With the perspective of 37 years, the "Miracle on Ice" can seem even more miraculous now than it did in 1980, when a team of United States college kids and amateurs stunned the world by winning the gold medal at the Lake Placid Olympics. Their 6-0-1 record included an unforgettable 4-...
LAKE PLACID — Last year at age 60, goalie Steve Janaszak probably played his last game here on the Olympic Center ice, where he and 19 other young hockey players won the“Miracle on Ice”game against the Soviet Union during the 1980 Winter Olympics. This year, he’s taking a...
a scrappyUnited Statesteam of college players pitted against the defending four-time gold-medal-winningSoviet Unionteam made up of professional players. Miraculously the United States pulled off the win. Dubbed the “Miracle on Ice”—thanks to a famous call from sports announcerAl Michaels—the ...
In an epic semi-final match that became known as the “Miracle on Ice,” an American squad composed of talented but untested college players outplayed and outscored the mighty Soviet hockey machine. “Some of the guys on the Soviet team were players that should have been NHL stars,” ...
But on the other hand, "Miracle On Ice" manages to tell a lot more about some of the players than "Miracle" did. We learn more about goalie Jim Craig, and his relationship with his father that culminated in the dramatic moment of him draped in an American flag at the end of the gol...
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP)— All these years later, Dave Christian is still quick with a smile when asked about the signature moment of his hockey life — the amazing Miracle on Ice triumph over the Soviet Union. "In sports in general, everyone roots for the underdog, which ...
during a brief assignment forNBC. The U.S. team’s improbable win in 1980—a squad of college players knocking off the heavily favored Soviets, who had won the last four gold medals in the event—was dubbed the “Miracle on Ice” after Michaels’siconic“Do you believe in miracles? Yes...
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Miracle On Ice; 20th ANNIVERSARY; Frozen in time; Twenty years ago tonight the U.S. Olympic hockey team achieved one of sports' greatest upsets, stunning the Soviet Union 4-3 at the Lake Placid Winter Games. The 20 players have gone their separate ways since, but remain bound by the ...
USA walk out to the ice past a wall covered with countless telegrams and letters from well-wishers; yet Brooks does his best to keep the players insulated from public scrutiny (the players later attested that they had no idea the extent to which the country was hanging on their every play...