They were college kids because USA played by the rules that said no professional athletes could compete in the olympics

@a00141799

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining that. She really didn't know!!

@MrGlenspace

4 жыл бұрын

Olympic rules back then you had to be amateurs. The soviet team was basically professionals. They played together so long they could anticipate where everyone was on the ice. I remember being a few hundred mikes south of lake placid and heard the radio play. There was no live tv but shown delayed. In fact soviet team so good they crushed the US team a while before Olympic games at Madison square garden.

@lsesternester3231

4 жыл бұрын

M 40 Keyword subsidize.

@lsesternester3231

4 жыл бұрын

M 40 No fucking shit, Sherlock. I was actually alive back then, and I sure as fuck don’t need you telling me about how it was.

@Raving

4 жыл бұрын

@Sandman Huffmaster Merciless Ray Mercer was a Boxer in the Army. I fought a couple of Army boxers in the amateurs. Lost to both of them.

They were college kids because at that time, America did not allow professional athletes to represent the U.S. in the Olympic Games. Watching this gives me goosebumps. Watching the game as it happened, was so amazing. We were jumping up and down in our living rooms, yelling “USA,” and we stood and sang our national anthem with tears running down our faces. This game gave us some of our American pride back, which unified us in a non-political way. Those college boys, and their amazing coach, became our heroes that day, and they will always be our heroes. It was called “The Miracle Game” because the American college boys beat the professional Russian team. But the true miracle was how that game made a positive change for Americans and America.

@markschade6951

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't just the US it was Olympic rules that prohibited "professional" athletes from competing. Applied to all countries until the 1990's. That's why they mentioned that all of the Soviet hockey players were actually soldiers in the Red Army who were assigned to play hockey for the Soviet National Team. That's how the Soviets got around it. The Soviet head coach was a Colonel in the Red Army and the players would do nothing but train year round (under military discipline) which played a big role in how dominant they were. For other countries it was just your coach telling you what to do but if you were a Soviet player your coach was literally your commanding officer and you were bound to follow his "orders".

@stephenscott5817

4 жыл бұрын

Same here I was 23 at the time.

@busser649

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately if you lived in the USA it was impossible to watch it "as it happened" because it wasn't broadcast live. It was played earlier in the day & was shown in primetime via tape delay.

@crowttubebot3075

4 жыл бұрын

@@busser649 Unless you lived close enough to Canada to pick up the CBC live broadcast. In my part of Wisconsin, we could, if the weather was right, get grainy CBC. I was 10, and tried to watch it live, but didn't keep the signal to the end. We were losing 2-3 when I lost the signal.

@rijlqanturis625

4 жыл бұрын

@M Detlef What a pathetic human you are. Be better than that.

I don't know what it means, or how it feels, to be a citizen of any other nation than my own. I can, however, tell you how it feels to me to be a U.S. citizen. I watched this event when it happened and I just re-watched it because of you. The effect has not lessened in the least. I'm not ashamed to say there were tears watching this video. Some will say, yes, but it was a different time, a different era, and it was. But that's what it means, how it feels, to love my country so much. 40 years later, I'm just an old man. And I'm an old man who deeply loves his nation. They can heap as much negativity as they want on my country and it means nothing to me. I've served this nation and I love this nation. And I always will. Thanks for posting this video! Now I need a kleenex, there seems to be some pollen or dust in the air around here. ;)

@mckrackin5324

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a 52 year old American Infantry vet and I feel exactly the way you do. This generation may be a huge disappointment but I'm still VERY proud to be an American.

@oscarlinebaugh8930

3 жыл бұрын

I too have served and I love this nation! Thank both of you for your service!

@mckrackin5324

3 жыл бұрын

@@oscarlinebaugh8930 Thank you as well.

A bunch of college kids lifted the spirits of an entire nation. It's hard to overestimate what this game meant to the US.

@hammurds

Жыл бұрын

I’m only 27 and also from Minnesota, but I wish more young people truly understood what this means. It really is the greatest sports moment ever for the United States.

@holoholopainen1627

10 ай бұрын

@@hammurds Sid You watch The Finland game - after this game ? Jari Kurri was on that Team !

@everettballou4640

6 ай бұрын

100%. I’m really humbled by the great veterans who make ultimate sacrifices. Yet,weirdly this team and the 1990-91 all star game at the best venue ever(Chicago Stadium)National Anthem brings tears to my eyes and feelings of major patriotism!! Also,strangely there are both hockey related which most Americans could not give a shit about..

