After a week of World Cup celebration, let’s shift gears and take a walk down down memory lane … to another USA sports achievement.
In 1980, the US men’s Olympic hockey team clawed its way towards a gold medal with a game against the heavily-favored Soviet Union.
The Soviet team had won gold medals in each of the the four previous Winter Olympics.
In a “friendly” game a few days before the start of the Olympics, the Soviets manhandled the U.S.A. team 10-3.
Suffice it to say that things didn’t look good for the Americans.
That is, until the miracle happened…


