When a Bunch of College Hockey Kids Created a ‘Miracle’
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In the 1980 Winter Olympics, Team USA went head to head with the Soviet Union. The Soviets dominated the hockey world by winning 4 straight gold medals & beating the NHLs best. So, when they went up against a group of college kids, it would take a miracle for them to win.
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What many people forget/don’t realize is that this game did not win the gold medal for the US. They still had to beat the Finns two days later. The trailed 2-1 after two periods but scored 3 in the third, showing again the resiliency they had the entire tournament.
kazakhstan beating canada is a bigger uset this anit no miracle
The sad part is that because of the scoring system Finland didn’t even get a bronze medal
@@excelsior3381 yes, this was before they went to knockout rounds to determine the medalists. The US / Finland game was not even the last game of the tournament, as the Soviets played the Swedes in was what essentially the silver medal game after the US clinched the Gold. I remember the medal ceremony when the US were in track suits while the other two teams were still in uniform
@@jasonanderson5034College kids vs talent that transcended the NHL with ease isn’t a miracle?
@@alatreon7451 no... not a all ...kazakhstan beat a more stacked team canada with the best playersin the world nobody calls that a miracle it wasnt just colleg kids their were nhl quality player son that team .... all kazakhstan had was nik antropov
'Do you believe in miracles!?' gives me chills
Al Michaels is the G.O.A.T. (I know that gets a little over-used these days) at color commentary. He's just so quick and sharp, and has an excellent sense of the high drama of sports not needing overreaction or excessive eloquence to convey.
I had a tournament in the Olympic Center where the game took place and Al Michaels's “Do you believe in miracles” quote was on the wall
That USA chants give me goosebumps & I’m Canadian lol
Interesting fact.... the movie Miracle was filmed in Vancouver and all the extras who chanted USA in the movie were canadian
I'm Canadian too, but for 60 minutes I felt as American as I ever have.
@@1982kinger Bill Ranford was the on-ice extra goaltender for Jim Craig in Miracle.
Wait until you’re in West Virginia and hear the sound of a banjo playing in the distance.
@@1982kingernot all of the movie was shot there. I worked on the film and tried out as a player casted in Minnesota. They wanted hockey players they could coach to act, not coach to play. This is why the film was so damn good at creating the best moment in sports of the 20th century by sports illustrated.
I remember listening to this game on the radio as a 10 yr old kid. I lived only about 50 miles from Placid and was a big AHL fan. I still remember the tears rolling down my face as that famous Al Michaels call came over the airwaves and even at that young age I knew I had just witnessed history, whatever the result of the gold medal game, and the chant felt like it was close enough to hear.
I was the same age. No kid will every feel or understand a moment like that in their lives ever again. It was a rare moment in time and a rare moment in sports. The soviets nearly didn’t show up because of political pressure. Fucking unbelievable really. Al Michaels voice was not manufactured, it was in complete disbelief.
Yes.
It was unforgettable.
Craig's goaltending was hugely inspiring. The team had heart. It was a very familiar feeling--to be an underdog but to finally pull off something magical on the ice. They are the greatest underdog of all time.
I visit Lake Placid every year and I always love seeing the old Olympic architecture on the drive in.
Hey GET2222,
What HS in Minnesota did you go to?
This was the GREATEST upset in any team sport in history! ANY TEAM, ANY SPORT, ANY ERA!!! And I defy anyone to prove me wrong!!! There was no reason those college kids should have beaten the Soviet juggernaut, the BEST hockey team in the World, on any level, yet they did! I cried then, and I'm crying now as I write this!
I played hockey all 4 years of high school, and my school was known as mediocre. My freshman year we were 1-19-2 (the 2 being 2 ties with lower division opponents). My junior and senior year we got a new coach, and he treated us all as one unit, meaning if one guy screwed up, we all skated. And when we skated, we did endless “Herby’s” which was what our coach called suicides (goal line to each line and back) just like the US team after they tied Norway. We did off ice events together, did video of games and practices, and we were forced to work together as one cohesive unit. Anyone that didn’t like it or didn’t want to work could leave. Well, my senior year, we went 19-4-0 and won the first ever state championship in 40 years school hockey history.
thats crazy story!! coaches have a great influence especially with young kids
Nice! That's so cool!
just had to make it about you..... 😅
What State and town?
That’s epic
What a beautiful time. GOD Bless America.
What is crazy is that in the final minutes the Soviets never pulled their goalie for an extra attacker. When asked later the Soviet players said they never practiced 6 on 5.
I agree with that, always thought pulling the goalie was weird and just made it more vulnerable. All it takes is one of em to get into the open ice and it's game over
These days Herb Brooks would be driven out of the game for "bullying."
