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32 years ago today, the biggest sports event in USA history

  • 32 years ago today, a bunch of college kids from the United States beat the greatest hockey team ever assembled. The Soviet Red Army Team was made up of so called army officers who were professionals and were the best at what they did. Play Hockey. Tretiak, Mikhailov, Krutov, Makarov, Kharlamov to name just a few and they were coached by Victor Tikhonov. They were simply unbeatable until that Friday afternoon in Lake Placid where the stars and fate aligned.

    For those of us old enough to remember, the United States was in a severe recession with high unemployment and high inflation. There were long gas lines due to shortages with high prices. National moral was low and we had a weak, hapless, pathetic president named Jimmy Carter who was the ring leader. The Soviets had just invaded Afghanistan and were using their surrogate Cuba in Africa. Iran had seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and had captured our diplomats in what would become 444 days of embarrassing impotence from the U.S. side.

    Then along came coach Herb Brooks, Mike Eruzione, Jim Craig, Mark Johnson, Dave Silk, Ken Morrow (from BGSU) and many more to play the game of their lives. Down 3 to 2 going in to the 3rd, the Americans rallied with two goals within 1:53 of each other with Eruzione's wrister beating Vladimir Myshkin to take the lead and the Americans held off the Soviets to claim the victory. It uplifted to whole nation. Our Malaise was over and we had our stride back. Less than a year later, Carter was sent packing by the great Ronald Reagan and we never looked back. While the social and economic events from 1980 sound familiar today with Barrack Carter in charge, but 32 years ago today, in a sleepy little hamlet in upstate New York. The greatest hockey game and biggest sports event in American history occurred.

    This post was edited by osuum on 2/22/2012 at 5:37 PM

    osuum

  • osu>um said...

    32 years ago today, a bunch of college kids from the United States beat the greatest hockey team ever assembled. The Soviet Red Army Team was made up of so called army officers who were professionals and were the best at what they did. Play Hockey. Tretiak, Mikhailov, Krutov, Makarov, Kharlamov to name just a few and they were coached by Victor Tikhonov. They were simply unbeatable until that Friday afternoon in Lake Placid where the stars and fate aligned.

    For those of us old enough to remember, the United States was in a severe recession with high unemployment and high inflation. There were long gas lines due to shortages with high prices. National moral was low and we had a weak, hapless, pathetic president named Jimmy Carter who was the ring leader. The Soviets had just invaded Afghanistan and were using their surrogate Cuba in Africa. Iran had seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and had captured our diplomats in what would become 444 days of embarrassing impotence from the U.S. side.

    Then along came coach Herb Brooks, Mike Eruzione, Jim Craig, Mark Johnson, Dave Silk, Ken Morrow (from BGSU) and many more to play the game of their lives. Down 3 to 2 going in to the 3rd, the Americans rallied with two goals within 1:53 of each other with Eruzione's wrister beating Vladimir Myshkin to take the lead and the Americans held off the Soviets to claim the victory. It uplifted to whole nation. Our Malaise was over and we had our stride back. Less than a year later, Carter was sent packing by the great Ronald Reagan and we never looked back. While the social and economic events from 1980 sound familiar today with Barrack Carter in charge, but 32 years ago today, in a sleepy little hamlet in upstate New York. The greatest hockey game and biggest sports event in American history occurred.

    It was a great game. I remember watching the replay of the game with my dad and the pride of the US winning the game. I do remember the game against the Soviets or the one in the finals where several US players threw there hockeye sticks to the crowd after they won.

    Watching the replay or the movies about the US Hockeye team in 1980 still gives me goose bumps, especially considering that the Soviets were considered unbeatable by anyone in the world much less a TRUE Amature team the the US.

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    Pirate Buckeye

  • Great post, I love this story! I wasn't born at the time, but I can't get enough of this, I've watched "Miracle" dozens of times and even went searching on Ebay for an actual copy of those games... What a wonderful moment for the U.S.!

    This post was edited by chapa_el on 2/22/2012 at 5:54 PM

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  • As a hockey player it's so easy to love this moment in USA sports! It doesn't get enough attention it's the greatest upset ever in my oppinion that soviet team was stacked! They murdered the NHL all stars and had Vladimir tretiak in net for god sake! Granted ussr coach pulled him in us gamecrazy!

    ricco123

  • Greatest sporting event in my lifetime for sure. This went waaaay beyond a game. Don't forget, this was just the semi, they still had to play Finland (or Sweden, I forget) for the Gold Medal.

    The impossibility of victory
    The politics
    The economy
    The story line
    The coach
    The prior game in the Garden
    The final call
    Stan Laurel
    ...and on, and on....

    Movies are made of this stuff, and they don't have to stretch it either.

    IndyDog ●

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    elloyd1681

  • To further inform everyone, just before the Olympics the US and the USSR had played a game where the Russians beat the US by a score of something close to 10-0 or 10-1.

    I still remember the game the US played against the Chezks, and the US player knocking the Chezk dude into over the board and into the Chezk bench.

    Great memories...

    The Professor

  • Anyone know where I can find a copy to watch (buy/download)... I never was able to find one :(

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    chapa_el

  • chapa_el said...

