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Mike Karakas was born on 13 November, 1910 in Aurora, Minnesota, U.S., is an American ice hockey player. Discover Mike Karakas's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?
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81 years old |
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Scorpio |
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13 November 1910 |
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13 November |
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Aurora, Minnesota, U.S. |
Date of death |
2 May, 1992 |
Died Place |
Wakefield Township, Minnesota, U.S. |
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United States
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Mike Karakas Height, Weight & Measurements
At 81 years old, Mike Karakas height is 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) and Weight 147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb).
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5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
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147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb) |
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Mike Karakas Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mike Karakas worth at the age of 81 years old? Mike Karakas’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from United States. We have estimated Mike Karakas's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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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.
Karakas played six full seasons and parts of two others with the Chicago Black Hawks and appeared in two Stanley Cup Finals, winning once.
Karakas played 8 seasons for the Chicago Black Hawks between 1936 and 1945.
In his first season with the Black Hawks, Karakas was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy after posting a 1.85 goals-against-average with nine shutouts in 48 games.
Karakas was only invited to play for the Black Hawks because their regular goaltender, Lorne Chabot, was injured.
After posting four wins in four games, with three shutouts, the Black Hawks made Karakas their starting goaltender; Chabot was later traded to the Montreal Maroons.
Karakas won the Stanley Cup in the 1937–38 season, playing for the first out of two teams which won the Cup with a losing record.
For the 1937-38 Chicago Black Hawks season, their owner, Major Frederic McLaughlin, ordered his general manager to "ice [him] a team of all American players."
After losing five of its six first games with an all-American roster, some Canadian players were added; however, the team finished the season with a 14–25–9 record for a .411 winning percentage.
In the playoffs, Karakas suffered a broken toe just before the start of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Black Hawks were forced to substitute Alfie Moore for Karakas in the first game.
After the first game, Moore was ruled ineligible, and the Black Hawks lost the next game.
Karakas returned with a steel-toed boot and won the next two games, leading the Black Hawks to their second Stanley Cup win.
Overall in that playoff run, Karakas had a 6–2 record, with two shutouts and a 1.71 goals-against-average.
In 1938, he led Chicago, who had a .411 winning percentage in the regular season, to a second 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.
Karakas is one of the original members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
Born in Aurora, Minnesota, to a Greek American family, he grew up in nearby Eveleth.
Growing up, Karakas and Frank Brimsek, who also became a goaltender in the NHL, were battery mates for their high school baseball team, with Karakas catching.
After helping Chicago win the Stanley Cup in 1938, Karakas asked the team's owners for a US$500 raise.
The owners refused the raise, and for the next five seasons Karakas played three full seasons in the American Hockey League (AHL), and split two between the AHL and the NHL.
Karakas had 28 shutouts in the regular season, and another three in the playoffs in his six seasons in the NHL.
In 5 of his 8 seasons in Chicago Karakas appeared in all 48 games.
In 38-39 he played 17 games with Chicago and an additional 5 games with Montreal.
Mike's younger brother Tommy played college hockey at Illinois, winning a championship in 1943.
Karakas also surrendered an overtime goal clinching a Stanley Cup by Toe Blake in the 1944 Stanley Cup Finals.
In 1973, Karakas was named as an original member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, located in his hometown of Eveleth.