Likely not. His players respected him. That's why torts isn't blacklisted.
GREAT VIDEO! I was 9 when I watched this game. I still rate it as the best sporting evening I have ever seen. What Herb Brooks did with that group of young men is still outstanding all these years later.
Couple of corrections to point out; the NHL's best didn't compete in either the Olympics or World Chamionships, so they didn't really play the top Soviets unless in a special series or tournament. You mentioned the Challenge Cup but not the '72 Summit Series where Canada's best played them and won. Same for '76 and most of the Canada Cups to follow in the 80's.
Also, the reason the top Soviet players were allowed to play in the Olympics is actually because they had been conscripted into the army, thus technically making them "amateurs". It's one of the biggest cheats in sports history, to be honest.
Bobby Clarkes Ankle Tomahawk was all skill 🤣
@@mikesxoom Can't disagree with you there. Canadian hockey players can get pretty dirty sometimes, especially when they're losing. I say this as a proud Canadian. 😂
Soviet crushed Canada the first couple of games in 72'. The series change with Canada playing really dirty and got away with it. Even in 87' (best games ever in the history of hockey) there were some questionable calls. For example a tripping on the last deciding goal.
I will make one addition to your comment (as a Russian). Top Soviet players weren't technically conscripted only into the army (CSKA was the sports division of the Soviet Union Armed Forces), but also into the police/militia (Dynamo Moscow was affilated by the Soviet Union Militia).
With all due respect, in 72, Bobby Clarke committed, what us Canadian fans conveniently overlook, arguably one if the dirtiest plays in elite sport when he broke Kharlamovs ankle. The Flyers used the same tactics in 76. The Russians most likely would have won with Kharlamov, possibly the best player on Earth at the time, in the last 3 games. Canada/Russias greatest games were Canada Cup 87. Every game ended 6-5, and there was no BS on ice violence to decide it
I was 10 at the time and jumped up and down in my living room. I recall going across the street to a small pond and pretending to play against each team USA built on that run. Amazing times.
BTW, love this channel. My favorite hockey content.
It's hard to explain what that experience was like. Watching team USA go through that tournament. I was going on 10 at the time. It was one of the greatest sports memories that had ever even hoped for. Much less watch it happen. Now that, was some strong home ice support. The U - S - A chants were legendary, you feel it all the way through your body, watching on tv.
I'm still amazed it happened at all. Almost the equivalent of a Junior B team beating an AHL team.
These guys were not even the best players in college. Ramsey never played a single game at the U for the gophers until halfway through his senior year. I know him and we have talked about all sorts of undocumented moments leading to the selection of the USA HOCKEY team. At the end of the Gopher season, Ramsey gets told by brooks to tryout for the team USA. Ramsey laughed… Ramsey followed brooks agenda and that’s why he was picked. He was no where near ready to play any hockey beyond college, but Brooks awarded him with a moment and he took it.
@@GET2222 This is why I love youtube.
My peewee team mate went on to become a celebrated NHL star in the goal. We were 13 when this game happened, playing Bantam hockey on two different teams then. We were all greatly affected and inspired by this game. I think Mike was, too, and he went on to play two Olympiads, ironically losing to the Canadians in the finals.
@@GET2222 Keeping in mind that he did play 1070 games in the NHL after winning the gold....thinking he was ready. Good call by Brooks
@@GET2222Ramsey was only 19 y.o. at the time, I thought. He did well as a pro.
GET2222,
By the end of the Frozen Four Ramsey was named to the NCAA
All Tourney Team and was immediately after named to
the USA World Tourney Team that included half the 1980 US Olympic Team and NHL Players. Further he was going to be a 1st Round pick in the draft. He had a strong resume before Colorado Springs.
"A group of college kids from the states would have an opportunity to shock the world with a miracle..."
Would you say that miracle was a miracle on ice?
Yes!
1) this story gets retold a lot, and for good reason, but that compilation of photos you had coinciding with Al Michaels's call at the end was next level. it was like getting chills after experiencing the story for the first time again, even though this is probably the 1000th.
2) someone else already corrected you about the format of the medal round at the time, but in terms of its relevance to your channel name, Hockey Psychology, i don't think it matters for my next point: what a testament to that team that they could go through that game, which may as well have been a gold medal game for the impact it had on USA hockey and US-Soviet political ambitions, and still manage to finish the job by winning the next game. how often do we see teams and players have letdown games immediately after hugely emotional results, and these guys didn't let that happen.
Great point. I wanted to touch on the final game after but I also wanted to keep the focus on the gravity on this one. For them to not let the pressure of doing all of that and then falling short get to them… is just as impressive as this very win.
