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greatest sports moment in USA history.......loved Micheals comment.."most people didn't know the blue line from a clothes line"....lol

Mark Johnson's Goal didn't come out of nowhere. That Goal had been in the making since "Day One". God said, to the Soviets ... 'Im the Boss""""...

3:32 now why I thought as a kid jim lampley was with Al in the miracle on ice I had no idea it’s was Ken Dryden. Legends has it that game trigger the ripple effect of the end of the Cold War. Yes regan pope and the Berlin Wall help but the ripple effect started with team usa hockey team win in 80.

We need this today! It feels like we are back in the 1970s again.

I remember watching this with my family in the living room. We went crazy and celebrated with our USA Hockey Team in spirit. It was a wonderful time.

I still have my tickets from Germany game. I was in Wilmington, N.Y. I'm from Boston, and have all the autographed tickets. 9 years old and thanks guys for taking the time to sign them. Rest in peace coach

Al Michaels will be remembered for being the announcer at the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey Team in Lake Placid , New York! " he will definitely take it to his grave " ❤

Why Aren't We Concerned about Our U.S. Hostages in Gaza. Because they are Jews, I get it.

As a Canadian I still don't believe it happened.

Somebody forgot to tell the Americans they were playing Soviet professionals and they were supposed to lose. One of the most incredible upsets in modern sports.

CAN'T STAND..... Self-righteous Ken Dryden.

I know they didn't really mean to knock Lake Placid, but can they name anywhere else in the U.S. that wants to host the Winter Olympics Today???? With an influx of money, they might want to think about Lake Placid again.

They should have showed RUZ bringing the whole team to the gold medal platform!

One shot. One goal...literally changed a man's life and his legacy. Eruzione misses and most likely they lose, they don't get Gold. Never made it in the NHL. No more interviews. No more TV. No more movies about him. No books. No inspirational tours. The internet would have been an empty place for the name. Nothing. He would have had a nice banking/finance career and would have told his grandkids about the time they played the Soviets and lost. That goal changed his life. One goal.

Was at Couzens Hall at University of Michigan (52-53). We were listening to the game from a radio station out of Up State New York. So we knew it as it happened.

This game catapulted Al Michaels’ career.

In their five games before the medal round, the Soviet Union went 5-0, winning by an average score of 10-2.

Back when America was America…

It's 1980 and the game was on delay, no internet, no cell phones, no Fax machines, just the game feed. They show Jim McKay and the Lake Placid crowd in the background. People are jumping up and down, waving flags and we just looked at each other. Could we have won? Iranian hostages, gas lines, 12% interest rates. What a boost.

The greatest story in the history of sports! ❤ But it transcended sports because it lifted this country at a time when we really needed it! Do you believe in miracles?! The country desperately needs something like this today!

Lived this miracle. What a proud moment for all of us. We need this back today.

My dad was 22 years old first year teaching!! 2nd grade he brought me to school only radio !! I dont remeber that !! But i rember fox and the Hound do u believe saving america

Thank you!! Im 46 or 47 leep Year? 😊 i try not too miss a shift!! Im a Devils fan living in Minnesota !! Great midwest !!

Dryden has 6 Stanley Cups. He didn't need to come up with aomething better than Unbelievable.

Al Michaels being the commentator was legendary

As i heard it said before..... This was and most watched event that was seen live by the least.. As it was shown tape delay later that evening.

My favourite sports quotes: 1) Do you believe in miracles? YES!” 2) LOOK AT MILLS, LOOK AT MILLS! (Tokyo 1964, US runner Billy Mills sprinted past the favourites to win the 10 000m gold medal) 3) Bernard is losing some ground, HERE COMES LEZAK, HE’S DONE IT, THE US HAVE WON IT! (Beijing 2008 4x100 freestyle relay USA upset the heavy favourites France)

I remember doing my senior year term paper on the history of the NHL. When I did a chapter on the history of the Original Six, my teacher was impressed on how six teams were the foundation of the league for 25 years. Years later, one of my cousin's friends played in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings. When I asked him what was like to play there, he told me that it was both a privilege and honor.

