Miracle on Ice
The Miracle on Ice is the popular nickname for the ice hockey game in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, in which a team of amateur and collegiate players from the United States beat the Soviet Union against near-impossible odds on February 22, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York. The United States went on to win the gold medal. USSR received the silver medal, Sweden received the bronze.http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp?SPO_S_CODE=IH&OLG_I_YEAR=1980&OLGT_I_ID=2&RESULT=TRUE&DIS_S_CODE=IH&SEARCH_TYPE=3&GET_C_ID=W,M,X&MED_I_ID=1,2,3
References
- Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team. HBO Home Video, 2001.
- Coffey, Wayne. The Boys of Winter. New York City: Crown Publishers, 2005.
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Prelude and group play |
| ► | Medal round: U.S. vs. USSR |
| ► | Medal round: U.S. vs. Finland |
| ► | Aftermath |
| ► | References |
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