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The previos olympics, they lost to teh Czech B team 15-1. (The B Team are the alternate players who didn't make the Olympic team) SO they are the 20 back up players essentially.
Many years later, it was revealed that the CIA was funding Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban, as a way of fighting the Russians in Afghanistan. A case of 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend.' There's an A-list movie about the funding for that, called Charlie Wilson's War.
Watching the Disney movie the first time back in the 2000s, I completely missed the point when they faded out Al Michaels' movie voice over for the original audio until I watched the BTS featurettes and they pointed that out. Michaels said there was no recapturing that level of hype and excitement in a mere voice over for the film so they cross-faded into the broadcast audio. Awesome sound mixing.
He did an amazing job when the Lomo Prieta earthquake hit minutes before Game 3 of the 1989 World Series. He became an impromptu news anchor in the immediate aftermath.
That Soviet team was not just NHL caliber but would have been a Stanley Cup contender. As a Canadian I loved those American college kids slaying Goliath
Not just a contender but a dominator. Remember they beat the NHL all stars 2 games to 1 the previous year. They would have been the Detroit RedWings before the Detroit Redwings. Then again they literally were the “Red Army”.
@@stickman1742 No I think the Isles/Habs/Flyers and Bruins would have all given them a good series. All Star teams are not as strong as a team that spends all their time together like the Soviets did
@@ronryan7398 the 87 team may have been the greatest pro team in any sport ever assembled and they still only beat the Soviets 2-1 in a 3 game series with all 3 games decided by 1 goal. Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Coffey etc all at their peak
When the sports writer said there would never be another miracle, I don’t think he was saying the Americans could never win another gold medal in hockey. Instead, I think he was saying there would never be such a confluence of sporting, cultural, geopolitical, and patriotic factors to make what The Miracle on Ice more than just an Olympic victory.
I did better than that. As a kid I watched us beat Russia and Finland. This might be the longest shot in Sports History. $1,000.00 on USA to win at the beginning of the Olympics would have paid $1,000,000.00
One of the great memories of my childhood. Watched "Miracle" with my son when he was 16, he asked me if it was really as good as the movie. Truth is, I told him, "No. It was better." It's hard for anyone who didn't live in that time to know.
I remember exactly where I was. 10 years old and fighting with the baby sitter about what we would watch on TV. I called my mom (on a rotary phone no less) and got her to let us kids watch. We almost tore the house down when we won. It's a major reason why I love the game. Miracles do happen!
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 I was 9 and my mom watched it with me(my dad was out of town for work). We went crazy at the end. I never cared about hockey very much but this was more about pride.
Along with that miraculous victory, the class of the Russian team should never be forgotten. Long after the miracle on ice, that Russian team of players had absolutely no animosity towards the US team, often looking back on the game with some affection. In those day, they had been winning so effortlessly for so long, that even though they were disappointed after losing, watching the Americans celebrate reminded them of what it was like to feel and express pure joy after a victory. It wasn't long after that Russian players started entering the NHL, many of whom were dominant at their positions and whose skills were exciting to watch.
This truly was the best sporting moment I’ve ever witnessed. The whole country watched this, and it was insane how huge it was for us. I’m so glad you watched this. The broadcaster is right, the USA chants didn’t happen before this event. 😊
I remember getting the morning paper the next day and I quickly looked through the sports section. It was on page 3 of THE SPORTS SECTION. The local news media had no idea what was going on in the country. When the USA beat the Czechs, we began to pay attention. When we played the Russians that Friday night, at work that was all anyone could talk about.
As a Canadian, we watched this game with feelings of regret that we were not in the Gold Medal game. Every TV in Canada was tuned into this game. What the USA pulled off is amazing. It was a stupendous game of hockey!😀🇨🇦
Very few people know the sad story of Canada in the 1980 Olympics. Our "kids" first exposed the Soviets. We were beating them going into the third period and couldn't sustain it and lost. Mike Eruzione saw that game and knew, as he later put it, that Canada had them on the ropes. The hockey Gods blessed the US and cursed Canada in that tournament, it happens.
ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series did a film on the Soviet team called "Of Miracles and Men." They talk to members of the Soviet team and get their perspective on that game. It also dives into the Soviet's history with the game of hockey, how they got so good at the game and how much of a shock it was for them to lose.
I remember reading Tretiak saying Tikhonov benched him too early for Myshkin, and that was largely the reason he quit the team shortly after Lake Placid.
And how many championships they won before and afterwards. To theim it was just an oops moment. But how the country treated them afterwards was surprising
I am from Birmingham Alabama where the only game that matters is college football. Yet, on the night of the USA vs USSR Olympic Hockey game. THE only game in B'ham was a hockey game in Lake Placid. I was married and living in Detroit Michigan at that time... the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. We were watching the Olympic hockey game too. I was on the phone - long distance - with my family in Alabama as the countdown was called and bedlam erupted in Detroit all the way to B'ham...from Maine to Texas and from Washington DC to California. the whole nation was glued to their TVs and radios. Unforgettable moment.
If you didn't grow up during the Cold War years, it's hard to fully appreciate how huge an upset, and how important an event, this was. I was watching in my college dorm room, and moments after the game ended the streets were FILLED with students celebrating.
I was going to say something very much like this. I was 14 at the time. As you said. People who didn't live in this time period simply cannot appreciate the magnitude of this event. I wish there was a way to truly project that.
To this American, who watched the game when it broadcast on tape delay, the Soviet game is the single greatest sporting event of the 20th century. Al Michaels' call of "ERUZIONE SCORES!" brings tears to my eyes to this day.
thanks guys really enjoyed you watching this biggest upset of all time - as CANADIANS we were ecstatic when the AMERKS shot down the dreaded red machine
The US coach, Herb Brooks, absolutely pushed the players to their limit in terms of physical conditioning... The players all hated it at the time but the results spoke for themselves... He made them resilent and relentless.
Herb Brooks is one of my heroes. He knew those kids were good, and wanted the best for them. He wanted them hate him, so they would bond with each other to show him up. Brilliant coaching on his part! (of course, they caught on and ended up respecting him)
@@amyblasingim2136When they filmed the movie they skated 3 days straight to recreate that key postgame and no one complained because the players had told them how important it was.
We'd been out driving around during the early evening and heard the game's final score on the car radio. But ABC-TV was keeping mum about the outcome so as not to mess up viewers planning to watch the prime time replay as if it were live. We didn't care if we knew the score -- hockey is hockey -- but it was actually kind of nice to watch a game without that twisting-gut sensation of fan stress. Anyway, nearing the end of the game there was a commercial break and our local 11PM news anchor appeared on the screen to tell us about some of the headlines they'd be covering. AND HE BLABBED THAT THE U.S. WON! We paused a couple of moments, there in the living room, contemplating "did he just do that???". Then we just laughed and laughed and laughed. All those folks sitting on the edges of their seats at home, watching the game on that station, sweating out every minute, so afraid the USA youngsters would end up being steamrolled by the USSR hockey machine, hoping the impossible might find a way to happen ... and then !POP! yeah they're gonna win.
