Dave Christian
| Dave Christian | |||
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| Born |
May 12, 1959 Warroad, Minnesota, USA |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Defenceman (ice hockey) | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
NHL Winnipeg Jets Washington Capitals Boston Bruins St. Louis Blues Chicago Blackhawks |
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| National team |
 United States
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| NHL Draft | 40th overall, 1979 Winnipeg Jets |
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| Playing career | 1980–1996 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
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1980 Lake Placid | Team |
David William Christian (born May 12, 1959) is a retired American professional ice hockey forward, who 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, was a member of the 1956 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team that won the silver medal. Bill and Roger, along with Hal Bakke, were the founders of the Christian Brothers Hockey Company based in Warroad, which until 2009, made hockey sticks. His nephew, Brock Nelson, currently plays for the New York Islanders.
Christian was born in Warroad, Minnesota, and grew up playing hockey, gridiron football, and baseball, as well as competing on the track and field team, for Warroad High School. He later attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, where he played for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey team and played in the 1979 national championship, as North Dakota lost the championship game to the University of Minnesota and Christian's future Olympic teammate, Neal Broten.
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 Winter 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.
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