Career
Christiansen was born in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada. He played hockey in high school for International Falls, Minnesota then went to University of Minnesota Duluth where he was captain of the hockey team He is one of the more famed UMD Bulldogs.
He is in the UMD Hall of Fame and has his number, 9, hung in Amsoil Arena where the Bulldogs currently play.
He also played with the Waterloo Black Hawks and Grand Rapids Bruins of the United States Hockey League as an amateur. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.
Keith Christiansen is not be confused with a leading art historian of the same name.