I was a freshman in college and one guy on my floor was from Philly and a huge hockey fan. He got the entire dorm floor to watch the Soviet Union game and we went crazy. Two days later, the entire country was entranced. It was like nothing I'd ever seen before or since. It was literally a seismic event.
I remember jumping around like a crazy person with my family and friends at the end of this game. I can still feel the emotions today that I felt 43 years ago.
I was only 5 at the time, but I swear I have faint memories of actually watching this live, not just memories of having seen it dozens of times afterward.
Same. My dad was a high school hockey coach in Minnesota. We had a bunch of the team over watching. I was 11. It still is one of my happiest memories. I could barely speak the next day from shouting.
I'm a 50 year old American. I have seen this entire game maybe a dozen times. I've seen the iconic Eruzione goal and the "Do you believe in miracles?! YES!" clip literally hundreds of times. And there hasn't been a single time that I haven't teared up watching it. Not once. This is the single greatest sports moment in American history.
I know exactly where I was that day. 24 years old, sitting in my Motel 6 room making cable TV jumpers for the TV change out of said Motel 6 in Phoenix AZ. My self and 2 other guys watching the game while we worked. When the winning goal was scored we went crazy! Later that evening we decided to have a nice dinner at a steak house down the road to celebrate. After sitting down in our booth, I slid out and stood near the center of the dinning area and at the top of my lungs yelled out "lets hear it for our Russia beating Hockey Team"!! and a very big return from everyone having dinner, applause and USA! USA!!, I get chills every time I remember. Very special feeling.😂
My not-yet husband was a 3rd year law student that year. I was in graduate school, coming into the law school building to meet him for lunch. I saw this usually restrained and serious young man taking the steps up from the ground floor (where the student lounge was located) to the first floor waving his arms and shouting with about three other guys, "WE DID IT! WE WON!" The grin was splitting his face & my befuddled reaction was "Won what?" I learned to follow hockey after that.
My son got to shake the hand of Buzz Schneider...!!!! My son played the position of goalie..meeting Buzz Schneider was a fulfillment of a dream for him... to meet one of the heroes of this Miracle team will always be one of his high points...my son told Mr. Schneider that the movie was our favorite and we always love watching it... Thank you Miracle team for giving us all these years later the pride in our country!!!!!!!
One of the craziest things about this game is that only approximately 9% of the US got to see it live. Over 90% of the country saw it on tape delay at 8pm.
I was 9 years old. My dad wouldn't let me hear it live on the radio. So, we watched it on delayed tv broadcast. We jumped and screamed throughout the house. We were in the street with neighbors, Hugging and celebrating. Neighbors shooting off fireworks. My dad and our neighbor across the street never got along. But that night, They instantly high fived, hugged it out, toasted beers. Whatever the issue was, it was done. They remained friends until neighbors passing. Gives me chills to this day.🇺🇸💪🏼👍🏼✌🏼
I've seen people mention it in other comments, but I'll reiterate - "Miracle" is a GREAT movie. Can't capture the spirit of the game 1 to 1, but it does a great job telling the story and gets you pumped up. Definitely worth a watch!
The 1972 Basketball final between the US and the Soviets is actually a super interesting topic to examine. There's so much all around that was just insane from how the US team was put together, which didn't have all the best amateurs even, to the apparent officiating shenanigans late that gave the Soviets the opportunities for the win, to the fact that the US team was so frustrated by the officiating that they refused their silvers and, to this day, they will not accept them and some have written into their wills to never accept the silver medal.
That one is right up there with 88 Olympics and the robbery of Roy Jones Jr. After the 88 games, I stopped watching or caring for the Olympics. Haven't watched them since.
The beginning video clip was from the movie "Patton" about George S. Patton, a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the invasion of Normandy. Patton despised the Russions. The actor who portrayed Patton was George C. Scott
To this day I remember this night. I was 14 years old. My dad was listening to the game on the radio live in the basement of our Minnesota home by himself. Meanwhile, upstairs the rest of the family carried on like it wasn't happening. I didn't think we had a shot in hell of beating the Soviets, so I didn't bother listening. Then my dad sprinted up the stairs yelling "We won!!" I was extatic. Needless to say we watched the tape delay of the game, and even though we knew the outcome, it was something that brought tears to my eyes and created a memory that will never fade.
I was 13 years old, at that time, and didn't know anything about hockey. After the first two wins, and the hype going across the country, I became a temporary fan. I watched every game after that, and was glued to the tv every minute. It was an amazing time. Al Michaels call, "Do you believe in Miracles", is part of American lexicon.
As a Canadian the 1972 summit series against the Soviets will always be the greatest victory in hockey, four games in Canada followed by four games in the Soviet Union It did for Canada what Lake Placid did for the Americans. Down three games to one with a tie Canada was forced to win 3 games in a row in Moscow to secure the series and Paul Henderson's winning tally with 32 seconds left on the clock in game 8 will forever be the greatest goal ever scored to my mind.
Watched this 'live' (tape delayed) in Monterey, California with a buddy. The last 10 minutes of holding the lead were incredible. 99 out of 100 times the Soviets would win, but this why the play the game. At 62, this is the greatest sports moment I've experienced.
Definitely need to watch that movie. It tells the story of the 80 team, and what Brooks did to prepare them, in much better detail. This spent too much time on the politics and disregards that, on a sporting level, this was pretty much akin to Manchester United during the days when SAF had them owning the Premier League, losing to a League 2 team. A very well-coached League 2 team, perhaps. But the magnitude of the accomplishment, and the mind games Brooks played to get the team to buy in and pull it off? Yeah, this doesn't do justice to that.
@@shawngillogly6873 Your soccer/football analogy is perfect. The Russia people could not believe their beloved Red Army team lost to a 'bunch of students".
Thanks for showing such a memorable moment!! It’s really such a wonderful story overall given the way we were feeling regarding a lot of national setbacks prior to those games! It really was an amazing alignment of circumstances along with the crowd encouraging those players to win!! Great video!
its been 43 yrs. me and juniir high teammates watched together. and in a period where men didnt cry, there were tears of joy. the ultimate underdog. that tear still comes when i rewatch..remembering that day at 12 years old.
Some great players went on to the NHL from that team. Neil Broten, Dave Christian, Kenny Morrow and a few others. Kenny Morrow went from winning a Olympic Gold to winning 4 straight Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders from 1980-1983.
The Jimmy V story is similarly inspiring. He was basketball Head Coach at North Carolina St. and they won the NCAA tournament in a huge upset. But that’s only half of his story…
I saw an analysis video that showed how Herb Brooks came up with a strategy to interfere with the machine-like tactics of the Soviets. He risked defending the front of the goal by sending extra skaters into the neutral zone and harass the Soviet offense early. They were a little flustered and it worked for that game........also the movie is very good. And please react to the two Soviet - NHL series in the 70's.....really interesting as well. You guys rock!
