Real game footage of the major points in the 1980 Olympic Hockey game between the us and USSR. Original play-by-play call of the Miracle On Ice, perhaps the best upset on the history of team sports. When the united states shocked Russia, 4-3, on the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, Curt Chaplin was covering the overall game for a sports reporter to the ABC Radio Network. Standing on a camera platform on the crowd, he did the play-by-play call of the game into his tape recorder, capturing the event on tape forever.

Now, after Two-and-a-half decades, these tapes had been rediscovered and matched to the video. The result is a dramatic, stirring and completely original experience for sports fans all over the world. You can now relive the 1 sports upset of the 20th Century in the whole new way, through new eyes plus a new voice. Still as fresh and exciting because the day it happened.

Miracle – Coach Brooks Addresses Team Pre Game

herb brooks speech

Pre game pep talk by Coach Brooks before gane with Russia 1980

herb brooks quotes

So hockey game between the modular USSR and the united states, passed on winter Olympic gamesin February 13 through February 24, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, has been named miracle on ice on February, 22nd, 1980. Acting in the rank of operating world champions and Olympic games, the Soviet command unexpectedly has lost to the national team made of players of student’s commands. The match has played a pivotal role in distribution of medals in hockey tournament: having won final match of final tournament against Finland, the national team in the USA has won gold medals.

Miracle scene Again, Again, Again

Famous scene from Walt Disney’s movie Miracle where Herb Brooks played by Kurt Russell.

The majority has apprehended it as ridiculous accident, but for many citizens on the USA «the Miracle on ice» has appeared one from the brightest events of 2nd half of XX-th century. Under the certificate of sister from the player of national team from the USA, she didn’t see such quantity of flags in streets since 60th years. «But then we burnt down them»

Team rosters United States :

• G Jim Craig age 21 North Easton, MA Boston U.
• D *Ken Morrow age 22 Flint, MI Bowling Green
• D *Mike Ramsey age 19 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota
• C *Mark Johnson age 22 Madison, WI Wisconsin
• RW Mike Eruzione (C) age 25 Winthrop, MA Boston U.
• LW *Dave Silk age 21 Scituate, MA Boston U.
• D Bill Baker age 22 Grand Rapids, MN Minnesota
• C Neal Broten age 20 Roseau, MN Minnesota
• D Dave Christian age 20 Warroad, MN North Dakota
• RW Steve Christoff age 21 Richfield, MN Minnesota
• RW John Harrington age 22 Virginia, MN Minnesota-Duluth
• G Steve Janaszak age 22 Saint Paul, MN Minnesota
• LW *Rob McClanahan age 22 Saint Paul, MN Minnesota
• D Jack O’Callahan age 22 Charlestown, MA Boston U.
• C Mark Pavelich age 21 Eveleth, MN Minnesota-Duluth
• LW Buzz Schneider age 25 Babbitt, MN Minnesota
• RW Eric Strobel age 21 Rochester, MN Minnesota
• D Bob Suter age 22 Madison, WI Wisconsin
• LW Phil Verchota age 22 Duluth, MN Minnesota
• C Mark Wells age 21 St. Clair Shores, MI Bowling Green

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