Miracle on Ice: US College Kids Beat the Soviet Hockey Machine
The US hockey team that beat the Soviets at Lake Placid was college kids and amateurs. The Soviet team had won gold at the last four Olympics. They'd beaten the Americans 10-3 in an exhibition game two weeks earlier. The US goalie, Jim Craig, faced 39 shots. The Soviets had outshot opponents 175-73 in their previous five games. Mike Eruzione scored the winning goal with exactly ten minutes left. Nobody on that US team played together before or after. They just showed up for three weeks and won.
February 22, 1980
46 years ago
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