Nothing can beat watching the actual game(s) or living through those times to put the story into real/accurate context ... BUT the movie "Miracle" did a surprisingly good job of coming in second. I recommend you watch the movie -- which also provides insight into the "back story," the heartbreaks, and the intense preparations that made the real "Miracle on Ice" possible in 1980.
not only were these all college players, but they had to overcome college rivalries to get together as a team. tons of players from Minnesota and Boston University (who had just played eachother for a national championship), Boston College (rival of BU), etc.
The Miracle on Ice wasn't the most amazing feat at the 1980 Olympics. The most amazing athletic feat was Eric Heiden winning the gold medal in EVERY SINGLE EVENT in speed skating. 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m. Insane. It's a record that is unlikely to ever be broken.
@@michaelsmith-iu1be Underdog teams win all the time. Bigger upsets happen (popularity wise) at every World Cup. It's been over 40 years and so far nobody has come close to winning gold in every speed skating event at a single Olympic Games.
@@michaelsmith-iu1be Heiden is a legend in Scandinavia. 90+% of people can't name a single player from that US Hockey team. It's all a matter of perspective. I'm valuing an athletic achievement higher, while you clearly care about a team sport.
@@MrVvulf Did they make a movie about eric heiden? Do people to this day watch old eric heiden you tube videos? I am American. I could care less what Scandinavia thinks. I guarantee if you did a poll on which is most historic/popular hockey team smashes eric heiden. Have a nice day.
In my opinion this moment in sports history became the true epitome of the underdog story and what can happen when you give your absolute best. I was born a year later but I can only imagine what it felt like (also that picture of the russian guy….he had some eyebrows 😂)
Greatest sporting event of my lifetime by far. Al Michaels call at the end gives me chills. And to think the game was tape delayed. Spent the day trying not to hear the score. My younger brother kept acting like he was about to tell me without really ever doing it. I was about to kick his ass if he actually did say it. 😂
I watched this live on TV when I was a kid. My brother and I were jumping up and down, tears of joy and pride !!! Amazing. These kids had just beat the biggest juggernaut of a sports team that ever was. I still can remember Al Micheals "do you believe in miracles ?" then later I remember Craig looking around for his father after winning the gold ...super emotional even now thinking of it. One of those life defining olympic moments.
You should really check out the story about that basketball game at 4:40. Rules were violated at the end of that game, the US should've won, but the refs kept giving the Soviets chance after chance to win at the end there. So much so that the US team protested and decided to never collect its silver medal.
Historical fact: The USA vs USSR game was TAPE DELAYED for American audiences. I remember already knowing the result BEFORE the game aired. I was the only member of my family who viewed the result as it was displayed. When my family told me not to "spoil the game" by revealing the outcome, I just said, "Very close result".
I was at the college UND in Grand Forks N.D along with all the hockey players. Most knew someone playing in the game. I lost a few years just watching the Russians keep blasting Jim Craig. What a goalie for sure. The place went crazy when we won. The whole town was in the streets shouting USA. What a rush.unforgettable
Watching it now gave me a good feeling of excitement. It's like watching it for the first time or something. LOL I was happy back then of course. I just didn't realize all the circumstances involved. It was very important we won that game.
Hoo boy do I have interesting memories of that. I was in a college sports bar, and in the most famous moment of that game had a crazed Red Sox fan grab my collector's edition white Mets Cap (the first of its kind that they gave out at a game) off my head and rip the clasp off the back, destroying the hat. He "apologized" but didn't mean it (and didn't even attempt to pay even a token payment for an irreplaceable hat... he just walked away).
I remember this game well. It was amazing. While on the topic of hockey, would love to see your reaction to Brawl at Hockeytown. It focuses on the extremely intense rivalry between Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche. One game in particular has been talked about for years. The bad blood between the two teams actually carried on for almost ten years. Thanks for great videos and discussions. 👏🇨🇦
I remember that time. Those were dark days in America. The gas shortage and the American hostages, it was depressing. I was 23 years old and I always loved the Olympics. We were glued to the tv. What struck me was how the Soviets just stared almost in awe at the US team while they celebrated. It was just a job to them and they always won. I remember one of them mentioned the joy the US team exhibited at every goal and win was something the Soviet team hadn’t felt in a long time. When they won the gold you could hear in my apartment building and the neighborhood cheers everywhere. It was what America needed at that time. It made us proud.🇺🇸
I was a 14 year old hockey fan in 1980 and remember this well. I like the way Mike Eruzione speaks about what Herb Brooks says to the team about the Gold Medal game….which was simply “if you lose this game you will take it to your ‘effn grave” then starts to leave the room, turns back around to say “your ‘effn grave”
There was no gold medal game. It was a round robin medal round where top 4 teams played once against each other an team with most points gets gold. If USA lost to Finland on final day, they could have finished even without a medal.
@@RoyalMela maybe I wasn’t clear….when I mentioned what Herb Brooks said to the team, it was before the Gold Medal game against Finland….hence the “if you lose this game…to the grave”. They were coming off of the shocking upset of Russia…but they still had another game…for the Gold.
@@kevinmassey1164 You were clear. But there was no gold medal game. It was a game between A2 and B2. Teams from pool A and pool B, who finished second in their preliminary groups. Sweden and Soviets played later that day game A1 - B2 as they were pool winners and.
I remember watching this wonderful team as they moved on to the gold medal. Crying with joy was all I could do. We got to know all the players and just beamed with pride at their success. Love your reaction. 😊
The amateur rules have been relaxed over time. The Eastern Block Athletes were all Pros. They would be in the army, and their job in the army would be to train for their sport. That's how we ended up with the Basketball Dream Team. Our college kids were playing grown men (and women), so once we sent our pros, it changed the landscape
I watched every match the USA played. My mom made sure we watched the Olympics every year they were on. I'm crying now, watching this. You can watch this and see how great it was but if you lived in those days you feel more emotions about it because there was so many other things going on at the time.
I was a kid, helping set up a Purim carnival at synagogue. Someone brought in a little black and white tv and it was playing in a corner with rabbit ear antennas. People got more and more excited as more and more people watched on this little tv.
I saw that game on tv with my Dad. I was 17. I didn't understand hockey at the time, but I could tell something amazing had happened because my Dad was unusually emotional. I became a hockey fan right then and there. Dad would take me to NJ Devil games with him all the time after that. I will cherish that moment forever!
Without a doubt THE GREATEST sports upset EVER- Followed (imo) by the Red Sox winning the '04 ALCS over the NY Yankees, after losing the first 3 games, then winning the next 4 to win- and the 01 World Series, Arizona DBacks vs NY Yankees- in a 7 game THRILLER, only a couple months after 9-11
The movie 'Miracle' is quite impressive as a film as well. Literally all of the hockey players in the film ARE hockey players--not actors. And all of them--even the Russians--look exactly like their real life counterparts. The original team was brought to the set while they were filming and were all blown away at how uncanny the resemblances were. Nobody had to say who was playing who, they all just knew.
7:33 To answer your question, 65 nations did not send athletes the Moscow Olympics. Funny part is, the UK and Australia were some of the USA's biggest supporters of the boycott and ended up sending athletes anyways. And the US also won gold in hockey in 1960.
