Keith Christiansen

Personal information

Full name

Keith Raymond Christiansen

Nickname(s)

"Huffer"

Born

July 14, 1944 (age 71)
Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada

Medal record

Men's ice hockey
Representing United States
Olympic Games
	1972 Sapporo	Team

Keith Raymond "Huffer" Christiansen (born July 14, 1944) is a former professional ice hockey player who appeared in 138 World Hockey Association regular season games with the Minnesota Fighting Saints between 1972 and 1974. Before turning professional, he was a member of the United States's 1972 Winter Olympics team that won the silver medal and also represented the United States at the 1969, 1970 and 1971 Ice Hockey World Championships.

Christiansen was born in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada. He played hockey in high school for International Falls, Minnesota then went to University of Minnesota Duluth where he was captain of the hockey team. He is one of the more famed UMD Bulldogs. He is in the UMD Hall of Fame and has his number, 9, hung in Amsoil Arena where the Bulldogs currently play. He also played with the Waterloo Black Hawks and Grand Rapids Bruins of the United States Hockey League as an amateur.

He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.

Keith Christiansen is not be confused with a leading art historian of the same name.

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-WCHA First Team	1966–67
AHCA West All-American	1966–67

References

Keith "Huffer" Christiansen at United States Hockey Hall of Fame
Keith Christiansen's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
"Keith Christiansen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mel Wakabayashi	WCHA Player of the Year 1966–67	Succeeded by Keith Magnuson

Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey

Playing venues	DECC Arena (1966–2010) Amsoil Arena (2010–present)

Head coaches	Frank Kovach (1930–32) Joe Oven (1946–47) Hank Jensen (1947–51) Gord Eddolls (1951–54) Bob Boyat (1954–55) John Pleban (1955–60) Ralph Romano (1960–68) Bill Selman (1968–70) Terry Shercliffe (1970–75) Gus Hendrickson (1975–82) Mike Sertich (1982–2000) Scott Sandelin (2000–present)

Seasons	2010–11

Conference affiliations	WCHA (1965–2013) NCHC (2013–present)

Culture & lore	North Star College Cup

All-time leaders	Dan Lempe (222 Points) Thomas Milani (100 Goals) Taras Lendzyk/Rick Kosti (60 Wins)

Retired numbers	9 Keith Christiansen 14 Bill Watson 29 Brett Hull

National championships	2011

Frozen Four appearances	1984 1985 2004 2011

NCAA Tournament appearances	1983 1984 1985 1993 2004 2009 2011 2012 2015

Conference Tournament champions	WCHA: 1984 1985 2009

Hobey Baker winners	Tom Kurvers (1984) Bill Watson (1985) Chris Marinucci (1994) Junior Lessard (2004) Jack Connolly (2012)

University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN

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