Mike "Lefty" Curran

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: International Falls, Minnesota, April 14, 1944.

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HEIGHT: 5'9".

WEIGHT: 175 lbs.

UNIFORM #: 30 (United States 1976).

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ACCOLADES:

• Member of silver medal-winning United States Olympic Team, 1972.
• Inducted into United States Hockey Hall of Fame, 1998.
• Inducted into International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, 1999.

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DID YOU KNOW?

• Mike's University of North Dakota Sioux made it to the NCAA title game in consecutive seasons, losing out to Cornell University (and Ken Dryden) in 1967 and Denver University in 1968.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                          GP    Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
65-66 Univ. of North Dakota WCHA
66-67 Univ. of North Dakota WCHA
67-68 Univ. of North Dakota WCHA                           2.14           .919     3
70-71 United States NATIONAL        29                                                        0   0     4
71-72 United States OLYMPICS        11                                                        0   0     7
72-73 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 44   2540  23  17   2   131   3.09    1437   .909     4   0   1    26
73-74 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 40   2382  23  14   2   130   3.27    1444   .910     2   0   0     6
74-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 26   1367  11  10   1    90   3.82     839   .893     0   0   0    18
75-76 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA  5    240   2   2   0    22   5.50     153   .856     1   0   0     2
      Johnstown Jets NAHL            9    547   7   2   0    33   3.62                    0   0   0     8
76-77 United States CANADA CUP       3          0   2   1         4.67                    0
76-77 Rochester Americans AHL        9    391   1   4   1    23   3.54                    1   0   0     4
      Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 16    848   4   7   3    50   3.54     474   .895     0   0   0     6
FIVE (5) WHA SEASONS               131   7377  63  50   8   423   3.44    4347  0.903     7   0   1    58

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Year  Team                          GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
72-73 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA  2                                                   0   0     0
73-74 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA  5                                                   0   0    10
TWO (2) WHA POSTSEASONS              7                                                   0   0    10

INTERNATIONAL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Played for United States in 1976 Canada Cup.
• 09/03/76: L (60m, 32/37) 2-5 defeat vs. Sweden (Astrom).
• 09/07/76: T (60m, 31/35) 4-4 tie vs. Czechoslovakia (Holocek, Dzurilla).
• 09/09/76: L (60m, 25/30) 0-5 defeat vs. Soviet Union (Tretiak).