As a kid, from a small town, in the champion ship game, North won with a 22 year old Caleb, Staples, MN did not, 30 years ago. Sorry, greatest upset in the athletic world

I’m a Canadian and I get emotional when I think back about this team. Watched the game staying in a hotel while at a hockey tournament in Montreal as a 13 year old kid. Wonderful memory.

At the time, we all called it a miracle, but it wasn't close to a miracle. They just needed time to gel together. Herb Brooks had a great eye for exceptional talent. Look at the team and what they did in the NHL later. Neal Broten - only player ever to win the NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold, and a Stanley Cup, 17 seasons in the NHL - 923 career points. Ken Morrow to the Islanders - the Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier Islanders - he's the final piece of the puzzle and wins the Gold and the Stanley Cup in the same year, and helps win 4 Cups in a row. Mike Ramsey - 1,070 games over 18 years in the NHL, leaves the Sabres - goes to the Red Wings and plays in the Cup but loses to the Devils - and Neal Broten. Dave Christian -14 years in the NHL, 340 goals, a Stanley Cup appearance with the Bruins and an All Star appearance. Mark Johnson - 11 years in the NHL - team captain for the Hartford Whalers. Jack O'Callahan, Mark Pavelich, and Dave Silk were all solid NHL players with 23 combined years and 903 NHL game appearances. Two more years together and they would beat any team, any time. Underdogs in 1980 for sure - but no miracle - it was a great team with tremendous talent.

Actually, the Original 6 is truly misleading. If anything, there are only 2 that have been around since the founding of the NHL, Toronto & Montreal. That's it. The other 4 came into existence in the 1920s.

Al Michaels doesn't have the heart those kids did. He said some fancy words. Those kids did the impossible. Focus on the boys who are now men not just Mr. Michaels.

THE Howe Foninanto fight : the next tnight ... Fontinanto played ... Howe ? he spent the next three nights in the hospital history has the ourcome all wrong .... how do you like those bananas eh ?

My daughter was born at 6:30am on this day and I watched the game that afternoon so I experienced 2 miracles.

wow, that sign on the New York fire house across from the Soviet Mission on 67th Street in Manhattan...talk about shade

Chicago Blackhawks ❤red jerseys the best in all of professional sports

YEAAAAAHHHHH! LETS GET HYPED TO LOSE 40-0!!!!!!

I knew the game was being shown on tape delay. I was watching the 6:00 p.m News and I live in central time. When the sports came on someone handed the announcer a note. He said the game was over and if you do not want to know, turn the sound down. I did not need to because his smile gave it away. After the game was finished, my phone rang. It was my father. He did not know the game was delayed and was ecstatic. He said: We beat the Russians. We beat the Russians. When I told him the game was taped and I knew the outcome, he really got mad because he was on pins and needles the whole time.

This really can never happen again. That’s how special it was. In today’s sports there’s literally not a situation where this can happen again. Tell me if there is one. I’ll tell you you’re wrong. That was unbelievable

How about legendary quote to end the 40th Anniversary Special! Always be prepared, like Al Michaels.

I remember it so well.

US vs Russia - the greatest sporting event EVER!!!!!!!

1 thing that is forgotten is the Eric Heiden also kicked ass in speed skating that year

Welches Endergebnis (der Tabelle) hätte eigentlich ein Unentschieden Finnland-USA bedeutet? Hätte das Torverhältnis entschieden oder der direkte Vergleich?

We miss those structures. Now every sports stadium looks and feels like an office park. Could not happen again, too many people in this country now hate what it stands for.

It is simply the greatest sports moment of all time. Never on the field of battle has a team been 'outmatched', and through incredible coaching, heart and respect for each other, pulled off the most amazing upset possible. College guys versus the best hockey team ever assembled. They showed that dreams and miracles are real. #1 moment that will never have a peer.

i was born over a decade after this game was played and it's still my favorite hockey moment in history. God Bless America🇺🇸

With all the stuff happening in our country and around the world - we should all hope for another magical event like this to bring us all together again. I was a kid waiting in line at Space Mountain Disneyland when they announced on the speakers "Ladies and gentlemen, the United States National hockey team has just defeated the Soviet Union." Everyone in the ride erupted in celebration. And eto this day, every time I go on that ride, I think of that day and that game.

I remember this well!! So proud!!