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Mike Liut Whalers Career Highlights
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DATE	HIGHLIGHT
2/23/1985	Mike Liut plays his 1st Whalers game vs Los Angeles.
3/17/1985	Mike Liut records his 1st Whalers win vs Pittsburgh.
4/4/1985	Mike Liut records his 1st Whalers shutout (11th NHL/14th career) with 40 saves vs Washington.
11/27/1985	Mike Liut records his 2nd Whalers shutout (12th NHL/15th career) with 30 saves vs Los Angeles.
1/10/1986	Mike Liut records his 200th career win (WHA/NHL) with 26 saves vs Vancouver.
1/27/1986	Mike Liut makes the save on the 2nd NHL penalty shot (8th franchise) vs the Whalers taken by Steve Kasper of Boston.
2/26/1986	Mike Liut plays his 400th NHL game vs Minnesota.
3/10/1986	Mike Liut records his 1st Whalers point (an assist) vs Montreal.
3/22/1986	Mike Liut is named NHL player of the week with a 3-0 record, 3.0 GAA, and .899 save %.
3/26/1986	Mike Liut records his 3rd Whalers shutout (13th NHL/16th career) with 30 saves vs Montreal.
4/9/1986	Mike Liut plays his 1st Whalers playoff game recording the win with 37 saves vs Quebec.
4/27/1986	Mike Liut records the first (and only) Whalers NHL playoff shutout with 32 saves vs Montreal.
10/16/1986	Mike Liut plays his 500th career game (WHA/NHL) suffering an injury and is replaced by Steve Weeks vs Winnipeg.
11/21/1986	Mike Liut records his 4th career Whalers shutout (14th NHL/17th career) with 22 saves vs St Louis.
11/26/1986	Mike Liut records his 5th Whalers shutout (his 2nd consecutive - for the first time in his career and the first ever for the Whalers - his 15th NHL/18th career) with 24 saves vs Buffalo.
12/23/1986	Mike Liut records his 6th Whalers shutout (16th NHL/96th career) with 23 saves vs Boston.
12/26/1986	Mike Liut sets the Whalers (NHL) goaltending record for longest individual shoutout sequence (Overall) at 151:34 (starting on 12/20/86) vs Montreal.
1/15/1987	Mike Liut plays his 100th Whalers game vs Boston.
1/17/1987	Mike Liut is scored against on the 3rd NHL penalty shot (9th franchise) vs the Whalers taken by Mike Gartner of Washington.
1/19/1987	Mike Liut is scored against on the 4th NHL penalty shot (10th franchise) vs the Whalers taken by Mats Naslund of Montreal.
1/29/1987	Mike Liut records his 200 NHL win making 31 saves vs Boston.
3/7/1987	Mike Liut sets the Whalers (NHL) goaltending record for longest win streak at 5 games (starting on 2/23/87) vs Philadelphia.
3/13/1987	Mike Liut records his 7th Whalers shutout (17th NHL/20th career, his 4th of the season setting the Whalers record) making 36 saves vs Winnipeg.
5/18/1987	Mike Liut is named a first-team All-Star by the Sporting News in voting by NHL players.
11/11/1987	Mike Liut records the shutout with 24 saves (8th Whalers, 18th NHL/21st career) besting Brian Hayward's 23 saves in the only 0-0 tie in Whalers (NHL) history vs Montreal.
1/2/1988	Mike Liut plays his 500th NHL game making 27 saves in a 1-1 tie vs New Jersey.
1/23/1988	Mike Liut makes 33 saves recording his 9th Whalers shutout (19th NHL/22nd career) vs Minnesota.
1/24/1988	Mike Liut ties the Whalers (NHL) goaltending record for longest win streak at 5 games (starting on 1/16/88) vs Detroit.
1/25/1988	Mike Liut is named NHL player of the week with a 4-0 record including a 33 save shoutout.
2/17/1988	Mike Liut plays his 600th career game (WHA/NHL) recording the win with 24 saves vs Winnipeg.
4/6/1988	Richard Brodeur plays in his 1st Whalers playoff game in relief of an injured Mike Liut vs Montreal.
4/10/1988	Mike Liut play his 17th and last Whalers playoff game recording his 8th win with 26 saves vs Montreal.
10/29/1988	Mike Liut records his 10th Whalers shutout (20th NHL/23rd career) with 29 saves vs New Jersey.
11/12/1988	Mike Liut plays his 200th Whalers game recording the win with 25 saves vs Minnesota.
3/25/1989	Peter Sidorkiewicz records his 4th NHL shutout (tying him with Mike Liut for the team record for shutouts in a season) with 29 saves vs St. Louis.
10/11/1989	Mike Liut records his 100th Whalers win with 24 saves vs Washington.
10/25/1989	Mike Liut records his 11th Whalers shutout (21st NHL/24th career) with 22 saves vs Quebec.
10/28/1989	Mike Liut records his 12th Whalers shutout (22nd NHL/25th career) and 2nd consecutive (for the 2nd time in his career) with 28 saves vs Boston.
10/30/1989	Mike Liut is named NHL player of the week with a 2-1-0 record including consecutive shoutouts.
11/3/1989	Mike Liut makes the save on the 5th NHL penalty shot (11th franchise) vs the Whalers taken by Jimmy Carson of Detroit.
11/14/1989	Mike Liut records his 13th Whalers shutout (23rd NHL/26th career) making 26 saves vs Detroit.
12/20/1989	Mike Liut suffers a knee injury vs Boston.
2/1/1990	Mike Liut returns after missing 15 games with a knee injury stopping 32 of 34 shots vs Philadelphia.
3/2/1990	Mike Liut plays his 252nd and last Whalers game recording his 115th win (both set the Whalers team NHL records for a goaltender) making 23 saves vs Washington.