —
1979–80 United States Intl 59 10 20 30 26 — — — — —
1979–80 Winnipeg Jets NHL 15 8 10 18 2 — — — — —
1980–81 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 28 43 71 22 — — — — —
1981–82 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 25 51 76 28 4 0 1 1 2
1982–83 Winnipeg Jets NHL 55 18 26 44 23 3 0 0 0 0
1983–84 Washington Capitals NHL 80 29 52 81 28 8 5 4 9 5
1984–85 Washington Capitals NHL 80 26 43 69 14 5 1 1 2 0
1985–86 Washington Capitals NHL 80 41 42 83 15 9 4 4 8 0
1986–87 Washington Capitals NHL 76 23 27 50 8 7 1 3 4 6
1987–88 Washington Capitals NHL 80 37 21 58 26 14 5 6 11 6
1988–89 Washington Capitals NHL 80 34 31 65 12 6 1 1 2 0
1989–90 Washington Capitals NHL 28 3 8 11 4 — — — — —
1989–90 Boston Bruins NHL 50 12 17 29 8 21 4 1 5 4
1990–91 Boston Bruins NHL 78 32 21 53 41 19 8 4 12 4
1991–92 St. Louis Blues NHL 78 20 24 44 41 4 3 0 3 0
1992–93 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 60 4 14 18 12 1 0 0 0 0
1993–94 Indianapolis Ice IHL 40 8 18 26 6 — — — — —
1993–94 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 9 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
1994–95 Minnesota Moose IHL 81 38 42 80 16 3 0 1 1 0
1995–96 Minnesota Moose IHL 69 21 25 46 8 — — — — —
NHL totals 1,009 340 433 773 284 102 32 25 57 27

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1979 United States WJC 5 2 1 3 0
1980 United States OG 7 0 8 8 6
1981 United States WC 8 8 3 11 6
1981 United States CC 6 1 0 1 4
1984 United States CC 6 2 1 3 2
1989 United States WC 6 4 3 7 2
1991 United States CC 7 1 1 2 0
Junior totals 5 2 1 3 0
Senior totals 40 16 16 32 20

In popular culture

In the 1981 TV movie about the gold medal-winning hockey team entitled Miracle on Ice, Christian is played by Thomas F. Duffy.

In the 2004 Disney film Miracle, he is played by Steve Kovalcik.

See also

External links

Preceded by
Morris Lukowich 		Winnipeg Jets captain
1981–82 		Succeeded by
Lucien DeBlois
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