    Anyone know where I can find a copy to watch (buy/download)... I never was able to find one :(

    If you want the HBO special Miracle on Ice, then you can find that on their website. For the game itself, google USA USSR 1980 hockey and it takes you to EBAY that has the game for sale. Be sure to check and see if it's the whole game or just highlights.

    osuum

  • osu>um said...

    If you want the HBO special Miracle on Ice, then you can find that on their website. For the game itself, google USA USSR 1980 hockey and it takes you to EBAY that has the game for sale. Be sure to check and see if it's the whole game or just highlights.

    Ill take both please! Haha. Ill look it up tomorrow and see if I can find em, thanks!

    I only got to watch Disneys "Miracle" so far and like the poster above me, I got goosebumps just from that. I love at the end of the game where the U.S. has the lead and the clocks runnin out... there's like 50 seconds left and the entire crowd is roaring "USA! USA!". Jim Craigs out there making save after save after save, Herb Brooks is constantly changing out guys for fresh legs, go go go, changeup go, 30 seconds left, the entire place is erupting! The announcers going crazy! Chills went down my spine big tim man.. what an amazing story.

    Can you imagine if you were a starter on that team? Holy jesus.... And to think its all real, truly a miracle. On top of that it was literally boys against men, david vs goliath.

    I'm gettin chills right now, great post!

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    chapa_el

  • Indy, thanks for reminding me. I forget that they still had to play the Gold Medal game. There was just so much excitement after they won.
    I remember all the saves by Craig.

    dkbuckeyes

  • That game was one of the greatest moments in USA sports, and it was only a semi-final game.

    osubuzz83

  • That was the greatest moment in sport I've ever witnessed. I was just a little guy watching that game, and it was unbelievably awesome. Several years ago, I went to a conference in Lake Placid and actually gave a presentation on the rink where the game was played. That was just tremendously cool! Being in that building and on the surface brought back the memories of watching the game. I really can't come up with a better sports moment overall. What a fantastic memory. Thanks for the reminder!

    Zeuslerus ●

  • The Professor said...

    To further inform everyone, just before the Olympics the US and the USSR had played a game where the Russians beat the US by a score of something close to 10-0 or 10-1.

    That was the game at the Garden...not pretty.

    IndyDog ●

  • osu>um said...

    If you want the HBO special Miracle on Ice, then you can find that on their website. For the game itself, google USA USSR 1980 hockey and it takes you to EBAY that has the game for sale. Be sure to check and see if it's the whole game or just highlights.

    Found, just purchased em both. Have you watched the HBO special, was it good?

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    chapa_el

  • The movie Miracle is very good and a must see. However I felt the documentary from HBO, Do You Believe in Miracles, is the best to watch. It has interviews with the players, Brooks, the Russians, and all involved in that story, and they wrap it with the great drama. That's a MUST SEE also.

    IndyDog ●

  • chapa_el said...

    Found, just purchased em both. Have you watched the HBO special, was it good?

    LOL...we posted at the same time chapa, I think the HBO is actually better...HAVE FUN!!!!

    IndyDog ●

  • IndyDog said...

    LOL...we posted at the same time chapa, I think the HBO is actually better...HAVE FUN!!!!

    lol cool man, cant wait! ...oh and I watched every special feature my "Miracle" dvd had to offer, there was some pretty good interviews on that too

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  • chapa_el said...

    lol cool man, cant wait! ...oh and I watched every special feature my "Miracle" dvd had to offer, there was some pretty good interviews on that too

    Let us know how you like the films.

    IndyDog ●

  • osu>um said...

    32 years ago today, a bunch of college kids from the United States beat the greatest hockey team ever assembled. The Soviet Red Army Team was made up of so called army officers who were professionals and were the best at what they did. Play Hockey. Tretiak, Mikhailov, Krutov, Makarov, Kharlamov to name just a few and they were coached by Victor Tikhonov. They were simply unbeatable until that Friday afternoon in Lake Placid where the stars and fate aligned.

    For those of us old enough to remember, the United States was in a severe recession with high unemployment and high inflation. There were long gas lines due to shortages with high prices. National moral was low and we had a weak, hapless, pathetic president named Jimmy Carter who was the ring leader. The Soviets had just invaded Afghanistan and were using their surrogate Cuba in Africa. Iran had seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and had captured our diplomats in what would become 444 days of embarrassing impotence from the U.S. side.

    Then along came coach Herb Brooks, Mike Eruzione, Jim Craig, Mark Johnson, Dave Silk, Ken Morrow (from BGSU) and many more to play the game of their lives. Down 3 to 2 going in to the 3rd, the Americans rallied with two goals within 1:53 of each other with Eruzione's wrister beating Vladimir Myshkin to take the lead and the Americans held off the Soviets to claim the victory. It uplifted to whole nation. Our Malaise was over and we had our stride back. Less than a year later, Carter was sent packing by the great Ronald Reagan and we never looked back. While the social and economic events from 1980 sound familiar today with Barrack Carter in charge, but 32 years ago today, in a sleepy little hamlet in upstate New York. The greatest hockey game and biggest sports event in American history occurred.

    100% agree. When I saw 32 years ago, I was hoping/assuming this was what you were talking about.

    2nd is our win over Miami to with the NC IMHO.

    discherl

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