@@hockeypsychology Summit series! and the Canada cup sorry boys...
@@shoebetyaYou still think you won the summit series 😅😅😅 get real...
@@mikepagliaro2123 And you still think nobody beat the Russians before this 80s!
How many times did the USA win the Canada cup?
You know the tournament conceived to decide who was the best regarded of amateur status!
Let’s not forget, USA had to beat FINLAND for the GOLD. FINLAND was amazing hockey team. Team USA just became that good in basically 6 months of playing together. Brooks was a genius.
The Soviet’s coach was absolutely livid about this loss. He gutted the team the following year and only a few young players remained including Slava Fetisov. Slava said a couple players even tried to kill the coach and had to be restrained. Fetisov would play with one of the players from the 1980s USA hockey team: Mike Ramsay. They would be on the Red Wings together until early into the 96-97 season when Ramsay retired, that was also the year the Wings won the cup.
I don't think there will be another moment in Olympic history that will make an entire country feel the pure *joy* of the last ten seconds of a game
I don’t care what your favorite sport is, or what country you come from; there has never been a better job of coaching in a team sport by anyone other than Herb Brooks at Lake Placid during the 1980 Winter Olympics.
I count myself blessed to have lived during this time as a 12-year old boy. What an amazing event and a beautiful memory. Thank you, Coach Brooks, Captain Eruzione, Jimmy Craig, and the sport of ice hockey in general.
Definitely one of the greatest sporting events
No… it’s the best. Nothing competes at a global scale. Geopolitics chess move by the Soviet’s that backfired and the world rejoiced. No championship in any sport has the clout of this moment in sports. The NHLs best from multiple countries could not beat these guys in a series and a bunch of college kids, some who never went on the play pro, beat the best team in the world that had not lost a gold medal in 20 years of Olympic play. Their goaltender Vladimir tretiak career GAA was 1.78. I know tretiak, he coached my brother in the early 90s.
Nothing compares to this moment in time and the game that they happened to be playing was hockey.
No disrespect to any other sport, but this will never happen again. Brooks would not even allow interviews. Never happens again.
no its not even close it wasnt even a best on best competition ... kazakhstan beating canad ais bigger then this yet nobody talks about it cause they didnt win gold its one game gold medal or not its the same its a win
No words to describe incredible that event was!!!!!! I was 12 yrs old and my Dad told me to sit by him an watch the game. He put his arm around me before it started and said son this is gonna be special. It was was!!!!!!! My whole family watched it!!!!!! It was a wonderful time!!!!! My favorite movie is MIRACLE.
I watched this game on TV live. It brought me to tears then and still does, everytime I see the last few minutes of the game and hear that line, "Do you believe in miracles?" My heart was ready to burst with pride for what our people and our country was/is/can be.
There’s a book written about this team: the boys of winter.
Actually explains the movie plot where he selected the entire team day 1 was not true. They held the full tryouts
He held the full tryout, but he knew the team he wanted on the first day. Brooks consulted on set on the film. I was there. I worked on the film.
GET 2222,
Injuries happen and could have happened to anyone Brooks had planned to name in The US Olympic Festival.
It happened to Ralph Cox later. He had a keg injury before the Olympics and it cost him a spot
which went to Mark Wells.
In college, at University of Wisconsin in Madison, I worked for the videoboard team for the athletic department. Mark Johnson (The guy who scored USA's second and 3rd goals in this game) coaches the women's hockey team there. (Who won the national championship 3 times during my time in college) I ran into him in the stadium tunnels a few times. He was always the nicest guy ever. One of my senior capstone advisors played highschool hockey (and won state) with Mark. He said Mark was the best friend ever and would constantly give advice to his teammates to make them better hockey players. Oh, and Mark also won a national championship for the Wisconsin Badgers as a player when he was in college. Mark Johnson is an absolute legend, and really makes the city of Madison and the state of Wisconsin proud!
Hey Arch,
Mark Johnson was part of the cadre of USA players born between 1955-58 that were
actually better players than from
USSR Myshkin, Pervukhin, Bilayaletidinov, Starikov, Fetisov,
and Malaria were only players born in those years on 1980 USSR
squad. There were 4 more players including Drodzdetsky added from that age group to the 1984 team.
If you were to form a 1980 US Olympic Team from both pro and NCAA you would have had
G- Baker - Craig
D - Langway - Larson
O'Connell - Morrow
C - Howe - Johnson - Pavelich
W - Fidler - Rowe - Holmgren- Jensen- Mullen - Miller - Gorence
Christoff
That group were all NCAA aged for
the 1976-77 NCAA season which was when Johnson won his NCAA
Title.
Czechoslovakia only had Peter Stastny born between 1955-58
on the 1980 Czechoslovakia
Olympic Team.