I watched those games, the grit and determination and all around team play was great. Our pee-wee hockey coach that year seemed to be inspired by it as well, our practices doubled in intensity after the Olympics. Another great hockey story along this same vein would be the story of the 72 Summit series, played between the Soviets and Canada, with the Canadian team made up of the best Canadian NHL players of the era.
Picking the greatest moment in sports will be very subjective depending on where you live but here goes. I'm Canadian and watched this with my Dad. Still get chills. The '72 Canada/Russia series is right up there...Paul Henderson scoring the winning goal. The Blue Jays winning their 1st World Series. My #1 would be Secretariat at the 1973 Belmont Stakes to take the Triple Crown. He broke the track records of the Derby and Preakness...then shattered it at the Belmont. Took over 2 seconds off the record and beat the rest of the field by 31 lengths. His records for all 3 still stand today. Also watched that with my Dad and we were speechless. Also Al Micheals is one of the best sportscasters out there.
Thanks for taking the time to watch this, guys. It can be a bit much to put up with American propaganda (I’m American so I can say this 😂). Truly a legendary moment with a great call from Al Michaels, “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!”
You probably know this by now, but the medal round in 1980 had an unusual quirk. The 12 teams were split into two groups of six, and the top two in each group advanced to the medal round. Importantly, the teams carried into the medal round the points gained against the other medal contender they faced in group play...and so the USSR had beaten Finland and thus had 2 points already and Finland 0. As the USA and Sweden had played to a draw, each started with 1 point. On 22 February, the USA beat the USSR, and Sweden and Finland played to a draw. Updated points: USA 3, USSR 2, Sweden 2, Finland 1. On 24 February, the USA beat Finland, and the USSR beat Sweden. Final points: USA 5 (gold), USSR 4 (silver), Sweden 2 (bronze) and Finland 1. Had the USA lost to Finland, they might have ended up with bronze.
The Russians scored 51 goals in the first 5 games of the 80 Olympics. They had beat the same US team 10-3 a month earlier. They had recently beat a US NHL all star team 6-0
Usa had 1 a gold medal in like the sixties some odd 20 years prior, if I'm correct. Until this... they were never even competitive in hockey until these games
Think you guys just missed an important part where in 1979 the Soviets played a three game series, The Challenge Cup, at Madison Square Garden against the NHL All Stars(a team that had several future HoFers). First game NHL won 4-2, then Soviets won 5-4, and in the finale the Soviets smoked them 6-0.
The amazing part about this is that Russia could have still won the gold medal had the United States lost to Finland, due to the fact the hockey tournament was played in a round-robin and not single game format. The tournament was split into two divisions of six teams, the top two teams from those divisions would advance to the medal round. Blue: United States and Sweden Red: Soviet Union and Finland Points accrued against that opponent would carry over, since the U.S tied Sweden each team was awarded one point, Russia awarded two and Finland zero since they had lost to the Soviets 4-2. The U.S beating the Soviets would now give them three, a one point lead over the Soviet team the Finns and Swedes tied 3-3 giving them each one point, making the standings the following. United States 3 Soviet Union 2 Sweden 2 Finland 1 No matter the outcome vs the Soviet team the U.S would still have to play their game against Finland, however if they lost to Finland by more than two goals and Sweden and the Soviets tied the U.S wouldn't have medaled. But the United States won 4-2 giving them five points, and Russia won over Sweden 9-2 for a total of four points, Sweden finished out the podium with two.
Pull up a map of Minnesota. Find Roseau, Warroad, Grand Rapids, Eveleth. and Babbitt. See how few live in each. And then ponder that each contributed a player to this team.
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Hey guys, curious...What's considered the similar event for England? WC in 66?
2001 world series, all of it😊
The previos olympics, they lost to teh Czech B team 15-1. (The B Team are the alternate players who didn't make the Olympic team) SO they are the 20 back up players essentially.
Many years later, it was revealed that the CIA was funding Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban, as a way of fighting the Russians in Afghanistan. A case of 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend.' There's an A-list movie about the funding for that, called Charlie Wilson's War.
There's a hockey gane better than this one.. The Phi. FLYERS vs. USSR... The Broad st. Bullies vs the red army..
“do you believe in miracles? YES!!”
One of the best calls of all time. Absolutely beautiful
Watching the Disney movie the first time back in the 2000s, I completely missed the point when they faded out Al Michaels' movie voice over for the original audio until I watched the BTS featurettes and they pointed that out. Michaels said there was no recapturing that level of hype and excitement in a mere voice over for the film so they cross-faded into the broadcast audio. Awesome sound mixing.
He did an amazing job when the Lomo Prieta earthquake hit minutes before Game 3 of the 1989 World Series. He became an impromptu news anchor in the immediate aftermath.
Still gives me chills !!!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I’m 56…a fan of the Cardinals, who’ve won plenty of WS. But NOTHING ELSE TOUCHES THIS. I was 12. I still get chills.
I always felt that was contrived, and he stepped over Ken Dydren's, "It's over."
That Soviet team was not just NHL caliber but would have been a Stanley Cup contender. As a Canadian I loved those American college kids slaying Goliath
Not just a contender but a dominator. Remember they beat the NHL all stars 2 games to 1 the previous year. They would have been the Detroit RedWings before the Detroit Redwings. Then again they literally were the “Red Army”.
That Soviet team was just as good as the NHL All-Star team. It was far greater than any individual NHL team.
@@stickman1742 No I think the Isles/Habs/Flyers and Bruins would have all given them a good series. All Star teams are not as strong as a team that spends all their time together like the Soviets did
If the 20 best Canadian players at ANY time in history played as a team full time nobody, including the Russians, would have gotten within 10 goals.
@@ronryan7398 the 87 team may have been the greatest pro team in any sport ever assembled and they still only beat the Soviets 2-1 in a 3 game series with all 3 games decided by 1 goal. Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Coffey etc all at their peak
When the sports writer said there would never be another miracle, I don’t think he was saying the Americans could never win another gold medal in hockey. Instead, I think he was saying there would never be such a confluence of sporting, cultural, geopolitical, and patriotic factors to make what The Miracle on Ice more than just an Olympic victory.
In my opinion, this was the greatest sporting moment in at least US history.
As an American who has never cared about hockey in my life. I’ve seen the movie for this multiple times and get chills every time I think about it.
I did better than that. As a kid I watched us beat Russia and Finland.
This might be the longest shot in Sports History. $1,000.00 on USA to win at the beginning of the Olympics would have paid $1,000,000.00
I saw that game it was great...a happy moment for those kids and great memories for Americans💖🇺🇸
I 100% agree with you haha
In those days there were NO professionals in any sports. But the Russians were amateurs in name only.
The American teams have been underdogs many times in the Olympics.
One of the great memories of my childhood. Watched "Miracle" with my son when he was 16, he asked me if it was really as good as the movie. Truth is, I told him, "No. It was better." It's hard for anyone who didn't live in that time to know.
Right?
It was better. It's one of my happiest memories.
I remember exactly where I was. 10 years old and fighting with the baby sitter about what we would watch on TV. I called my mom (on a rotary phone no less) and got her to let us kids watch. We almost tore the house down when we won. It's a major reason why I love the game. Miracles do happen!
