Team USA won the final game against Finland which wasn't much of a surprise to the US because they had never lost to Finland and they didn't plan on starting then. The most nerve racking thing about it all is that they US was not guaranteed a metal at all because this was a tournament based on points not how goes to the championship. If the US lost by two and the Soviets tied there game they would not have gotten a single metal because they would have had the worst goal differential. But Instead of loosing by two the US won by two with a game of 4-2. The United States had finished the miracle and won the gold. The US had to come from behind for another time but they obviously pulled it off very well.
For some of the team this was going to be the last competitive game they would ever play and for others it would just be the start of their NHL career. Not all the players that went to the NHL after the Olympics was great at that level and not all of them would even stay in the NHL for more than a few years but at least they could say that they lived all their dreams to the fullest.
The 1980 US Olypic team lights the flame for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games.
2 comments:
thank you for educating me of hockey, mighty hockey player man :D
I have seen that movie and it is one of my favorite sports movies! It is so motivational.During the girls basketball season I kind of felt that way no one expected us to get that far and we proved them all wrong!
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