Sweden had some very good forwards born between 1955-58
like Kent Nilsson, Thomas Gradin and Bent Ake Gustaffson but not
much on D or in net.
Beginning with the '55 birth years the US started producing talent
better than everyone but Canada.
What do you think about that!
Imagine the instant regret from the soviet coach pulling one of the greatest goalies of all time and then losing.
MYSHKIN SHUTOUT The NHL All Star team, one year earlier in the
DECIDING GAME of The Challenge Cup. Maybe if Myshkin started the
USA Game the US losses?
@@KMK7355maybe you don't know what you're talking about
This story is what can I say other than a Miracle. You honestly can't top a hockey story like this one. Just a group of guys who gave it their all in a time where USA needed it. Over half of the team didn't even go on to play in the NHL. And then you have the man, the myth, the legend HERB.
All but one or two had exemplary careers, hockey or not, after the Miracle on Ice, which is astonishing itself.
the call, the emotions on the ice, the chanting, goosebumps
Still brings tears to the eyes. Here's to you, Herb. You proved what you were made of and for all time. God Speed.
I get goose bumps and teary eyed every time i watch the miracle 40+ years later.......................
That shot always gives me goose bumps. I remember where I was at, what we were doing as a family. It was a huge build up and we were so excited!!!❤
Mike Eruzione was “the shot heard around the world”
Unbelievable.
Yes its a moment I'll never forget. Great memories back then.
These videos with the pause then the story and then the moment are fantastic. Great job!
It's crazy but my memory of it still gives me chills.
I remember where I was standing when I got the news.
IIRC my hopes for victory rested upon Mark Johnson & Ken Morrow, two of Team USA's best players.
I worked near Rob McClanahan at Bear Stearns in 1987. He brought his gold medal to the office one day & we all went ga-ga. He was a gentleman & a stud. The ladies swooned over him. I once played rat-hockey once with him and his brother and their posse. No one on the ice could keep up with either of them, but it was unforgettable, great fun.
It just doesn’t get anymore chilling than this
The greatest call in history
@@hockeypsychology nah that’s howie rose with the “Matteau! Matteau! Matteau! Stephane Matteau! And the rangers have one more hill to climb baby!”
That’s the one.
@@whitegd4100 You SHOULD listen to Rick Jeanerette! He has some WONDERFUL calls too!
@@hockeypsychology also you balled out on this video. Good job man keep it up thanks for all you do for the community.
You have an incredible knack for storytelling.
Thanks for watching!
Simply the greatest game of any sport I ever saw. I was a ten year old boy at the time, convinced the Soviets could destroy us at every turn. Then this happened. Then we got Ronald Reagan.
It might seem to some that all the talk about the USA being in a funk, and that this was the beginning of the country turning the corner toward brighter days is overblown, but I remember that time vividly, and it really was like that.
I had seen NHL games from time to time on Sunday afternoons, but nothing like this. Made me a puck fan for life. I even took up the game in my 20's when I could afford to play it. I was never very good, but it's the most fun game I have ever played. USA...USA...USA!
These are my favorite videos on your channel: the ones about previous seasons and years. You’re great at laying out historical context, analyzing plays and, and conveying the stakes. They’re always the most fun and emotional videos and make me love this sport even more. Also, the Leafs parade is cancelled again.
I remember I was eight years old and I just got home from school, and my Mom had this game on the tv. We watched the whole game together and couldn't believe what we saw. Such a outstanding effort from a bunch of youngsters who weren't supposed to win. This actually inspired me to start playing hockey back then and I never stopped. One of the greatest sports moments in history and a great memory of being with my Mom watching it together. 🏒🇺🇸
It was the first hockey game I ever watched … I was 7 at the time … I’ve been obsessed with hockey ever since 🏒👍
Yes same with me it inspired me to start playing hockey as a kid.
"DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES" is so iconic now.
I have never seen a sporting event with so much support from the whole country
I was standing in a corner in a USA vs Canada ex game and was wearing my new saints hockey jacket and surprisingly got a couple nods by the USA players in a warmup against Canada that the USA won 6-5. Became a fan as they did the unthinkable. Best underdog story in hockey of all time. Kudos to that team 👏
Calling the 1980 U.S. Men's Olympic Hockey team a group of " college hockey kids " is an insult - The were great - they beat all their opposing teams - they had skills - And to keep calling this 1980 U.S.A. versus the U.S.S.R. hockey game the " Miracle on ice " is an all out put down - They were great and no matter what team they played they beat !
The best sports call in history, hands down, not even close.
"Do you believe in miracles... YES!"
9:11 the utter look of disbelief on his face always got me.
