Facts: - played for: vancouver canucks colorado rockies cleveland barons california seals - weight lb: 190 - career end: 1981 - ntl team: usa - position: defense - height in: 0 - shoots: left - height ft: 6 - birth date: 20 december 1949 - career start: 1974 - name: mike christie - draft: '' undrafted '' - birth place: big spring , tx , usa Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mike christie -lrb- ice hockey -rrb- .
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michael hunt christie -lrb- born december 20 , 1949 in big spring , texas and raised in calgary , alberta -rrb- is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played 412 games in the national hockey league for the california seals , cleveland barons , colorado rockies , and vancouver canucks in 1974 -- 81 .he was the first native of texas to play in the nhl although it was strictly a technicality as his father was a canadian citizen working for an american oil company and he grew up in canada .christie did represent the united states in the inaugural 1976 canada cup tournament , however .before turning professional , he played for the university of denver men 's ice hockey team as well as the us amateur national team at the 1972 ice hockey world championship pool b tournament .