The 2004 movie "Miracle" show a lot about how Herb Brooks managed the team.

@B___848

4 жыл бұрын

Steven Nelson she doesn’t give a shit about hockey bud...

@debsreno911

4 жыл бұрын

@@B___848 What do you mean? She has lots of videos reacting to hockey vids.

@B___848

4 жыл бұрын

debs99772 she just wants views. Doesn’t genuinely care.

@B___848

4 жыл бұрын

Pete 👏

@alanhightower976

4 жыл бұрын

In addition, it's a generally entertaining film - whether you are in to hockey or not. Worthy to watch...

I remember watching this game as a 9 year old back during the 1980 Winter Olympics. A lot of younger people under the age of 35-40 don't understand the geopolitical situation back in those days. We were in the middle of the Cold War with the former USSR. We lived every day with the specter of that Cold War potentially turning into a hot nuclear war. Add on top of the fact that the Pahlavi monarchy in Iran was overthrown and the Islamic Republic of Iran was holding the US embassy hostages for 444 days. The Soviets were gearing up for an invasion of Afghanistan and Iran and Iraq were about to go to war with each other. Also during this time, the US just got through with the disaster of the Vietnam War. To say that the US was in some serious nihilist doldrums is an understatement. This game was between the US and the hated Soviets. The reason the US squad was comprised by a bunch of college kids is because the Olympics didn't allow professionals back then. The Soviets got around this by making their players as part of the Red Army and paying them as soldiers while they played hockey. The US on the other hand couldn't get anyone older than 18-21 years old to play for Team USA because they they would rather play professionally in the NHL instead of playing for free for their country. As a kid growing up in the warm southern US, I didn't even know that hockey was a sport until the Olympics. I also remember that the US wasn't even expected to medal in this Olympics. It was supposed to be a given that the Russians were going to win gold. Everyone else was battling to see who was going to win silver and bronze. You have some very good and powerful countries like Canada, Sweden, Finland, and Czechoslovakia that was expected to win silver or bronze. During the round robin play, the US started surprising everyone by beating Czechoslovakia and going undefeated to advance to the medal round. This sets up the Miracle game with the Soviets. Only a month before, the US team got throttled by the Soviets in an exhibition game 13-3 at Madison Square Garden. Everyone thought the US was going to get throttled again. As I watched this game, I did not sit for the duration of the game. I remember being on pins and needles as the game went back and forth. When Mike Eruzione wrist shot the go-ahead goal with 10 minutes left in the game to make it 4-3, I remember screaming in excitement at the top of my lungs. Those last 10 minutes of that game seemed like 10 hours. The Russians were applying offensive pressure. Jim Craig stood on his head in goal and stopped everything and the kitchen sink. When the final 10 seconds was counting down and Al Micheals asked loudly, "Do you believe in miracles?.......yes!!!!" , me and my dad were dancing around the living room like we won a million dollars. It has been 40 years since that game was played and when I see replay of this game, it still brings a tear to my eye and adrenaline rush. Been a hockey fan since that glorious day.

@julieinthenorthwest4594

4 жыл бұрын

OK Folks, I hope you got this far down in the comments after obscene rant. Let me address the misinformation spewed forth: • "...JUST got thru Vietnam ...was SEVEN YEARS EARLIER,..." - 1980 - 7 years is 1973. Although the majority of US troops left by 1973, we still had US troops in Vietnam until the fall of Saigon in 1975. They were Marines (embassy/console) and Soldiers (Special Forces training and advising the ARVN). • "...The MIDDLE of the Cold War was in 1962..." - The Cold War lasted from about 1947 to 1991 with the fall of the Warsaw Pack nations including the Soviet Union. Using math, 1991 subtract 1947 equals 44 years. Divide 44 by 2 and get 22 years. 22 years plus 1947 puts the middle close to 1969 (without counting the exact months). Therefore the middle of the Cold War is 1969. OK, so David was technically off on the EXACT middle of the Cold War, it DID occur DURING the Cold War. • "... It was only 110 days then..." - This 110 days must be a number pulled out a person's lower orifice, because their mouth knows better. The Iranian Hostage Crisis started when the Iranian students over took the US Embassy on Nov 4, 1979 and ended Jan 20, 1981, just...ooops :-) A LITTLE AFTER Reagan was sworn into office. Do the math. • "...because this game had ENDED FIVE HOURS EARLIER, and EVERYONE KNEW the outcome BEFORE the FIRST MINUTE was shown on ANY AMERICAN TV station." - The 1980 Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, New York. It was broadcast LIVE. I was in the Army during the Iranian Hostage Crisis, my dad was in the Navy retrieving US military and South Vietnamese fleeing the Saigon in 1975, and I was in the terminal at Travis AFB waiting for my MAC flight to Korea in 1980 watching the game. BTW - I will not reply to any violent incense rants. Bbbbbyeeee!