Greatest game in hockey history I'll never forget it this game I was 24 yrs old and it was like yesterday God bless our Greatest team ever!!! And God bless the late great Herb Brooks!!!❤
I just got chills. Great video.
I was a college sophomore watching this game with a bunch of friends in a small dorm room on my friend’s 12” black and white portable TV. When the game ended we all started whooping and cheering. That was an incredible day.
I still get chills and am soooo Proud!!
I still get choked up every time I hear Al Michaels say "Do you believe in miracles? YES!"
Ps. Coach Herb was the right man for the right time. Thanks Herb
Best sporting moment in history imo!! I’m crying again
not even close is the whol world american stfu the majority hates u by deafult your statement is false
I remember watching this game with my parents and older brother it like it was yesterday. ABC had asked that the start time be moved to prime time so more people could watch it, but the IOC said no and so the game was shown on tape delay. We were all doing our best to avoid hearing the score all day long.
It truly was a miracle. And if I close my eyes and listen, I can still hear the chants of "USA... USA... USA..."
This and ‘Tyson Vs Douglas’ are probably the two craziest upsets in sports history and they both are mind boggling to watch
Herb Brooks was the last player cut from the 1960 U.S. team that won the Americans' last Olympic hockey gold medal and witnessed how Jack Riley built his team. Riley was from Massachusetts and could have picked a bunch of east coast guys but included some Minnesotans like the Christian brothers. Having won multiple national championships, Herb could have leaned on Minnesota and Wisconsin players, but his captain was Mike Eruzione and top goalie Jim Craig, both from Boston University.
The 1960 squad skated 8 players were from Minnesota, 6 from Mass, 2 from Michigan and one from Conn.
The 1980 team had 12 from Minn (9 from U of MN had played for Brooks), 4 Mass, 2 Wisco, and 2 from Mich.
Since you mention the Roger and Billy Christian, brothers from the 1960 team, Roger led the 1960 team in goals with 7, plus 2 assists, while Billy lead the team in assists with 7, plus 2 goals.
Billy's son Dave Christian played on the 1980 team and lead that team in assists with 8. Billy's grandson (Dave's nephew), is Brock Nelson who plays for the Islanders.
The Christian family hails from Warroad MN, a town of 1800 people, that has produced 5 NHL players, 7 Olympians, and over 85 division 1 college players.
Had players not turned pro early
the # of Minnesotans would have been reduced to 7 (Ramsey, Pavelich, Broten, Christian Christoff, McClanahan, and Strobel) Massachusetts players increased to 8 (Baker, Craig, Langway, Dunn, O'Callahan, Silk, Cox, Nilan). People forget Cox had an ankle injury that compromised his skating and cost him his spot.
He was a better player than Schneider, Eruzione, and Harrington. In fact that injury
hurt him his entire career.
Michigan would have had 3 players (Morrow, Roberts, McDougal), New York(Mullen) and
Wisconsin (Johnson) one each.
So in hindsight, talent wise no
Craig in net, Baker and Eggs I one or another words no Gold Medal...lol.
Man that was awesome. Thank you.
Thanks for putting this together. Well done.
Nice recap. People often forget this was only the semifinal game, and the USA still had to (and did) beat Finland to win gold
There was no Semifinal or Final Game. The top 2 teams bought the points against the other pool opponent into the final 2 games.
So the USSR wasn't eliminated after losing to USA.
I wish this could happen again
It remains to this day the most recent occasion in which the USA men's hockey team won gold at the Olympics.
The funny thing about the Norway game is that hockey fans still remember it. My 8th grade soccer coach "Herbied" us for nearly an hour after losing our first out of division game
Simply the greatest game I've ever watched in any sport!
it’s the legend and story of this matchup which got me in to hockey.
love the brook's quotes u interlaced into the script ;)
Most of those kids went on to have very good NHL careers, and Ken Morrow not only won a 🥇 medal for Team USA, but he went on to win 4 Stanley Cups with the NY Islanders.
I played in a tournament on this rink in 1992 and scored a goal from outside the blueline on a slap shot over the goalies shoulder.what an amazing memory
I walked through the underbelly of the lake placid arena after the game and ran right into all of the soviet team bags sticks and gear. Being an American, I viewed it with the wide eyes of a 17 year old hockey fanatic, and continued on my way. The entire month of Feb 1980 was one that I will never forget. Credits go to Northwood School for my room, Gold Medal Sandwich Shop for my daily wages and Cheesesteak Hoagies and the Sassafras Lounge for the Foosball table and the endless Molson Reds, what an experience it was!!!
I remember the exact place where I watched, what we later learned was tape delayed, the game. I was a senior in high school and no matter how many times I watch Eurzione's slap shot, I get welled up with tears! It was turbulent times, it was an emotional night.
