Michael George Karakas was an American professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League.
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11 Facts About Mike Karakas
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Mike Karakas was the league's first American-born and -trained goaltender and the first player of Greek descent.
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Mike Karakas played six full seasons and parts of two others with the Chicago Black Hawks and appeared in two Stanley Cup Finals, winning once.
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Mike Karakas is one of the original members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Mike Karakas was only invited to play for the Black Hawks because their regular goaltender, Lorne Chabot, was injured.
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Mike Karakas returned with a steel-toed boot and won the next two games, leading the Black Hawks to their second Stanley Cup win.
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Mike Karakas surrendered an overtime goal clinching a Stanley Cup by Toe Blake in the 1944 Stanley Cup Finals.
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The owners refused the raise, and for the next five seasons Mike Karakas played three full seasons in the American Hockey League, and split two between the AHL and the NHL.
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Mike Karakas had 28 shutouts in the regular season, and another three in the playoffs in his six seasons in the NHL.
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In 1973, Mike Karakas was named as an original member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, located in his hometown of Eveleth.
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