@cydrych

4 жыл бұрын

Julie in the Northwest thanks, saved me the effort of refuting this dumbass who likes to call others a dumbass. Projection at its finest.

@u2mister17

4 жыл бұрын

@Effortless Herbs Deadleaf must be a tenured professor. No one is that emotional.

@u2mister17

4 жыл бұрын

David Reynolds I was 25 and you captured the moment very well. Dad my older brother and I watched the game "LIVE" as you did. Kurt Russell's movie "Miracle" is worth every minute.

@ElmalditoProfeta

4 жыл бұрын

@M Detlef dude eat a Snickers...chill

I wasn't even born then but still get goosebumps watching this.

In those days, The Olympics was amateur athletes only, hence college kids v "soldiers". (Whose only job was to play hockey)

They made a movie about this as well called Miracle with Kurt Russell as U.S.A's coach.

@mcjiishy

4 жыл бұрын

she should do a reaction to that movie ...great movie

@broncosfan1619

4 жыл бұрын

They did one with Gene Hackman before that.

@mtiller2006

2 жыл бұрын

A very good movie, which I would recommend without question. Kurt Russell did an outstanding job portraying Herb Brooks, and although Al Michaels was there to do a modern-time commentary, the producers did not replace his iconic "Five seconds left in the game! Do you believe in miracles? YES!" They felt the call was so spontaneous and so genuine, that it could not be replicated, and that was a wise decision. As much as I loved the movie, my mother told me she was in college at the time and after seeing the game on TV, at least one of her professors extended a due date on one of her class's assignments as the sporting moment took over practically everyone's minds. Great film, but truly an amazing moment in sporting history for a group of young college hockey players to upset a well-trained team from the Soviet Union

@inarar5334

Жыл бұрын

They spliced two lines from the movie on this video. "I'm sick and tired of hearing how good the Soviets are" and "Tonight we skate with them. We stay with them. And we shut them down! Because we can!" were distinctly Kurt Russell from the movie. The only audio of the real Brooks I recall in this one was near the beginning, from an interview before the Olympics, "right now I'd have to say the Soviets hade the best hockey team in the world."

@JPMadden

Жыл бұрын

@@broncosfan1619 Karl Malden. And I agree that people should watch this forgotten movie ("Miracle on Ice") from 1981. It was made in the docudrama style. I prefer it to the Disney version.

I'm crying over here reacting to this video. We need another miracle on ice today

@holoholopainen1627

11 ай бұрын

USA should send - More of these players to Olympics !

Courtney, it’s impossible to describe the impact this had in the states. I’m 63, and it is, without a doubt, by leaps and bounds, the greatest sports moment of my lifetime.

@MrVvulf

4 жыл бұрын

Followed closely by Secretariat in '73. Both still give me chills.

@nicksepulvado

11 ай бұрын

Me 2

Courtney, I saw every game our guys played in Lake Placid and even after 40 years the”miracle on ice” still brings tears to my eyes👍.

The Soviets had beaten the U.S. team 10-3, in an exhibition game, a few days before the Olympics began. Also, this game was not for the GOLD medal. A couple of days later, team USA defeated Finland 4-2, to capture the gold.

@turbochargedsports6327

4 жыл бұрын

The Soviet team was an absolute machine. They won the gold in the World Championships the previous year, going 6-0 & outscoring their opponents 51-12 in the tournament. They beat an NHL all star team 6-0 in '79 & went 5-3-1 against NHL clubs in exhibition play. That 1980 Olympic semifinal game was the epitome of David vs Goliath.

@davester1970

4 жыл бұрын

@@turbochargedsports6327 - This was David vs. Goliath without David having a slingshot.

