# Mike Curran
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{{short description|American ice hockey goaltender}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Mike Curran
| image = MikeCurran.png
| caption =
| fullname = Michael Vincent Curran
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|April 14, 1944}}
| birth_place = [International Falls, Minnesota](/source/International_Falls%2C_Minnesota), U.S.
| alma_mater = [University of North Dakota](/source/University_of_North_Dakota)
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games) }}
{{MedalSilver | [1972 Sapporo](/source/1972_Winter_Olympics) | [Team](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_1972_Winter_Olympics) }}
}}
'''Michael Vincent Curran''' (born April 14, 1944) is a retired American [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) [goaltender](/source/goaltender). He led the United States to a surprising silver medal at the [1972 Winter Olympics](/source/1972_Winter_Olympics) after representing the USA at the 1970 and 1971 [Ice Hockey World Championship](/source/Ice_Hockey_World_Championship). He turned professional with the [Minnesota Fighting Saints](/source/Minnesota_Fighting_Saints) of the upstart [World Hockey Association](/source/World_Hockey_Association) in 1972–73 and quickly became one of the early star goaltenders of the new league, playing in the 1973 WHA All-Star Game. Curran lost his job in 1976 when the Fighting Saints folded, but he returned to international hockey with Team USA at the 1976 and 1977 [Ice Hockey World Championship](/source/Ice_Hockey_World_Championship) as well as the [1976 Canada Cup](/source/1976_Canada_Cup). He retired following the 1977 season after a second stint with the revived Fighting Saints WHA franchise. Currently, Curran works as the headmaster at a prestigious private school. He was inducted into the North Dakota Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988.[https://fightinghawks.com/honors/hall-of-fame/mike-lefty-curran/213]
Curran was inducted into the [International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame](/source/IIHF_Hall_of_Fame) in 1999,[{{cite news|title=Hockey: 5 picked for hall|date=23 September 1999|newspaper=[The Oklahoman](/source/The_Oklahoman)|location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|page=29|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-1999-inductions/127384599/|access-date=30 June 2023}}] and into the [United States Hockey Hall of Fame](/source/United_States_Hockey_Hall_of_Fame) in 1998. He was born in [International Falls, Minnesota](/source/International_Falls%2C_Minnesota).
==Awards and honors==
{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
|-
| All-[WCHA](/source/Western_Collegiate_Hockey_Association) [First Team](/source/List_of_All-WCHA_Hockey_Teams)
| [1967–68](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_season)
|}
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:85%"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! align="center" colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [Regular season](/source/Regular_season)
! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! align="center" colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [Playoffs](/source/Playoffs)
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [Season](/source/Season_(sports))
! Team
! League
! GP
! W
! L
! T
! MIN
! GA
! [SO](/source/Shutout)
! [GAA](/source/Goals_against_average)
! [SV%](/source/save_percentage)
! GP
! W
! L
! T
! MIN
! GA
! SO
! GAA
! SV%
|-
|1962–63
|[Green Bay Bobcats](/source/Green_Bay_Bobcats)
|USHL
|3 || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- ||-- || --
|– || – || – || – || –|| – || – || – || –
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1965–66
|[University of North Dakota](/source/North_Dakota_Fighting_Hawks_men's_ice_hockey)
|WCHA
! colspan="19"|Statistics Unavailable
|-
|1967–68
|University of North Dakota
|WCHA
! colspan="19"|Statistics Unavailable
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1968–69
|Green Bay Bobcats
|USHL
! colspan="19"|Statistics Unavailable
|-
|1969–70
|Green Bay Bobcats
|USHL
! colspan="19"|Statistics Unavailable
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1970–71
|U.S. National Team
|Intl
|29 || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- ||-- || --
| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- ||-- || --
|-
|1971–72
|U.S. Olympic Team
|Intl
|11 ||-- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- ||-- || --
| -- ||-- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- ||-- || --
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1971–72
|Green Bay Bobcats
|USHL
! colspan="19"|Statistics Unavailable
|-
|[1972–73](/source/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season)
|[Minnesota Fighting Saints](/source/Minnesota_Fighting_Saints)
|[WHA](/source/World_Hockey_Association)
|43 ||23|| 17|| 2 ||2540 || 131 || 4 ||3.09 ||.909
|2 || -- || --|| -- ||--||9||0 ||--||.852
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[1973–74](/source/1973%E2%80%9374_WHA_season)
|Minnesota Fighting Saints
|WHA
|40 ||23 ||14 ||2 ||2382 || 130 ||2 || 3.27 || .910
|5 || --||--||--||--||14||0 ||--||.913
|-
|[1974–75](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_WHA_season)
|Minnesota Fighting Saints
|WHA
|26 ||11 ||10|| 1 ||1367 ||90|| 0 || 3.95 ||.893
| — || — || — || — || —|| — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[1975–76](/source/1975%E2%80%9376_WHA_season)
|Minnesota Fighting Saints
|WHA
|5 ||2 ||2 ||0 ||240 ||22 ||1 || 5.50 ||.856
| — || — || — || — || —|| — || — || — || —
|-
|1975–76
|[Johnstown Jets](/source/Johnstown_Jets)
| 9||7||2||0||547||33||0||3.62||--
| — || — || — || — || —|| — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1976–77
|[Rochester Americans](/source/Rochester_Americans)
|AHL
| 9||1||4||1||391||23 || 1 ||3.54||.892
| — || — || — || — || —|| — || — || — || —
|-
|[1976–77](/source/1976%E2%80%9377_WHA_season)
|Minnesota Fighting Saints
|WHA
|16 ||4 ||7 ||3 ||848 ||50 ||0 ||3.54 || .895
| — || — || — || — || —|| — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | WHA totals
!114 !!59 !!43 !! 5 !!6529 !!373 !!7 !! 3.43 !!.903!! 7 || -- || -- || -- || -- || 23 || 0 || -- || .896
|}
===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA
|-
| [1972](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_1972_Winter_Olympics)
| United States
| [OLY](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_Olympics)
|6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || -- || 18 || |0 || --
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{icehockeystats}}
* [http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/curran.html Hockeygoalies.org bio]
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/mike-curran-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/mike-curran-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Mike Curran |accessdate=November 8, 2015}}
* [https://commons.und.edu/und-athletics/278/ Curran photograph]
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Category:1944 births
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American men's ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Ice hockey players from Minnesota
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Category:IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Johnstown Jets (NAHL) players
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Category:Minnesota Fighting Saints players
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Sportspeople from International Falls, Minnesota
Category:United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
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