"Goalies Mike Liut, who turns 33 in January, and Richard Brodeur, who is 35, collectively earn nearly $750,000. That's a lot of cash for a pair of goaltenders who have seen better days...Two years ago, Liut was hailed as the savior, but his days of fulfilling that role are passing." (The Hockey News 1989 Yearbook, p. 45)

• Selected by New England Whalers in World Hockey Association amateur player draft, May 1976.
• Selected by St. Louis Blues in fourth round (fifth Blues choice, 56th overall) in National Hockey League Amateur draft, May 27, 1976.
• World Hockey Association rights traded by Whalers (with second-round pick in 1979 amateur player draft) to Cincinnati Stingers for C Greg Carroll and D Bryan Maxwell, May 26, 1977.
• Reclaimed by St. Louis Blues from Cincinnati prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.
• Signed to five-year contract extension with Blues, November 30, 1981.
• Traded by Blues (with future considerations (Jorgen Pettersson)) to Hartford Whalers for LW/C Mark Johnson and G Greg Millen, February 22, 1985.
• Traded by Whalers to Washington Capitals For Yvon Corriveau, March 6, 1990.

• Named to Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Star first team, 1974-75.
• Named to Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Star second team, 1975-76.
• Named Central Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Year, 1976-77.
• Named to Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Star first team, 1976-77.
• Named Most Valuable Player, 1981 National Hockey League All-Star Game, February 10, 1981. Liut stopped all 25 shots he faced before yielding the net to Pete Peeters.
• Runner-up, Hart Memorial Trophy, 1980-81. Liut finished second to Wayne Gretzky in balloting by a five-point margin.
• Winner, Lester B. Pearson Award, 1980-81. Liut edged out Wayne Gretzky by a single point in balloting.
• Named to The Sporting News All-Star first team, 1980-81.
• Member of National Hockey League All-Star First Team, 1980-81.
• Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1980-81.
• Member of National Hockey League All-Star Second Team, 1987.
• Named to The Sporting News All-Star first team, 1986-87.

• NHL debut: October 23, 1979, 5-5 tie versus Boston.

• Tore cartilage in left knee; missed part of 1977-78 season.
• Suffered groin injury, January 10, 1981. Liut was injured when a slapshot by Los Angeles' Mike Murphy struck him, with the force of the shot breaking Liut's plastic protective cup. Minor surgery was necessary to relieve hemorrhaging in the groin area, and Liut's urologist kept him for several days at St. Louis' Jewish Hospital. Rick Heinz played the final two periods for St. Louis.
• Left game with broken blood vessel in nose, October 27, 1982. Liut was hit in the mask late in the first period, and was replaced by Glen Hanlon.
• Strained ligament in left knee, February 23, 1984.
• Strained knee ligaments, March 1984.
• Left game with back spasms, November 6, 1984.
• Muscle spasms in neck, February 18, 1986. The injured occurred during pregame workout February 14 in Winnipeg, but Liut backed up both that night and the following night for the Whalers. Peter Sidorkiewicz was recalled from Binghamton (AHL) to back up Steve Weeks against Vancouver.
• Suffered back spasms; missed thirteen games, October 1987.
• Twisted knee, March 1988.
• Suffered sprained shoulder, April 6, 1988. Liut wasn't sure in which of the many collisions the injury occurred, but Richard Brodeur played the final period of the Whalers' 4-3 playoff loss to Montreal.
• Suffered inflamed rotator cuff in right shoulder; missed two weeks, November 1988.
• Twisted knee, March 1989.
• Underwent surgery to left knee; missed sixteen games, December 20, 1989.
• Strained groin; missed five games, November 28, 1990.
• Suffered herniated disk; missed final twenty-two games of season, February 17, 1992.

• Mike was the first goaltender selected in the 1976 National Hockey League amateur draft, taken fifty-sixth overall by the St. Louis Blues.
• On October 15, 1980, Liut and the St. Louis defeated the New York Rangers by a 2-1 score, with the goaltender making 29 saves. It was the first St. Louis win at Madison Square Garden in nearly twelve years (November 13, 1968) and increased the Blues' MSG record to 2-29-3.
• On October 14, 1991, Mike was the goaltender who allowed Mike Gartner's 500th career National Hockey League goal.
• Among goaltenders who played in a World Hockey Association game, Mike was the last to appear in National Hockey League action, with the Washington Capitals in 1992.
• Mike's cousin is Ron Francis, a sure-to-be Hall-of-Fame centre with Hartford, Pittsburgh, Carolina and Toronto.