@holoholopainen1627

10 ай бұрын

Never has been a Finland - game at this magnitude ! Even non hockey Fans wanted to watch - before The Celebration Party !

@RoyalMela

7 ай бұрын

@@turbochargedsports6327 It was not a semi-final, and the game against Finland was not the final. It was a round robin with top four teams and team with most points after last days games won the gold. If USA lost to Finland, USA could have been 4th, and Soviets taking the gold.

@everettballou4640

6 ай бұрын

Correct,which was ANOTHER comeback Win!

Courtney, i was 14 when that match happened. I cried then, and i still cry. The USA played by the rules and only had college kids, versus a team that could defeat any NHL team. The USA was a helluva mess at that time, and that one moment united us in optimism. Eleven years later, the USSR was gone. Related to this video, check out Kurt Russell's speech as Herb Brooks in the movie "Miracle". Best sports movie speech ever. Thank you for this. Made my week!

@bobstewart8032

4 жыл бұрын

I'm the same age as you and feel the same as you do. It was a wonderful moment for The United States! USA! USA! USA!

@a00141799

4 жыл бұрын

Still brings back chills. I'm with you on that.👍

@mikemclaughlin3306

4 жыл бұрын

Every team..... except the broad street bullies

@logant5402

4 жыл бұрын

dude im from the USA and watched that as well but fucking drama much?

@bobstewart8032

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikemclaughlin3306 maybe that is the problem with my Flyers lol

I was a kid when this game happened. I remember sitting there watching it with my parents. When the US won that game we went crazy! This game was one of the greatest moments in sports history. Still chokes me up watching these kids perform a miracle.

41 years ago.... still gives me chills. I remember watching this with the family..... still brings tears to my eyes...... "do you believe in miracles?.....YES!"

I remember being woke up by my father to watch this greatest moment with my dad ever

I would highly recommend you watch the documentary on this event: "Do You Believe in Miracles? The 1980 US Hockey Team" to really get the full impact and import of what happened. I was eighteen at the time and a senior in high school. It sucked to be an American then and even after all these years I struggle to put into words what those boys did meant to myself and everyone I knew. Just an amazing feeling; I still get emotional just thinking about it.

@seansitton1929

4 жыл бұрын

Just looked it up and it is on KZread. I bought it many years ago on DVD.

@NickatLateNite

4 жыл бұрын

@randallshaw... I was 30 & a young, non-combat Vietnam veteran... my thoughts and feelings were/are completely aligned with yours, it truly was a miracle that all of us in the USA really needed at that time... sure could use something like that now too!

@turbochargedsports6327

4 жыл бұрын

@@NickatLateNite thank you for your service & a belated welcome home! 🇺🇸

@turbochargedsports6327

4 жыл бұрын

Randall -- same here. I was 17 & a junior in high school. I played on the school basketball team & we were playing for the state championship at the time the US-USSR game was played. The officials stopped the basketball game & the arena announcer gave the score. As you can imagine, the arena went insane!! On the court we were screaming & cheering & dancing & hugging anyone within arm's reach -- including players from the other team. I got a couple of nice kisses from some of the lovely cheerleaders as well! 😊 Honestly it was VERY difficult to concentrate enough to finish our game.

@Freeman_W

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know the players name at 3:09 ?

You need to watch the movie Miracle

@rob7953

4 жыл бұрын

It is, in my opinion, the best based-on-true-events sports movie out there.

@billwhipple9039

4 жыл бұрын

Watching the video she is, it tells you the facts and describes the emotions. The movie makes you feel it Time for a movie reaction video? 😁

@myclaytxblet4523

4 жыл бұрын

im going to go watch it, again. ha

@Timmycoo

4 жыл бұрын

@@rob7953 Coach Carter and Miracle is my tops

@jeffburdick869

3 жыл бұрын

agreed. This is a good video, but the movie is outstanding and really gives you the full story. It is one of the best movies ever made IMO.

"Do you believe in Miracles? Yes!" Has to be the greatest moment in sports commentary history

that was the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Reagan was elected and history is history. Always Proud American here! I watched this live on TV. I was 16 years old.

@busser649

4 жыл бұрын

If you lived in the USA I'm not sure how you watched it live because it was played earlier in the day & broadcast in primetime via tape delay.