Probably the best hockey game played ever
Great video. That was very interesting. Keep up the amazing work with your videos.
In my 70's and there have been 3 athletic achievements in my life that stand above all the rest: Secretariat winning Belmont by 31 lengths, Nicklaus winning the Masters at age 46, and the Miracle on Ice.
Short and sweet, what a great video!
I remember it well. I was 14 and was already was familiar with alot of the MN players living in MN and going to Gophers game frequently. Another thing about this game was that it was not aired live - it was played in the afternoon and my buddies and I were playing a pick up game outside and had the radio on listening to the game
I am old enough to have watched Neil Armstrong walk live on the moon. Watching this (not live because, for those who know, it was on delay) is in second place. Tears fall every time.
I watched the Miracle on Ice with my Dad in 1980, it was the greatest game of any sport I've ever seen, even true to this day.
I still get emotional after all these years !!! That's when being an American meant something, we all had pride in our country. I sure miss those days !!!
What do you think the odds for this were
I couldn’t imagine the betting odds on a game like this
@@hockeypsychologyhi
As a Devils fan Fetisov and Kasatanov came into the NHL and Fetisov said they seriously underestimated the USA. Fetisov said that the scrimmage before the Olympics ( even though they won 10-3 ) the USA was very strong and competitive and the score was deceitful and Fetisov warned the team to be wary of them. Kasatanov said we can beat these guys drunk. And that's what several of the Russian players did the night before the game. Fetisov and Kasatanov even though they played on the Devils despised each other and it was because of that. Fetisov also said it was a serious psychological mistake to take out the goaltender in the first period. The Russians lost the psychological edge and Fetisov knew it.
Fetisov was 21, Kasatonov 20 and Starikov 21. I doubt VERY MUCH
Fetisov was telling Tretiak, Vasiliev
Mikhialov or Kharlamov what to look out for...lol
The USSR D Corp was shockingly young. In fact Starikov lost the puck in his skates on the 3-3 goal.
@@KMK7355 He did. Just like your laughing at Fetisov now they probably did also. They are the best in the world. Nobody needs to tell us anything. We'll guess what happened. Laugh at those pros you just mentioned on the Soviet team cause they got humbled. You just made Fetisovs story more legitimate. Why believe a 21 year old kid.
Fetisov was a 21 year old kid. There is a pecking order on all teams and if you think Fetisov was pulling rank on a guy like
Vasiliev you need your head examined.
@@KMK7355 I don't believe he pulled rank. I believe when he told his story he gave his input after that exhibition in MSG. I don't need my head examined. When your full of yourself and your the best in the world you think you can't learn nothing new. You become oblivious. Fetisov saw something that day in the USA and in my opinion Kasatanov sided with the Superstars and maybe even laughed at Fetisov...who knows? The coach of the Soviet team was known to be a strict Disciplined coach who took nothing for granted so it's surprising the Soviets weren't at least aware since the coach wasn't like that. They probably did get drunk the night before without the coach knowing it.
The Soviets were overconfident playing inferior opponents and it cost them with sloppy play like that goal Tretiak coughed up.
i do wish you added ralph cox into your script, the parallels of ralph being just the same as herb being cut right before the olympics and then the US going on to win gold was a huge part of the story irl and in the movie. During an interview herb was asked what he was thinking in the closing seconds and into the team celebration; herb said he was thinking about ralph cox.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?!
Easily one of the best calls ever.
Greatest sporting event of the US. I was 13 going on 14. Yelling at the TV with my Dad.
That is perhaps the greatest win of ALL TIME -- NO bigger underdog than Team USA vs the Soviets
As an American, now a days the country doesn’t really give you many reasons have pride and be proud of our country anymore (all the political stuff and corruption I won’t go into ton a CZcams page). But shit like this, from the past, this is when there was pride in being American, and it’s moments like these I wish we had more of. Watching this and hearing that chant and seeing that celebration made me proud to be an American again very briefly and is giving me butterflies in my stomach.
back then it was worse u must be a racist to think it was better in the past only for white men
america better in the past ???? only for white males dude take off your tinted glasses .. america was 10x worse for any minority 40 years ago i geuss only white males matter
We had no Chinese Communist controlled social media back then.
Now it's Divide & conquer
I'm not talking about Chinese people, but the Communists that also control & destroy their lives
Suddenly everyone else's opinion about our culture and country seem to matter?
Why?
Don't fall for it. It's a setup. I worked in both law and social services 70s 80s 90s-
I figured out the system, quit my job, went to politicians and the media... They already knew.
