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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 19, 2020 16:27:32 GMT
In case i forget, 40 years ago Saturday, this occurred
Greatest upset in sports history?
I remember it so well. We got to see it live because we got Canadian TV. Most of America didn't. When Eruzione scored the go ahead goal, everyone thought the same thing, "10:00 to go. Waaaaaaaaaay too much time." But the Soviets played horribly, dumping the puck into the US zone instead of starting an organized attack. Herb Brooks got them to play his game. And the Russians did not know how to play from behind. They didn't pull the goalie because they never rehearsed that.
The US-Finland game was just as climatic. The US fell behind and, if they lost, they wouldn't have even took the Bronze.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Feb 19, 2020 17:07:50 GMT
My all-time favorite non-Philadelphia sports moment. I still don’t fully know how they pulled it off. The equivalent today would be if Duke beat the All-Star team that LeBron drafted.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Feb 19, 2020 17:22:50 GMT
My all-time favorite non-Philadelphia sports moment. I still don’t fully know how they pulled it off. The equivalent today would be if Duke beat the All-Star team that LeBron drafted. I remember a funny throwaway line in an episode of X-Files where it's suggested that it was a conspiracy. The cigarette smoking man is talking about various events his people have engineered over the years and he says something like, "All I know is there was no way the Russian hockey team was going to win the Gold medal in 1980."
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 19, 2020 17:30:09 GMT
My all-time favorite non-Philadelphia sports moment. I still don’t fully know how they pulled it off. The equivalent today would be if Duke beat the All-Star team that LeBron drafted. The Russians were overconfident. They routed the US 10-3 in the last exhibition before the Olympics. They admitted they thought that all they had to do was show up. And they weren't used to having to come from behind.
The US was a phenomenally well conditioned team. Brooks changed lined very quickly, keeping his players fresh. The Russians were tired.
Jim Craig played a great game.
Russian coach Viktor Tikhonov made a bone headed decision in pulling Vladislav Tretiak. Vladimir Myshkin was a good goalie but Tretiak was possibly the greatest ever. Why pull him? The Russian players were muttering "coach crazy".
I had knee surgery the week before the Olympics so I had nothing to do but watch every game. The US team was a very good team. Underline team. They whupped Czechoslovakia 7-3, a team that was thought to have a real shot at beating the USSR. They weren't a bunch of wide eyed kids who caught lightning in a bottle for one game.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Feb 19, 2020 17:34:30 GMT
HBO did a great documentary on the Miracle On Ice a few years back. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Hey, I just checked and it's on youtube.
EDIT: Jesus, the doc is from 2001! 'A few years ago' is a longer period of time, the older you get.
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Post by tristramshandy on Feb 19, 2020 18:21:59 GMT
My all-time favorite non-Philadelphia sports moment. I still don’t fully know how they pulled it off. The equivalent today would be if Duke beat the All-Star team that LeBron drafted. Well that comparison just made me root for the Russians . . .
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