@kentgrady9226

4 жыл бұрын

@@busser649 The game was broadcast by tape delay in prime time. Most people thought they were actually watching it live and of those who did know the game was over, many were unaware of the result. No internet, no cell phones, no ESPN, no live update crawls. It was a different era.

@kentgrady9226

4 жыл бұрын

You're giving far too much credit to Reagan. Off the top of my head, I can name a number of people who deserve more credit than Ronnie... Truman - for implementing the containment policy; George Marshall - for implementing his plan and rebuilding Europe and Japan; Tito - for his resistance to Soviet hegemony, thus creating the first crack in the Eastern Bloc; Kennedy - for facing down the Soviets during the missile crisis without giving up Greece and Turkey; Lech Walęsa - for leading the Solidarity trade union movement and creating unrest in Poland; Karol Wojtyla/Pope Saint John Paul - for creating global pressure on the Soviets and encouraging the growth of individual human dignity within a system that denied the importance of the individual; Henry Kissinger - for creating and implementing Nixon's China policy ("playing the China card"); Rep Charlie Wilson - for masterminding, funding and running the covert war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Yes, Ronnie was a player. But most of the groundwork was laid far before he was elected. Giving him exclusive credit for the fall of communism is like giving someone credit for a nice day because he opened a window.

@busser649

4 жыл бұрын

@@kentgrady9226 & I'm actually jealous of people that thought they were actually watching it live because unfortunately a lot of radio & TV stations had already mentioned the results. With that said though, I may have to apologize to Billy & others whom lived close to the Canadian border because apparently it was broadcast live in Canada & if you were fortunate enough to live close to the border you actually could have watch it live, & if this is the case with Billy, I apologize.

@kentgrady9226

4 жыл бұрын

@@busser649 The thing that was remarkable about the Miracle on Ice was that it riveted a country, most of which knew NOTHING about hockey. Outside New England and the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes, hockey was a mysterious, foreign game. I grew up in the Central Plains and, as Al Michaels put it, "didn't know a blue line from a clothesline". But we watched - on the edge of our seats the whole time.

I'm Canadian and I wasn't even born back than... HOWEVER, the miracle on ice brings me to tears in a good way.

New sub...and as a Canadian I am glad the U.S. had this moment when they needed it...even if it was our game... 🥅🏒 🇺🇸🇨🇦 Edit: they cut the song “Tom Sawyer” for copyright reasons, I think... (Another Canadian contribution)

@magdalenem4949

3 жыл бұрын

to our neighbors in the North: we love your game but this victory was yours too, as allies the soviets were all our adversaries in the free world. Cheers from the states. I love your country!!!

I still shed a tear when Michaels counts down the final seconds !!!! EVERY TIME !!! USA USA USA

@kevinstull8552

10 ай бұрын

"Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" That is maybe the greatest call in sports history, definitely for sure in the top 5 or top 10.

I remember watching that. I almost cry every time I watch it now. It was a proud moment for every down to earth American and still is. God bless the U. S. A.

@charlesgregory1574

4 жыл бұрын

The same here! The timing of this Olympic victor(es) couldn't have occurred at a better time. American pride was at an all-time low due to such events as the Iran hostage crisis, the failed rescue attempt , the president virtually giving away OUR Panama Canal. Our young college boys playing the world's ice hockey powerhouse supposedly didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of even coming close. I'm in the southeast and so many people down here didn't know what ice hockey was. They did afterwards! The 1980 USA Olympic Ice Hockey Team virtually restored our pride and patriotism soaring to the moon and back!

I was in middle school at the time and at edge of my seat for the entire 3rd period. The game was actually on tape delay but I didn’t know and thought I was watching it live.

I was 10 years old and this still makes me tear up with pride

I teared up just watching the end of this. I was a twenty year old when this happened and it did galvanize the country here.

A cheap wine drinking, attractive, sports fan, that cusses like a sailor (adorable) she's a keeper

The best 5 seconds in american sport EVER!!!!!!

It was the first time in my life, as a HS student, that the chants USA, USA, USA...were ringing out...and how much American pride our nation had. being underdogs and came out winning...the fighting spirit that make US America!! Indeed, one of our greatest sports moment!

Watched the game the night NBC aired it and I still get chills hearing Al Michaels saying "Do you believe in miracles?"

Words can NOT describe how GREAT that was !!!!!!!! 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍

I remember watching this game as a child and I was in tears

I lived this moment as a kid and it was the most amazing experience!! The feelings experienced were undescribable.