This is why sports waa special-free of politics
Go back and watch the footage of Jesse Owens pissing off Adolf Hitler. Maybe that'll make you feel better
Oh and by the way, you're not a a racist by anything you've said in your comment
Don't cower at these fools who replied.
That's what they want-just like liberals & Communist bullies
@jasonanderson5034 okay, that's enough. You throw around that racist word to shut people down?
That's a cheap shot cop -out.
You sound like you're the closed-minded one.
Or simply a parrot for the mainstream media and the indoctrination of your propaganda education!
Oh I've got something to say about your comment, and I've got a microphone
Why don't you tell us what it was 50 years ago, if you were there.
I was there. I remember.
And I would just love you to try to guess my family's skin colorS
I grew up playing street hockey with people of all places, my neighborhood covered five continents, street hockey brought us together
And you know who did not want to play street hockey with us? The black neighbors, they just didn't want to. We played baseball, basketball, dodgeball, ring & run our neighbors Saturday nights with them, went trick-or-treating together - they had no interest in hockey.
Zero
You think maybe they were the racists?
Haha!
50 years later it's very clear that those who point fingers calling others racists? Are the racists.
Have you ever heard of black-on-black poverty? Blaming racism is classic for getting away with corruption within your own culture
Obama could tell you something about it, he would be a nice community leader with direct ties to Chicago housing corruption.
He is the definition of black-on-black poverty. That's what lawyers do, commit crimes and immediately blame someone else. My sister does it for a living.
Standard operating procedure.
There were plenty of federal grants for community leaders like Obama to be building ice arenas in Chicago.
But somehow there were hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from a fund to fix Chicago subsidized housing and Obama ended up in a beautiful home that was far beyond his financial means? 🤔
But let's take a look at the origins of racist hockey.
In the USA, Hockey started out in the northern states along the Canadian border. Because it came out of Canada.
In Europe it started in cold places, not on the Mediterranean...
It was played on ICE.
I'll educate you on how ice might be racist cuz it chooses not to live in certain areas of the country😮
Ice requires a certain climate. ❄️
It has to be cold under 0° Celsius or 32° Fahrenheit 🥶
Do you know that the USA didn't have air-conditioning until the 1950s? And that's the only reason why Texas got settled!
Huge population boom in Texas when air conditioning came in!
Didya know that?
So how long do you think it would take to be able to develop the technology, afford to put ice hockey arenas in the South where it's hot? And how many hockey teams does Texas have now?
Tell Austin Matthews he's a racist, he should be playing on a Texas team because he's half Mexican. He doesn't belong in Toronto with white people! He's from the southwest - what the hell is he doing up there?
Even the indoor rinks in the 1960s 70s & 80s in the northeast, had to keep the doors OPEN in the winter or the ice would melt from the body heat inside.
You're going to call mother nature a racist because she did not provide African Americans & Mexicans in the South with ice sufficient enough to develop a hockey culture?
So because they didn't have a hockey culture we're supposed to just throw ours away?
African Americans settled in the South, Mexicans were already there
some of them came up north to the urban cities-but real hockey started out in our backyards on ponds. The fire department used to flood fields...
Inner city had basketball courts because they have pavement and the North country has dirt and water!
And the fire departments would open up hydrants in the summer so the kids could cool off
So we both had fire hydrants opened-are the fire hydrants racist?
I have a multiracial family and I'm here to tell you to knock it off. 😃
You accuse someone of being a racist?
In hockey? You're not a hockey fan.
What nationality is Al Montoya? I can tell you just by his last name because I speak a few languages and I've traveled lots of places - does that make me racist that I know he's Cuban?
This was the first professional team sport ever in the history of the world that we know of, where players from different countries speaking different languages played on the same line and team.
Now we're supposed to give reparations to black people because mother nature didn't make ice in the South so they couldn't play hockey? It seems to me that forcing other cultures to play a white man's sport would be racist?
Hockey was the one sport that crossed those boundaries- that's why we were the poor man's sport, blue-collar worker- lowest revenue of all professional sports. BY FAR!
We're up to over 6 different languages on one team?
You never saw that in any other sport.
But now we've got wannabe fake fans who don't know the game, going on social media, not watching the sport. Turning sports into their soap opera?
You want to go after the NBA and NFL maybe MLB? You might have a leg to stand on
But not hockey. Everybody bleeds red, we don't care who you are, where you come from, you produce or get the hell off the ice.
That's hockey
You're playing political broomball.
Which is what I run into in the liberal Northeast and lower leagues where racism is going on... in liberal areas Little League
Do you even know how to lace up?
Tape your blade?
Hockey isn't for everyone... So maybe it'd be best that you not hang out with a bunch of racists.
