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Miracle on Ice: 30 years ago (1 Viewer)
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ChrisCooleyFan
Footballguy
Greatest of all time!!!!!! 
The_Burning_Bush
Footballguy
Suck it, commies.
MCguidance
Footballguy
Only 27 and seeing those young college kids beat the Russians (plus Michaels' call) gives me chills. Unbelievable moment.
ConstruxBoy
Kate's Daddy
Best part of the day for me was that there was a home Sabres game that day and the Miracle on Ice didn't end until after the Sabres game started. So we, like everyone else, didn't get to the Sabres game until mid-way through the second period. And of course the place was electric and they waited until most people were there before announcing the final score again. The place went insane and most of the 3rd period everyone was yelling USA! USA! USA! It was just awesome.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Suck it, commies.
Mario Kart
Footballguy
No way does it have the impact of 1980, but beating Canada has to feel pretty good right now. Suck it Mounties.
DevilsTrifecta
Footballguy
I watched the special on NBC where they rehashed this today and it damn near brought me to tears.
Vladislav Tretiak
Footballguy
Виктор Васильевич Тихонов сделанный самой немой ошибкой когда-либо. Я остаюсь дома, и мы победили бы. Тот немой негодяй!
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
Where are you from?
It took a while for the players to catch on to what Brooks was asking....
USA!
Best game ever.
It took a while for the players to catch on to what Brooks was asking....
USA!
Best game ever.
They beat the USSR to advance to the gold metal game. Maybe you remember it like two days ago.
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
Dave Mustaine
Footballguy
you're trying too hard, tanner.
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Herb Brooks died just north of where I live. He was doing something in northern Minnesota and fell asleep at the wheel on the way home. 
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
A totally different era than now. It was basically a bunch of college kids that had been together for 6 months beating the best "professionals" from Russia that had been together for years.
Russia destroyed the Americans in an X game a month or two before the Olympics 10-3, and beat the NHL All-Stars 6-0.
Now it is all pros playing and it does not have the same feeling.
Russia destroyed the Americans in an X game a month or two before the Olympics 10-3, and beat the NHL All-Stars 6-0.
Now it is all pros playing and it does not have the same feeling.
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The US did not beat the USSR for the gold medal. They had to beat Finland to get the gold.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
It was the week before.
Dave Mustaine
Footballguy
you know they beat cameroon to win the gold medal. the russians were just the semifinal
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
Pretty sure that is wrong.The US did not beat the USSR for the gold medal. They had to beat Finland to get the gold.
It is a common misconception that the USSR game was for the gold, but the US had one more game and were not guaranteed the gold until they won.
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B Maverick
Footballguy
USSSR was the semifinal game.Any way you slice it, what a great win. The movie MIRACLE did a great job of capturing that.It is a little more complicated than that. It was not the final..it is more of a round robin type, highest points win.
B Maverick
Footballguy
Wow, thats new. Or new to me. I knew the Soviet game was not the finals but did not know it was based on a points system and not a normal bracket, winner takes all deal. Interesting.It is a little more complicated than that. It was not the final..it is more of a round robin type, highest points win.
ODoyleRules
Footballguy
Seriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.I love how you guys just make stuff up.
B Maverick
Footballguy
wow, really?how about you start here.....
Wikipedia
The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on February 22. The United States team, made up of amateur and collegiate players and led by coach Herb Brooks, defeated the Soviet team, who were considered to be the best ice hockey team in the world at the time.
Team USA went on to win the gold medal by winning its last match over Finland. The Soviet Union took the silver medal by beating Sweden in its final game. As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2008, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) chose the "Miracle on Ice" as the number-one international ice hockey story of the century.[1]
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
wow, really?how about you start here.....
Wikipedia
The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on February 22. The United States team, made up of amateur and collegiate players and led by coach Herb Brooks, defeated the Soviet team, who were considered to be the best ice hockey team in the world at the time.
Team USA went on to win the gold medal by winning its last match over Finland. The Soviet Union took the silver medal by beating Sweden in its final game. As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2008, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) chose the "Miracle on Ice" as the number-one international ice hockey story of the century.[1]
You do realize that just about anybody can enter or edit a wiki entry, right?Seriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.
joffer
Footballguy
you REALLY need a notebookSeriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
and a googleyou REALLY need a notebookSeriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Dude, you're beingSeriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
Wait...what?Dude, you're beingSeriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Wait...what?Dude, you're beingSeriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.
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Road Dogg
Footballguy
would this qualify as ice fishing?Wait...what?Dude, you're beingSeriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.
B Maverick
Footballguy
I do know that. try this from SISIwow, really?how about you start here.....
Wikipedia
The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on February 22. The United States team, made up of amateur and collegiate players and led by coach Herb Brooks, defeated the Soviet team, who were considered to be the best ice hockey team in the world at the time.
Team USA went on to win the gold medal by winning its last match over Finland. The Soviet Union took the silver medal by beating Sweden in its final game. As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2008, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) chose the "Miracle on Ice" as the number-one international ice hockey story of the century.[1]You do realize that just about anybody can enter or edit a wiki entry, right?Seriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.
on the last slide with the notes:
Many forget that the U.S. still needed to defeat Finland to secure the gold medal, and came back from a 2-1 third period deficit to win 4-2, thus finalizing "the Miracle" as such.
But thats ok, you remember it however you want and be one of the many that forget...
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
Link brokenI do know that. try this from SISIwow, really?how about you start here.....
Wikipedia
The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on February 22. The United States team, made up of amateur and collegiate players and led by coach Herb Brooks, defeated the Soviet team, who were considered to be the best ice hockey team in the world at the time.
Team USA went on to win the gold medal by winning its last match over Finland. The Soviet Union took the silver medal by beating Sweden in its final game. As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2008, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) chose the "Miracle on Ice" as the number-one international ice hockey story of the century.[1]You do realize that just about anybody can enter or edit a wiki entry, right?Seriously? You haven't googled any of this to verify that your memory might not be as good as you think.
on the last slide with the notes:
Many forget that the U.S. still needed to defeat Finland to secure the gold medal, and came back from a 2-1 third period deficit to win 4-2, thus finalizing "the Miracle" as such.
But thats ok, you remember it however you want and be one of the many that forget...
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
We can't help it if the rest of the world is only good at one sport.
