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- On Feb. 22, 1980, in an upset dubbed the “Miracle on Ice,” the United States hockey team defeated the Soviets, 4-3, at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. “Few victories in American Olympic play have provoked reaction comparable to tonight’s decision at the red-seated, smallish Olympic Field House,” wrote The New York Times.
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Jun 1, 2021 · 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...
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The " Miracle on Ice " was an ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. It was played between the hosting United States and the Soviet Union on February 22, 1980, during the medal round of the men's hockey tournament.
Nov 24, 2009 · The so-called Miracle on Ice was more than just an Olympic upset; to many Americans, it was an ideological victory in the Cold War as meaningful as the Berlin Airlift or the Apollo moon landing.
- Missy Sullivan
- Roger Cormier
- The U.S. beat the Russians in a surprise upset in a hockey game 20 years earlier. The Americans won the men’s hockey gold in 1960 thanks to a surprising semifinal win over the defending champion Soviet Union.
- The U.S. head coach was the last player cut from the 1960 team. Bill Cleary agreed to join team USA only if his brother Bob could play. The Clearys got their wish, and as a result, there was not enough room for Herb Brooks.
- Herb Brooks kept telling his players that one of the Russians looked like Stan Laurel. Insisting that Boris Mikhailov resembled the thin Englishman in the comedy duo Laurel & Hardy was an attempt to get the U.S. players to not take the Soviet Union squad so seriously.
- The USSR beat the U.S. 10-3 less than two weeks earlier. In a February 9th exhibition at Madison Square Garden, the Russians expectedly dominated. Combined with the Soviets’ 6-0 victory over a team of NHL All-Stars one year earlier, it looked like a fifth consecutive gold medal was inevitable.
The victory by the U.S. team became known as the “Miracle on Ice” and is considered one of the greatest moments in American sports history. The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team was coached by Herb Brooks and featured players such as Mike Eruzione, Jim Craig, and Mark Johnson.
Feb 22, 2012 · On Feb. 22, 1980, in an upset dubbed the “Miracle on Ice,” the United States hockey team defeated the Soviet Union, 4-3, at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Feb 19, 2020 · On Feb. 22, 1980, the United States ice hockey team, composed exclusively of amateur players, stuns the defending gold medalist Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York....
