You boyz were the best and I watched it and lived it and I still get goosebumps every time I see it or anything about it. Greatest moment in sports history!
Rest In Peace Mark Pavelich. Mark could pass that puck. He assisted on the big goals. The Russian game winner, Baker's game tying goal and most of Buzz's goals. Brooks also had him on PP's and man short situations. Herb brought him to the Rangers where Pav scored 33 & 37 goals his first two seasons. Mark scored 5 goals in one game in 1983 against Hartford.
real good ranger, enjoyed watching him play. rangers with brooks had good teams in the early 80's, but the playoffs were set up divisionally and every season we would beat the flyers in the 1st round and then lose to the islanders in the second round. long island had at least 6 hall of famers, rangers had 0
I was 9 years old when I watched this game. I had heard the USA had beat the Soviets while I was at school, but did not get to watch it live. I went home and watched it as it was replayed. Easily the greatest sporting event I have every watched in my 53 years. I grew up in Oklahoma, no where near any hockey ice, but damn I wanted to be a hockey player SO BAD! LOL! I still get tears in my eyes watching clips. Folks not alive then just don't understand how big that win was for our country.
I got to see every home game Herb Brooks coached for the Gophers. There were about 400 of us who truly believed in what Brooks was trying accomplish. In six seasons, we got to see the Gophers win 3 NCAA championships. This was about MUCH more than Brooks insistence on conditioning (although that was clearly important). He wanted his players to be fast, smart, and determined. Baker and Verchota were all of these. Baker was smart enough to become an oral surgeon, for example. He was one of my favorites from those years. We true believers met at a campus pizza to listen to the USSR game live on radio. We all expected USA to win. While we knew how good USSR really was, we also knew that Brooks had spent most of his adult life preparing for that game. The man was a hockey genius and he had selected players who could be coached to play genius-level hockey. That game was no "miracle'. That game was a triumph of preparation. While the rest of nation went crazy over the 'upset', we true believers mostly smiled knowingly. I spent the next week fielding phone calls from friends I had assured that USA was a favorite to win Gold-something I had done from the moment Brooks was named coach for the 1980 team.
Come on man, the 1980 Team was a once in a lifetime event. No way that team beats the USSR in even a best of 3. I graduated college in 1977 and was a huge college hockey fan. The group of NCAA talent born in 54-60 was the best to ever come out of the US at that time but only produced 2 HOF in Joe Mullen and Rod Langway. Neither were on the 1980 Team. The only team that was clearly superior was USSR. Czechoslovakia had absolutely terrible goaltending and they didn't medal because of it. Sweden wasn't any better than the US Team.
@@KMK7355 The 1980 Hockey Team was an amazing story. Sorry you missed it. But if you really want to understand it, you must first understand Anatoly Tarazov. Brooks understood that in order to beat USSR, the only way was to out-Tarazov Tarazov. And that is what he coached his young players to do. Because of some super dimwitted bureaucrat, the 1980 USSR team wasn't even being coached by that master inventor of "Russian" hockey. His replacement, a dullard named Tikhonov, made so many coaching errors in that game that Brooks job was almost easy. BTW, Tarazov held a deep admiration for Brooks-something the NHL and North American hockey establishment never had. As for Joe Mullen and Rod Langway, they would have never made Brooks team-they had too many Hoser bad habits.
Lol, dude you are a Minnesota homer to a ridiculous extent. Langway was the exact same style of D man as Ken Morrow but better than him. He was far better than Suter and O'Callahan and Baker. Mullen was the best winger in NCAA Hockey the end of 1978-79 season. Brooks had him on the 1979 USA World Championshios team where he lead the team in goals. Ahead of Christoff, McClanahan, Strobel, Johnson and Cox. Just stop this crap, quit being a clown.
As a Boston sports fan I've been very lucky over the last 20 years... but watching that team beat the Russians is still the greatest sports memory of my life. Watching pro teams win championships is great, but they'll never surpass that.
I was at Madison Square Garden that night and the Russians really took it to team USA..it was a serious beat down...Payback was a bitch...Great times from long ago.
After the game and after Sweden and Finland tied 3-3 in their game it was possible for USA to get any medal or even fall out of the medals into fourth place. USA had 3 points, USSR had 2, Sweden had 2 and Finland had 1. If Sweden ties USSR and USA loses to Finland all teams have 3 points and the tie breaker decides medals. USSR would get gold and if USA loses by two goals, they are in fourth place - out of the medals. Well, the Soviets may have been angry about losing to the USA because they jumped on the Swedes 9-0 before allowing two goals.
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42 years ago today the Miracle on Ice.
I met Phil Verchota and Bill Baker at an autograph session!
You boyz were the best and I watched it and lived it and I still get goosebumps every time I see it or anything about it. Greatest moment in sports history!
I was 27 then honest to God I was do proud I was wiping tears away thank you
Still my favorite all-time sports moment & I grew up on the NW side of Chicago, lifetime Cubs fans!
Rest In Peace Mark Pavelich. Mark could pass that puck. He assisted on the big goals. The Russian game winner, Baker's game tying goal and most of Buzz's goals. Brooks also had him on PP's and man short situations. Herb brought him to the Rangers where Pav scored 33 & 37 goals his first two seasons. Mark scored 5 goals in one game in 1983 against Hartford.
