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Jim Craig's gear from 1980, at the Hockey Hall of Fame. The United States did not win the gold medal by defeating the USSR. In 1980, the medal round was a round-robin, [61] not a single elimination format as it is today. Under Olympic rules at the time, the group game with Sweden was counted along with the medal round games versus the Soviet ...
United States vs. Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics. The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in five of the six previous Winter Olympic Games, and were the favorites to win once more in Lake Placid. The team consisted primarily of professional players with significant experience in international play.
Craig played a key role in one of the landmark moments in United States sports history, as the goalie for the United States in the Miracle on Ice, when the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the favored Soviet Olympic hockey team, which was led by veterans including greats Boris Mikhailov and Vladislav Tretiak. In that game, Craig stopped ...
Michael Anthony Eruzione (/ ɪ ˌ r uː z i ˈ oʊ n i /, Italian pronunciation: [erutˈtsjoːne], born October 25, 1954) is an American former ice hockey player. He is best known as the captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous "Miracle on Ice" game, in which he scored the game-winning goal.
The Super Series were exhibition games between Soviet teams and NHL teams that took place on the NHL opponents' home ice in North America from 1976 to 1991. The Soviet teams were usually club teams from the Soviet hockey league. The exception was in 1983, when the Soviet National Team represented the Soviet Union. A total of 18 series were held ...
The arena hosted various events during the 1980 Winter Olympics, most famously the ice hockey tournament that saw the United States' 4–3 victory over the Soviet Union, the game commonly referred to as the Miracle on Ice.
Consolation game Final round Opposition score Opposition score Opposition score Opposition score Opposition score Rank Opposition score Opposition score Opposition score Rank United States men: Men's tournament Sweden T 2-2 Czechoslovakia W 7–3 Norway W 5–1 Romania W 7–2 West Germany W 4–2 1 Q: Bye Soviet Union W 4–3 Finland W 4–2
February - 1980 Winter Olympics: The United States men's hockey team wins the gold medal, defeating Finland in their last medal round game. Their extraordinary upset victory over the heavily favoured Soviet Union team in their previous medal round game became known as the "Miracle on Ice" in the US press.