Love this Marshall 🔥🔥
I was about 10 years old also.
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 I was 9 and my mom watched it with me(my dad was out of town for work). We went crazy at the end. I never cared about hockey very much but this was more about pride.
I was 11 and it made me love hockey.
I was babysitting a 10-year-old boy during this game! Luckily for him, I also was determined to watch the game. We went nuts!
Along with that miraculous victory, the class of the Russian team should never be forgotten. Long after the miracle on ice, that Russian team of players had absolutely no animosity towards the US team, often looking back on the game with some affection. In those day, they had been winning so effortlessly for so long, that even though they were disappointed after losing, watching the Americans celebrate reminded them of what it was like to feel and express pure joy after a victory. It wasn't long after that Russian players started entering the NHL, many of whom were dominant at their positions and whose skills were exciting to watch.
I forget what it was called, but I watched something on their journey after too, and the effort it took to get several major players into the NHL.
This truly was the best sporting moment I’ve ever witnessed. The whole country watched this, and it was insane how huge it was for us. I’m so glad you watched this. The broadcaster is right, the USA chants didn’t happen before this event. 😊
You’re welcome Johanna, we loved this one! A truly incredible story 😀
I remember getting the morning paper the next day and I quickly looked through the sports section. It was on page 3 of THE SPORTS SECTION. The local news media had no idea what was going on in the country. When the USA beat the Czechs, we began to pay attention. When we played the Russians that Friday night, at work that was all anyone could talk about.
As a Canadian, we watched this game with feelings of regret that we were not in the Gold Medal game. Every TV in Canada was tuned into this game. What the USA pulled off is amazing. It was a stupendous game of hockey!😀🇨🇦
If I recall correctly, one of your coaches, Tom Watt, said that if anyone could beat the Russians, it would be the Americans.
This was not the gold medal game, neither was the game against Finland two days later. It was a four team round robin medal round. No semis, no final.
Very few people know the sad story of Canada in the 1980 Olympics. Our "kids" first exposed the Soviets. We were beating them going into the third period and couldn't sustain it and lost. Mike Eruzione saw that game and knew, as he later put it, that Canada had them on the ropes. The hockey Gods blessed the US and cursed Canada in that tournament, it happens.
@@RoyalMelaThey defeated Finland 2 days later for the gold medal.
ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series did a film on the Soviet team called "Of Miracles and Men." They talk to members of the Soviet team and get their perspective on that game. It also dives into the Soviet's history with the game of hockey, how they got so good at the game and how much of a shock it was for them to lose.
I remember reading Tretiak saying Tikhonov benched him too early for Myshkin, and that was largely the reason he quit the team shortly after Lake Placid.
And how many championships they won before and afterwards. To theim it was just an oops moment. But how the country treated them afterwards was surprising
That was a great episode, to be fair, almost any of the 30 for 30 series is good tv. You can't really go wrong with them.
Of Miracles and Men" is an outstanding 30 for 30 film. Benching Tretiak is still a huge mystery
I am from Birmingham Alabama where the only game that matters is college football. Yet, on the night of the USA vs USSR Olympic Hockey game. THE only game in B'ham was a hockey game in Lake Placid. I was married and living in Detroit Michigan at that time... the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. We were watching the Olympic hockey game too. I was on the phone - long distance - with my family in Alabama as the countdown was called and bedlam erupted in Detroit all the way to B'ham...from Maine to Texas and from Washington DC to California. the whole nation was glued to their TVs and radios. Unforgettable moment.
This game happened exactly 4 years before I was born, and my Mom remembered my Dad watching it- she doesn’t follow sports at all.
If you didn't grow up during the Cold War years, it's hard to fully appreciate how huge an upset, and how important an event, this was. I was watching in my college dorm room, and moments after the game ended the streets were FILLED with students celebrating.
I was going to say something very much like this. I was 14 at the time.
As you said. People who didn't live in this time period simply cannot appreciate the magnitude of this event.
I wish there was a way to truly project that.
I agree, this was HUGE at the time. The big bad Russian PROFESSIONAL team upset by a bunch of college kids! 🇺🇸 USA
To this American, who watched the game when it broadcast on tape delay, the Soviet game is the single greatest sporting event of the 20th century. Al Michaels' call of "ERUZIONE SCORES!" brings tears to my eyes to this day.
thanks guys really enjoyed you watching this biggest upset of all time - as CANADIANS we were ecstatic when the AMERKS shot down the dreaded red machine
The US coach, Herb Brooks, absolutely pushed the players to their limit in terms of physical conditioning... The players all hated it at the time but the results spoke for themselves... He made them resilent and relentless.
Herb Brooks is one of my heroes. He knew those kids were good, and wanted the best for them. He wanted them hate him, so they would bond with each other to show him up. Brilliant coaching on his part! (of course, they caught on and ended up respecting him)
@@patdonnelly9392Absolutely.
Their physical conditioning was so extreme that they were actually dropping, puking and getting back up to continue! But look at the result!!
@@amyblasingim2136When they filmed the movie they skated 3 days straight to recreate that key postgame and no one complained because the players had told them how important it was.
Watched it when it occured and still get chills watching the replays.
Amazing achievement!
Facts
Carefully worded. You seem to be saying something, without actually committed to be fact checked.
We'd been out driving around during the early evening and heard the game's final score on the car radio. But ABC-TV was keeping mum about the outcome so as not to mess up viewers planning to watch the prime time replay as if it were live. We didn't care if we knew the score -- hockey is hockey -- but it was actually kind of nice to watch a game without that twisting-gut sensation of fan stress. Anyway, nearing the end of the game there was a commercial break and our local 11PM news anchor appeared on the screen to tell us about some of the headlines they'd be covering. AND HE BLABBED THAT THE U.S. WON! We paused a couple of moments, there in the living room, contemplating "did he just do that???". Then we just laughed and laughed and laughed. All those folks sitting on the edges of their seats at home, watching the game on that station, sweating out every minute, so afraid the USA youngsters would end up being steamrolled by the USSR hockey machine, hoping the impossible might find a way to happen ... and then !POP! yeah they're gonna win.
@@Hexon66 How are you going to "fact check" something that happened before social media? Sheesh! It was on TV!
I was a freshman in college and one guy on my floor was from Philly and a huge hockey fan. He got the entire dorm floor to watch the Soviet Union game and we went crazy. Two days later, the entire country was entranced. It was like nothing I'd ever seen before or since. It was literally a seismic event.
I remember jumping around like a crazy person with my family and friends at the end of this game. I can still feel the emotions today that I felt 43 years ago.
Love this, can imagine the celebrations, thanks for posting! 🔥🔥
I was only 5 at the time, but I swear I have faint memories of actually watching this live, not just memories of having seen it dozens of times afterward.
Same.
My dad was a high school hockey coach in Minnesota. We had a bunch of the team over watching. I was 11.
It still is one of my happiest memories.
I could barely speak the next day from shouting.