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Yes I totally agree with you we aren't a United State anymore sadly. This brings me back to a better time, it wasn't a perfect time for sure but things were different and people themselves were different. Its hard to describe unless you actually lived through it.
Scrolled some through the comments some and noticed no one brought this up. But in ‘76 the Soviets played in an NHL exhibition series. The last team they played were the current Stanley cup champion Flyers. The Broadstreet Bullies were the only team of the NHL to actually beat the soviets and they did through physically dominant play and possession of the puck. I think it’s fair to say that this exhibition game was what exposed the soviets weakness to physical play that Herb Brooks used on them in the Miracle.
The 1960 US gold story is also spectacular
My brother and dad’s alma mater BU! I went to my brothers graduation and saw all the Miracle on Ice stuff it was really cool plus the NHL Terriers.
There's an excellent doc on how the Soviets built such a dominant team to begin with (and changed the way hockey was played permanently in doing so). It's called 'Red Army', and a bunch of the players eventually went on to join NHL teams and solidify their fluid style of play as how hockey is still played (largely) today.
I was 10 when they did it. 40+ years later it still hits me where I live!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲
Best line in Miracle…
“You score a goal on Trityach, KEEP THE PUCK…”
This Soviet Team. Its a team that would DOMINATE even in the 2020's. The fact these players were not all household names like Sergei Federov or Alex Ovechkin is simply because this team was Soviet and not allowed to play and DOMINATE in the NHL back in the 1970's and 80's as most of these players would have.
people wont admit it but the soviet league was better then the nhl for a brief period they also only had like 7 teams tho soviet teams from their league not the national team won like 40 games outta 50 vs nhl teams
Soviets essentially hot housed their talent in a smaller league.
That makes a difference for familiarity. Hot house the top 23
Canadian NHL players for 1979-80
they would beat the Soviets.
In fact if you formed an NHL Team
of just USA Players including 5 forwards from the 1980 OHT
and 2 Dmen and Craig from the USOHT, they could be competitive
against the 1980 Soviets (competitive meaning they could win 2 games in a 7 game series.
Consider this 1980 USA Team.
G - Baker - Craig - Lopresti
D - Larson - Langway
Morrow - Roberts
O'Connell - Milbury
Dunn - Ramsey
C - Howe - Ftorek - Pavelich - Broten
LW - Jensen - Fidler - Johnson
Mullen - B. Miller
RW - Talafous - Holmgren - Rowe
Christoff
That team given just 4 months together wouldn't be swept in a
seven game series against the Soviets.
Watch the 1981 Canada Cup
US Soviets game. By no means
was US embarrasec. Lost 4-1
but UT was a fairly even game
possession wise. Let that US Team stay together 4 months and they are better.
I remember watching game as a 15 year old.
I played lots of rod-hockey indoors (way before video games) and street hockey outside at the park (no ice where I lived).
They game was played at 5PM on Friday night, but not broadcasted until 8PM EST.
The game was already over when the telecast came on, but they kept the final score a secret.
Never would have happened in the internet age.
If you didn't live through the 80's, you can't understand the geopolitical implications of this game.
The USSR invaded Afghanistan in late '79, the US would boycott the 1980 Summer games in Moscow.
The USSR would in turn boycott the 1984 Summer games in LA.
The threat of a nuclear holocaust was many people's minds. What a time to be alive.
Actually just met Jim Craig recently and he was the nicest guy!
Your off season content is great!
I was 15 in 1980, this is the single greatest USA 🇺🇸 sports victory ever!
What I find interesting is that Soviet team standing as a group on the other side of the rink just watching Team USA celebrate. They respected the team.
I was stunned to learn DECADES later that the game that I watched.. LIVE.. wasn't! Thank God for that era of limited information transfer so we didn't know the game had been played on tape delay..😅
Mike Eruzione is a National Treasure!
I fucking LOVE this movie i was born in 2003 so none of my teammates ever saw it but it would always get me hyped to go to practice either later that night or the next day ive even gone back and watched the original footage of that game (and i feel like the movie really didnt emphasize how much jim craige carried in that game dudes a hell of a fuckin keeper) this shit is and will always be apart of my childhood
It still gives me goosebumps
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Hockey Psychology doing a video about the Miracle on Ice team coached by Minnesota legend Herb Brooks. And Herb Brooks' degree from the University of Minnesota......... psychology.
Coincidence 🤔
Great video! Also, years ago I got the opportunity to meet Miracle on Ice player Neal Broten, one of my heros as a kid watching the Northstars at the Met Center. He had his Olympic gold medal on display while signing autographs. 👍🏻
While my father and grandfather were heavily invested in hockey, my grandmother did not. She was one who just wanted the team to "beat those soviet bastards".