I remember my mom crying after the final buzzer. Everyone cried

I wasn't alive for this game. But as an American The last ten seconds give me goosebumps every time

I was a nine year old kid at the time. I can remember the sheer joy when our team defeated the Russians. Grown men including my father a career marine broke down in tears. It was such an amazing event for our country.

I recall a sports commentator at the time saying that this was like your high school football team taking on the Steelers. And winning.

I was 24 yrs old ....and wept! That game was the beginning of America getting her strut back. Everyone my age knows who almost made this Beautiful Lady fall. But I'm leaving the politics aside. The hockey players are my heroes that year!

@MonsterSound

2 жыл бұрын

Regan was a corrupt SOB who made a secret deal for Iran to hold the hostages until after the election so that he could win. Iran-contra ring any bells?

I remember watching this game on my small b & w tv. I was living at the YWCA and attending college at that time. FYI: Mark Johnson who was a Universally of Wisconsin hockey player that was on the USA team then is now the head coach of the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team.. He is one of the winningest coaches in UW history and NCAA history.

I'm from Detroit and back when i was a kid a few of the guys from Russia played for the Redwings. It was pretty cool to see that after everything they teamed up.

They made two movies about this game, Miracle on Ice(1981) with Steve Guttenberg; followed by Miracle(2004) with Kurt Russell. I think I saw both but I remember Miracle a lot better, it was an awesome movie!

That brief moment of silence was America realizing they could win so they decided to give it everything they had. Both teams are nothing but warriors. But I represent the home team 🇺🇸. Our patriotism its blood deep. It was more than just a game.

I remember this like it was yesterday, watching it live with my family and we went wild. We were crying and cheering USA, USA!!!!

@CourtneyCoulston

4 жыл бұрын

Must have been an amazing moment!!!

@andressandoval2904

Жыл бұрын

Wow really you were there live? Well I watched a Documentary on the Soviets and Hockey. It was truly a miracle because if they were two play 20 more times the Soviets would win every time. What a blessing!!! That’s incredible!!

@holoholopainen1627

10 ай бұрын

1980 - 2023 - remember like yesterday ?

I was nine years old. My dad was a career USAF officer, and we were living at Loring AFB, Maine. Loring was a SAC base with nuclear alert B-52s and their tankers. We hadn't heard who won, just that we needed to watch the game (it was not shown live; it was tape-delayed to that night). It's impossible to describe how exciting that game was, and how pumped up everyone was the next day.

I'm not American but this was an absolute great moment in sports history for sure..

This very likely IS the greatest moment in US sports history. A team made up of college kids going against Russian professionals, and no one gave the US team any chance of winning! Truly amazing! I'm not even a hockey fan, but I remember this brought me to tears.

"Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"... Al Michaels

I love watching you experience this! I remember when this happened and it brings tears to my eyes every time!💕

The Cold War kicked up immediately after World War II. It was a decades-long arms race that ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.

@turbochargedsports6327

4 жыл бұрын

@Sandman Huffmaster I think it was the first time, and it took off in popularity afterwards. I hadn't heard it before that game. I watched it on tape delay that night, which was a blessing because I was on my HS basketball team & we were playing for the state championship in our division at the time the hockey game was played.

@ajzwiebel

4 жыл бұрын

It's not over. We still have hundreds of nuclear missiles pointed at each other.

@leviticuscornwall9631

4 жыл бұрын

But unfortunately Marxist ideology has won

One of the greatest moments in the pantheon of all sports!

I grew up in northern Minnesota and watched a lot of these kids play when they were playing college hockey, before the Olympics. So many familiar faces on that U.S. team.

Thanks for that. It brought back good vibes from when I watched it live.

I was in my 20s back then. I'll never forget it!!! Proud to be an American!!!

There is a movie made about this story called well "Miracle." It showed all of us what those players went through to get to the Olympics. The tryouts for the team. The months of extremely hard practicing. Herb Brooks, their coach drove those guys very, very hard. Nobody knew that Mr. Brooks was the last guy cut off the team for the 1960 Olympic hockey team who also beat the USSR for the gold. Could you imagine you were the last guy cut from a team that went on to win the gold medal? That has to be something that would eat at you like nothing else. For ever and ever. But luckily for Mr. Brooks, it only lasted 20 years because as you can see, he got his gold medal. Anyway it is a great movie. Kurt Russell plays Brooks. It was great to see what those young players had to go through in the months leading up to the games. Obviously you could see why they were able to play so hard and never gave up. Like I said it is a very good movie and like always, Al Michaels "Do you believe in miracles" gave me huge goose pimples and tears in each eye. Check it out.