🤣👍❤️same
I'm a 50 year old American. I have seen this entire game maybe a dozen times. I've seen the iconic Eruzione goal and the "Do you believe in miracles?! YES!" clip literally hundreds of times.
And there hasn't been a single time that I haven't teared up watching it. Not once. This is the single greatest sports moment in American history.
I know exactly where I was that day. 24 years old, sitting in my Motel 6 room making cable TV jumpers for the TV change out of said Motel 6 in Phoenix AZ. My self and 2 other guys watching the game while we worked. When the winning goal was scored we went crazy! Later that evening we decided to have a nice dinner at a steak house down the road to celebrate. After sitting down in our booth, I slid out and stood near the center of the dinning area and at the top of my lungs yelled out "lets hear it for our Russia beating Hockey Team"!! and a very big return from everyone having dinner, applause and USA! USA!!, I get chills every time I remember. Very special feeling.😂
I’ll never forget this as a kid in Boston at the time. Mike Eruzione and Jimmy Craig visited our middle school and we were all overcome and in awe
That’s awesome! Love this. Thank you for the comment 🤝
My not-yet husband was a 3rd year law student that year. I was in graduate school, coming into the law school building to meet him for lunch. I saw this usually restrained and serious young man taking the steps up from the ground floor (where the student lounge was located) to the first floor waving his arms and shouting with about three other guys, "WE DID IT! WE WON!" The grin was splitting his face & my befuddled reaction was "Won what?" I learned to follow hockey after that.
My son got to shake the hand of Buzz Schneider...!!!! My son played the position of goalie..meeting Buzz Schneider was a fulfillment of a dream for him... to meet one of the heroes of this Miracle team will always be one of his high points...my son told Mr. Schneider that the movie was our favorite and we always love watching it...
Thank you Miracle team for giving us all these years later the pride in our country!!!!!!!
One of the craziest things about this game is that only approximately 9% of the US got to see it live. Over 90% of the country saw it on tape delay at 8pm.
I was 9 years old. My dad wouldn't let me hear it live on the radio. So, we watched it on delayed tv broadcast. We jumped and screamed throughout the house. We were in the street with neighbors, Hugging and celebrating. Neighbors shooting off fireworks. My dad and our neighbor across the street never got along. But that night, They instantly high fived, hugged it out, toasted beers. Whatever the issue was, it was done. They remained friends until neighbors passing. Gives me chills to this day.🇺🇸💪🏼👍🏼✌🏼
I was 12 when this happened. It's one of the highlights of my childhood.
I've seen people mention it in other comments, but I'll reiterate - "Miracle" is a GREAT movie. Can't capture the spirit of the game 1 to 1, but it does a great job telling the story and gets you pumped up. Definitely worth a watch!
The 1972 Basketball final between the US and the Soviets is actually a super interesting topic to examine. There's so much all around that was just insane from how the US team was put together, which didn't have all the best amateurs even, to the apparent officiating shenanigans late that gave the Soviets the opportunities for the win, to the fact that the US team was so frustrated by the officiating that they refused their silvers and, to this day, they will not accept them and some have written into their wills to never accept the silver medal.
Arguably one of the biggest fixes in sports history. Absolute sham.
That one stung me to see
That one is right up there with 88 Olympics and the robbery of Roy Jones Jr. After the 88 games, I stopped watching or caring for the Olympics. Haven't watched them since.
I"ve already found five articles listing the greatest sports upsets and this is #1 on all of them.
Al Michael's is hands down the greatest commentator in sports history. That line do you believe in miracles is timeless
The beginning video clip was from the movie "Patton" about George S. Patton, a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the invasion of Normandy. Patton despised the Russions. The actor who portrayed Patton was George C. Scott
To this day I remember this night. I was 14 years old. My dad was listening to the game on the radio live in the basement of our Minnesota home by himself. Meanwhile, upstairs the rest of the family carried on like it wasn't happening. I didn't think we had a shot in hell of beating the Soviets, so I didn't bother listening. Then my dad sprinted up the stairs yelling "We won!!" I was extatic. Needless to say we watched the tape delay of the game, and even though we knew the outcome, it was something that brought tears to my eyes and created a memory that will never fade.
I was 13 years old, at that time, and didn't know anything about hockey. After the first two wins, and the hype going across the country, I became a temporary fan. I watched every game after that, and was glued to the tv every minute. It was an amazing time. Al Michaels call, "Do you believe in Miracles", is part of American lexicon.
The Miracle on Ice speech is probably the best non-governmental speech in American history. Gives me chills every time
As a Canadian the 1972 summit series against the Soviets will always be the greatest victory in hockey, four games in Canada followed by four games in the Soviet Union It did for Canada what Lake Placid did for the Americans. Down three games to one with a tie Canada was forced to win 3 games in a row in Moscow to secure the series and Paul Henderson's winning tally with 32 seconds left on the clock in game 8 will forever be the greatest goal ever scored to my mind.
uhhh. what game?
@@trevorcorkery The greatest series in hockey
Watched this 'live' (tape delayed) in Monterey, California with a buddy. The last 10 minutes of holding the lead were incredible. 99 out of 100 times the Soviets would win, but this why the play the game. At 62, this is the greatest sports moment I've experienced.
The film Miracle really captured what went into creating this team and that unforgettable moment.
Miracle on Ice is a testament to perseverance. Whatever your goals are, you can persevere.
I love this so much. The move 'Miracle' is a classic.
Heard about this film, we’ll have to add that to our watch list. Appreciate the comment 🙏
Definitely need to watch that movie. It tells the story of the 80 team, and what Brooks did to prepare them, in much better detail. This spent too much time on the politics and disregards that, on a sporting level, this was pretty much akin to Manchester United during the days when SAF had them owning the Premier League, losing to a League 2 team. A very well-coached League 2 team, perhaps. But the magnitude of the accomplishment, and the mind games Brooks played to get the team to buy in and pull it off? Yeah, this doesn't do justice to that.
@@shawngillogly6873 Your soccer/football analogy is perfect. The Russia people could not believe their beloved Red Army team lost to a 'bunch of students".
Thanks for showing such a memorable moment!! It’s really such a wonderful story overall given the way we were feeling regarding a lot of national setbacks prior to those games! It really was an amazing alignment of circumstances along with the crowd encouraging those players to win!! Great video!
Our pleasure Sarah, this really was an enjoyable watch and thank you, really appreciate it 🙏
its been 43 yrs. me and juniir high teammates watched together. and in a period where men didnt cry, there were tears of joy. the ultimate underdog. that tear still comes when i rewatch..remembering that day at 12 years old.
Some great players went on to the NHL from that team. Neil Broten, Dave Christian, Kenny Morrow and a few others. Kenny Morrow went from winning a Olympic Gold to winning 4 straight Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders from 1980-1983.
As a Minnesotan, this was so awesome! My family never sat down once! 🎉🎉 Love hockey, love our Dream Team!