I think his biggest asset, on top of what you mentioned, was his speed. He could outskate an awful lot of guys.
Hey Cup I know you from HF Board...lol.
It makes me sad that they never show Pavs pass to Rizzo. It's an absolutely amazing play.
real good ranger, enjoyed watching him play.
rangers with brooks had good teams in the early 80's, but the playoffs were set up divisionally and every season we would beat the flyers in the 1st round and then lose to the islanders in the second round. long island had at least 6 hall of famers, rangers had 0
He was one of the top 5 US Centers of his era. Ftorek, Broten, Pavelich, Johnson and
Carpenter were 5 best from 1978-80 thru
1984-85.
I was 9 years old when I watched this game. I had heard the USA had beat the Soviets while I was at school, but did not get to watch it live. I went home and watched it as it was replayed. Easily the greatest sporting event I have every watched in my 53 years. I grew up in Oklahoma, no where near any hockey ice, but damn I wanted to be a hockey player SO BAD! LOL! I still get tears in my eyes watching clips. Folks not alive then just don't understand how big that win was for our country.
Where did you go to school? Game ended Friday night about 7:30.
I can still remember watching that game, and the rest of the games.
Most exciting hockey games I've ever watched on TV. Then Phil V came back to his High School and showed us his Gold medal at an assembly. USA!!!
Did you go to Duluth East HS?
I got to see every home game Herb Brooks coached for the Gophers. There were about 400 of us who truly believed in what Brooks was trying accomplish. In six seasons, we got to see the Gophers win 3 NCAA championships. This was about MUCH more than Brooks insistence on conditioning (although that was clearly important). He wanted his players to be fast, smart, and determined. Baker and Verchota were all of these. Baker was smart enough to become an oral surgeon, for example. He was one of my favorites from those years.
We true believers met at a campus pizza to listen to the USSR game live on radio. We all expected USA to win. While we knew how good USSR really was, we also knew that Brooks had spent most of his adult life preparing for that game. The man was a hockey genius and he had selected players who could be coached to play genius-level hockey. That game was no "miracle'. That game was a triumph of preparation. While the rest of nation went crazy over the 'upset', we true believers mostly smiled knowingly. I spent the next week fielding phone calls from friends I had assured that USA was a favorite to win Gold-something I had done from the moment Brooks was named coach for the 1980 team.
Come on man, the 1980 Team was a once in a lifetime event. No way that team beats the USSR in even
a best of 3.
I graduated college in 1977 and was a huge college hockey fan.
The group of NCAA talent born in
54-60 was the best to ever come out of the US at that time but only
produced 2 HOF in Joe Mullen and Rod Langway. Neither were on the 1980 Team.
The only team that was clearly superior was USSR.
Czechoslovakia had absolutely
terrible goaltending and they didn't
medal because of it. Sweden wasn't any better than the US Team.
@@KMK7355 The 1980 Hockey Team was an amazing story. Sorry you missed it. But if you really want to understand it, you must first understand Anatoly Tarazov. Brooks understood that in order to beat USSR, the only way was to out-Tarazov Tarazov. And that is what he coached his young players to do. Because of some super dimwitted bureaucrat, the 1980 USSR team wasn't even being coached by that master inventor of "Russian" hockey. His replacement, a dullard named Tikhonov, made so many coaching errors in that game that Brooks job was almost easy.
BTW, Tarazov held a deep admiration for Brooks-something the NHL and North American hockey establishment never had.
As for Joe Mullen and Rod Langway, they would have never made Brooks team-they had too many Hoser bad habits.
Lol, dude you are a Minnesota homer to a ridiculous extent.
Langway was the exact same style of D man as Ken Morrow but better than him.
He was far better than Suter and O'Callahan and Baker. Mullen was the best winger in NCAA Hockey the end of 1978-79 season. Brooks had him on the 1979 USA World Championshios team where he lead the team in goals. Ahead of Christoff, McClanahan, Strobel, Johnson and Cox.
Just stop this crap, quit being a clown.
Was amazing that we best the Russian team. The most iconic sports call ever do you believe in miracles.
As a Boston sports fan I've been very lucky over the last 20 years... but watching that team beat the Russians is still the greatest sports memory of my life. Watching pro teams win championships is great, but they'll never surpass that.
I was at Madison Square Garden that night and the Russians really took it to team USA..it was a serious beat down...Payback was a bitch...Great times from long ago.
Brooks was playing possum, making the Russians overconfident. Didn't play Jim Craig and other moves.
@@bruceliebman698 Craig played.
I was at the scrimmage
saturday afternoon at the garden, game vs sweden was next tuesday afternoon
Possibly losing the last game to Finland, there was a chance USA would not even get a medal.
After the game and after Sweden and Finland tied 3-3 in their game it was possible for USA to get any medal or even fall out of the medals into fourth place. USA had 3 points, USSR had 2, Sweden had 2 and Finland had 1. If Sweden ties USSR and USA loses to Finland all teams have 3 points and the tie breaker decides medals. USSR would get gold and if USA loses by two goals, they are in fourth place - out of the medals. Well, the Soviets may have been angry about losing to the USA because they jumped on the Swedes 9-0 before allowing two goals.
USA USA USA!
STOP RECORDING FROM YOUR TV SETS!!!
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