University of North Dakota Athletics

A native of Warroad, Minn., Christian entered UND in the fall of 1977 as a phenomenal hockey player. He was one of the most accomplished hockey players from UND

In 1978-79 the team won the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship and placed second in the 1979 NCAA championship. He left UND to play for the 1980 gold medal U.S. Olympic Hockey team as a defenseman. After the Olympics, Christian signed with the Winnipeg Jets and set an NHL record for a rookie scoring only seven seconds into his first NHL game.