Love this! Thank you for the comment 🤝
The Jimmy V story is similarly inspiring. He was basketball Head Coach at North Carolina St. and they won the NCAA tournament in a huge upset. But that’s only half of his story…
Proud to say that Jack O’Callahan is from my hometown, Charlestown, MA. 🇺🇸🇮🇪☘️
I saw an analysis video that showed how Herb Brooks came up with a strategy to interfere with the machine-like tactics of the Soviets. He risked defending the front of the goal by sending extra skaters into the neutral zone and harass the Soviet offense early. They were a little flustered and it worked for that game........also the movie is very good. And please react to the two Soviet - NHL series in the 70's.....really interesting as well. You guys rock!
Yes! Especially 72, which really started the concept of best-on-best international play (before that, it was pretty much all strictly amateur).
Nothing can beat watching the actual game(s) or living through those times to put the story into real/accurate context ... BUT the movie "Miracle" did a surprisingly good job of coming in second. I recommend you watch the movie -- which also provides insight into the "back story," the heartbreaks, and the intense preparations that made the real "Miracle on Ice" possible in 1980.
not only were these all college players, but they had to overcome college rivalries to get together as a team. tons of players from Minnesota and Boston University (who had just played eachother for a national championship), Boston College (rival of BU), etc.
The Miracle on Ice wasn't the most amazing feat at the 1980 Olympics.
The most amazing athletic feat was Eric Heiden winning the gold medal in EVERY SINGLE EVENT in speed skating.
500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m. Insane.
It's a record that is unlikely to ever be broken.
Eric Heiden was the favorite though. What he did was amazing, but it didn't come close to the hockey team.
@@michaelsmith-iu1be Underdog teams win all the time. Bigger upsets happen (popularity wise) at every World Cup.
It's been over 40 years and so far nobody has come close to winning gold in every speed skating event at a single Olympic Games.
@@MrVvulf At the end of the day it's just speed skating.
@@michaelsmith-iu1be Heiden is a legend in Scandinavia. 90+% of people can't name a single player from that US Hockey team. It's all a matter of perspective. I'm valuing an athletic achievement higher, while you clearly care about a team sport.
@@MrVvulf Did they make a movie about eric heiden? Do people to this day watch old eric heiden you tube videos? I am American. I could care less what Scandinavia thinks. I guarantee if you did a poll on which is most historic/popular hockey team smashes eric heiden. Have a nice day.
I still get CHILLS watching those two great wins as the time runs off the clock.😊
It shows what a Great coach can do.
Fantastic Coach, how he got everyone up for this epic moment 🔥
In my opinion this moment in sports history became the true epitome of the underdog story and what can happen when you give your absolute best. I was born a year later but I can only imagine what it felt like (also that picture of the russian guy….he had some eyebrows 😂)
Greatest sporting event of my lifetime by far. Al Michaels call at the end gives me chills. And to think the game was tape delayed. Spent the day trying not to hear the score. My younger brother kept acting like he was about to tell me without really ever doing it. I was about to kick his ass if he actually did say it. 😂
I watched this live on TV when I was a kid. My brother and I were jumping up and down, tears of joy and pride !!!
Amazing. These kids had just beat the biggest juggernaut of a sports team that ever was.
I still can remember Al Micheals "do you believe in miracles ?" then later
I remember Craig looking around for his father after winning the gold ...super emotional even now thinking of it.
One of those life defining olympic moments.
I recommend diving into the Canada vs. Russia rivalry. Especially their 80's Canada Cup games.
You should really check out the story about that basketball game at 4:40. Rules were violated at the end of that game, the US should've won, but the refs kept giving the Soviets chance after chance to win at the end there. So much so that the US team protested and decided to never collect its silver medal.
1st Hockey game that I watched from beginning to end.
Love this!
Historical fact: The USA vs USSR game was TAPE DELAYED for American audiences. I remember already knowing the result BEFORE the game aired. I was the only member of my family who viewed the result as it was displayed. When my family told me not to "spoil the game" by revealing the outcome, I just said, "Very close result".
I was at the college UND in Grand Forks N.D along with all the hockey players. Most knew someone playing in the game. I lost a few years just watching the Russians keep blasting Jim Craig. What a goalie for sure. The place went crazy when we won. The whole town was in the streets shouting USA. What a rush.unforgettable
Watching it now gave me a good feeling of excitement. It's like watching it for the first time or something. LOL I was happy back then of course. I just didn't realize all the circumstances involved. It was very important we won that game.
Really glad you enjoyed watching, appreciate the comment 🤝
@@DNReacts you're very welcome. I subscribed to your channel and I always give a thumbs up.
Pulling Tretiak after 2 goals was absolutely ridiculous.
You guys should do Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. widely regarded as one of the greatest and most memorable baseball games of all time.
Hoo boy do I have interesting memories of that. I was in a college sports bar, and in the most famous moment of that game had a crazed Red Sox fan grab my collector's edition white Mets Cap (the first of its kind that they gave out at a game) off my head and rip the clasp off the back, destroying the hat. He "apologized" but didn't mean it (and didn't even attempt to pay even a token payment for an irreplaceable hat... he just walked away).
Yes, this!
Game 7 1991 needs that kind of love as well.
I vote for game 1 of the 1988 World Series. Or just simply Gibson’s walk-off HR.
As a lifelong Red Sox fan, I’d rather they did the final four games of the 2004 ALCS.
I remember this game well. It was amazing. While on the topic of hockey, would love to see your reaction to Brawl at Hockeytown. It focuses on the extremely intense rivalry between Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche. One game in particular has been talked about for years. The bad blood between the two teams actually carried on for almost ten years. Thanks for great videos and discussions. 👏🇨🇦
I remember that time. Those were dark days in America. The gas shortage and the American hostages, it was depressing. I was 23 years old and I always loved the Olympics. We were glued to the tv. What struck me was how the Soviets just stared almost in awe at the US team while they celebrated. It was just a job to them and they always won. I remember one of them mentioned the joy the US team exhibited at every goal and win was something the Soviet team hadn’t felt in a long time. When they won the gold you could hear in my apartment building and the neighborhood cheers everywhere. It was what America needed at that time. It made us proud.🇺🇸
Al Michaels is absolutely amazing on the call.
Incredible!
It always makes me cringe, reminds me of something Trump would say while he’s on stage dancing to YMCA like a dork.
@@tedbenveniste412You respectfully have the right to stop talking
Great accomplishment for the team. Fuck the politicians.
That was my first time to feel proud to be an American. I was 7. It also got me off the pond and into the rink. 😊
As a Minnesota Youth hockey player, I played against many of the USA players prior to this. It is something very special to us Minnesotans.
True
I was a 14 year old hockey fan in 1980 and remember this well.
I like the way Mike Eruzione speaks about what Herb Brooks says to the team about the Gold Medal game….which was simply “if you lose this game you will take it to your ‘effn grave” then starts to leave the room, turns back around to say “your ‘effn grave”
There was no gold medal game. It was a round robin medal round where top 4 teams played once against each other an team with most points gets gold. If USA lost to Finland on final day, they could have finished even without a medal.
@@RoyalMela maybe I wasn’t clear….when I mentioned what Herb Brooks said to the team, it was before the Gold Medal game against Finland….hence the “if you lose this game…to the grave”. They were coming off of the shocking upset of Russia…but they still had another game…for the Gold.
