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Post by msdemos on Feb 22, 2019 17:54:16 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 22, 2019 18:46:14 GMT
We got to see it live here because we got Canadian TV. Rest of the country had tape delay. I remember relatives calling and asking “did the US win” and my father say “no”. Longest 10 minutes of game time in history after Eruzione scored. We never thought that the US would hold. But the Soviets got scared. They started dumping the puck in and that wasn’t their style. That’s when we thought they would win
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 22, 2019 21:45:51 GMT
No one else?
That whole tournament was bizarre. The US got slaughtered by the Russians in an exhibition before it started. Their first game needed a last second goal to tie Sweden. Then they whupped Czechoslovakia, who were actually favored to beat the Soviets, by some experts. Then Viktor Tikhonov pulling Vladislav Tretiak, maybe the best goalie in history, in a snit over a fluky goal before the first period ended. Had the Russians played their game to the end, they should have tied at least. But, like I said, they dumped the puck in and hoped for a lucky bounce. That wasn't their game. The Soviets outclassed the US in every aspect, on paper. But Herb Brooks outcoached Tikhonov.
My father had a valuable stopwatch, came over from Russia with his grandfather. He had it, using it to time the last 10 minutes (TV never kept the clock on screen all the time). When the US won, he threw the stopwatch into the air in celebration. It hit the ceiling and broke. Wasn't until a week later until he got pissed about it.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 22, 2019 23:10:19 GMT
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Post by SportsFan19 on Feb 23, 2019 0:48:39 GMT
Sorry, I hadn't been born yet.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 23, 2019 15:52:34 GMT
We got to see it live here because we got Canadian TV. Rest of the country had tape delay. I remember relatives calling and asking “did the US win” and my father say “no”. Longest 10 minutes of game time in history after Eruzione scored. We never thought that the US would hold. But the Soviets got scared. They started dumping the puck in and that wasn’t their style. That’s when we thought they would win usa! usa! usa!
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Post by Xcalatë on Feb 23, 2019 16:51:45 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 23, 2019 17:29:29 GMT
Many looked on the game as The Freckle Faced All-American Boys vs. The Godless Commie Hordes. I looked on it as a HS football team taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers (remember the year) in the Super Bowl. And winning. The Soviets were that much better than the US. On every day but that one. 75% - 100% of the Godless Commie Hordes could have (should have) been playing in the NHL. Most on the US players never did big things in the NHL.
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