@@kevinmassey1164 You were clear. But there was no gold medal game. It was a game between A2 and B2. Teams from pool A and pool B, who finished second in their preliminary groups. Sweden and Soviets played later that day game A1 - B2 as they were pool winners and.
That was my first time to feel proud to be an American. It also got me off the pond and into the rink. 😊
I remember watching this wonderful team as they moved on to the gold medal. Crying with joy was all I could do. We got to know all the players and just beamed with pride at their success. Love your reaction. 😊
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Joe Carter home run to win the World Series for the Blue Jays in the early 90’s
1993, to be exact. Heartbreaking 💔
The amateur rules have been relaxed over time. The Eastern Block Athletes were all Pros. They would be in the army, and their job in the army would be to train for their sport. That's how we ended up with the Basketball Dream Team. Our college kids were playing grown men (and women), so once we sent our pros, it changed the landscape
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I watched this whole Olympics live and it was indeed an amazing and exciting thing. It was really emotional.
I watched every match the USA played. My mom made sure we watched the Olympics every year they were on. I'm crying now, watching this. You can watch this and see how great it was but if you lived in those days you feel more emotions about it because there was so many other things going on at the time.
The second Miracle on Ice was the 2018 USA Men's Curling team winning the gold medal.
The Disney movie Miracle is a great sports film. Hockey is such a difficult sport to film and they did an admirable job.
I was a kid, helping set up a Purim carnival at synagogue. Someone brought in a little black and white tv and it was playing in a corner with rabbit ear antennas. People got more and more excited as more and more people watched on this little tv.
I saw that game on tv with my Dad. I was 17. I didn't understand hockey at the time, but I could tell something amazing had happened because my Dad was unusually emotional. I became a hockey fan right then and there. Dad would take me to NJ Devil games with him all the time after that. I will cherish that moment forever!
I think the Russian Coach Tikhonov benching the best goalkeeper in the world was a brave move. He was never heard from again.
I watched the entire game on AFN in Germany. No commercial breaks blocking plays. We were jumping up and down on the sofa!
Without a doubt THE GREATEST sports upset EVER- Followed (imo) by the Red Sox winning the '04 ALCS over the NY Yankees, after losing the first 3 games, then winning the next 4 to win- and the 01 World Series, Arizona DBacks vs NY Yankees- in a 7 game THRILLER, only a couple months after 9-11
The movie 'Miracle' is quite impressive as a film as well. Literally all of the hockey players in the film ARE hockey players--not actors. And all of them--even the Russians--look exactly like their real life counterparts. The original team was brought to the set while they were filming and were all blown away at how uncanny the resemblances were. Nobody had to say who was playing who, they all just knew.
Not even a sports guy, I was 12 when this happened, and I remember this, and watching this video has made me weep a little, and I'm 54.
7:33 To answer your question, 65 nations did not send athletes the Moscow Olympics. Funny part is, the UK and Australia were some of the USA's biggest supporters of the boycott and ended up sending athletes anyways.
And the US also won gold in hockey in 1960.
I watched those games, the grit and determination and all around team play was great. Our pee-wee hockey coach that year seemed to be inspired by it as well, our practices doubled in intensity after the Olympics. Another great hockey story along this same vein would be the story of the 72 Summit series, played between the Soviets and Canada, with the Canadian team made up of the best Canadian NHL players of the era.
there are some incredicle docs on youtube about the 72 Summit Series.
That basketball game in 1972 is a whole other story yall ought to look into.
Picking the greatest moment in sports will be very subjective depending on where you live but here goes. I'm Canadian and watched this with my Dad. Still get chills. The '72 Canada/Russia series is right up there...Paul Henderson scoring the winning goal. The Blue Jays winning their 1st World Series. My #1 would be Secretariat at the 1973 Belmont Stakes to take the Triple Crown. He broke the track records of the Derby and Preakness...then shattered it at the Belmont. Took over 2 seconds off the record and beat the rest of the field by 31 lengths. His records for all 3 still stand today. Also watched that with my Dad and we were speechless. Also Al Micheals is one of the best sportscasters out there.
Not a fan of any sports. Don't regularly watch the Olympics, but I and almost every American was watching this moment!!! SOOO unbelievable!!
This was like a pee wee hockey team beating an nfl championship team. If you haven't seen the movie Miracle it's a great movie.
ace love
Thanks for taking the time to watch this, guys. It can be a bit much to put up with American propaganda (I’m American so I can say this 😂). Truly a legendary moment with a great call from Al Michaels, “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!”
You probably know this by now, but the medal round in 1980 had an unusual quirk. The 12 teams were split into two groups of six, and the top two in each group advanced to the medal round. Importantly, the teams carried into the medal round the points gained against the other medal contender they faced in group play...and so the USSR had beaten Finland and thus had 2 points already and Finland 0. As the USA and Sweden had played to a draw, each started with 1 point.
On 22 February, the USA beat the USSR, and Sweden and Finland played to a draw. Updated points: USA 3, USSR 2, Sweden 2, Finland 1.
On 24 February, the USA beat Finland, and the USSR beat Sweden. Final points: USA 5 (gold), USSR 4 (silver), Sweden 2 (bronze) and Finland 1. Had the USA lost to Finland, they might have ended up with bronze.
The Russians scored 51 goals in the first 5 games of the 80 Olympics. They had beat the same US team 10-3 a month earlier. They had recently beat a US NHL all star team 6-0
Everytime I watch anything miracle related I can’t help but cry. Such a beautiful thing that happed in Lake Placid
Usa had 1 a gold medal in like the sixties some odd 20 years prior, if I'm correct. Until this... they were never even competitive in hockey until these games
Think you guys just missed an important part where in 1979 the Soviets played a three game series, The Challenge Cup, at Madison Square Garden against the NHL All Stars(a team that had several future HoFers). First game NHL won 4-2, then Soviets won 5-4, and in the finale the Soviets smoked them 6-0.
The amazing part about this is that Russia could have still won the gold medal had the United States lost to Finland, due to the fact the hockey tournament was played in a round-robin and not single game format.
The tournament was split into two divisions of six teams, the top two teams from those divisions would advance to the medal round.
Blue: United States and Sweden
Red: Soviet Union and Finland
Points accrued against that opponent would carry over, since the U.S tied Sweden each team was awarded one point, Russia awarded two and Finland zero since they had lost to the Soviets 4-2.
The U.S beating the Soviets would now give them three, a one point lead over the Soviet team the Finns and Swedes tied 3-3 giving them each one point, making the standings the following.
United States 3
Soviet Union 2
Sweden 2
Finland 1
No matter the outcome vs the Soviet team the U.S would still have to play their game against Finland, however if they lost to Finland by more than two goals and Sweden and the Soviets tied the U.S wouldn't have medaled.
But the United States won 4-2 giving them five points, and Russia won over Sweden 9-2 for a total of four points, Sweden finished out the podium with two.
Pull up a map of Minnesota. Find Roseau, Warroad, Grand Rapids, Eveleth. and Babbitt. See how few live in each. And then ponder that each contributed a player to this team.