This was an absolute David versus Goliath story. I was a junior in high school and all we could talk about the next day at school was....WE BEAT THE RUSSIANS!!! It was incredible!

Those were ICBM's (Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles) at the beginning. In other words, nuclear missiles.

@davester1970

4 жыл бұрын

Anyone under the age of 30-35 will never know bomb drills.

@jenosou5128

3 жыл бұрын

@@davester1970 Lets be happy about that 😂.

@davester1970

3 жыл бұрын

@@jenosou5128 - In case you don't know, the US and Russia still have thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at each other. Not to mention several other countries have developed nuclear weapons since the end of the Cold War. The threat of nuclear war hasn't gone away.

@jenosou5128

3 жыл бұрын

@@davester1970 Common sense protects the world, it doesn’t matter how many countries have them, it only takes someone even without a brain to not even risk using one. China, Russia, and USA along with other superpowers know using them won’t do anyone justice.

Oh Boy I remember this,,,, thanks for your reaction,, I still get chills

STILL makes me cry to watch this after all these years. :)

The Miracle with Kurt Russel as the coach was a fantastic movie. One of the young actors in it actually played his father.

To those claiming to have watched this game live on TV, you’re memory is a bit foggy- this game was shown at night on tape delay, having been played earlier in the day.

@TANTRUMGASM

4 жыл бұрын

It was broadcast live in Canada, and alot people near the border in the US saw it on live Canadian TV . The tape delay broadcast began about 1 hour after game ended....and pre internet ,not many people had any idea that the US had won.

@turbochargedsports6327

4 жыл бұрын

I was grateful that it was on tape delay for prime time. I was a junior in HS and played on the basketball team. We were playing for the state championship at the time the hockey game was played.

Even though I was an 8 year old swedish kid at the time, I got me a new idol in Jim Craig at that time. This really bring back memories.

I feel extra Patriotism just from being a Minnesotan.

@holoholopainen1627

11 ай бұрын

Half of The Team was from Minnesota and The other half just wanted to be like The Hanson Brothers ! - and None of that stinking root beer !

The part where the sound cut out was almost certainly deliberate, because it contained music that is, of course, under copyright. ("Tom Sawyer" by Rush, if anyone's curious.)

I remember listening to this game live on the radio on my way to Lisbon, NY for a high school basketball playoff game between my high school and Lisbon Central School. I didn't see this until the next day. But everyone had to know that once that happened, I was going to watch the US go for the gold medal against Finland. The US came from behind to win 4-2. And all this took place in Lake Placid, NY. Only 2 hours from my hometown.

I was on a bus, going home after going with a group to a Blues game in St. Louis, MO. A couple of people had radios and we listened to this game on the trip home. It was amazing! A few months later, I was introduced to Mike Eruzione. He was one of the nicest guys I have ever met. A true gentleman.

Courtney, re. the slam against the "boards" at 3:54, that's as much a part of the game of hockey as the ice and the puck. I remember watching that game on TV. What a night!

"I'm tired of hearing..." and "tonight we skate" quotes were both Kurt Russell from the movie, "Miracle on Ice".

I'm watching this in February of 2021. Obviously I knew the outcome, (I was 30 years old when it happened.)yet it still brought tears to my eyes. FU FACT: They didn't win the gold medal that night after beating the Soviet team. They still had to beat Finland in the medal game, and they did.

This was a proud Olympics for we Wisconsinites. Not only were several of the hockey players from our University of Wisconsin team but the only other gold medals won by the USA were the 5 won by Eric Heiden in speed skating.

Goosebumps...my favorite sporting memory of my childhood!!

It is impossible to overstate how big this game was for us. It changed everything we thought about ourselves. The college kids made us believe in ourselves again.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Half of my college was built for this olympics. At least 3 dorm room buildings. Paul Smith's College. I didn't know until I got there in 1989. Lake Placid is still going strong for winter sports.

This is considered to be the single biggest upset in sports history.

@michaeldougherty2807

4 жыл бұрын

@M Detlef what's bigger?

I was just a kid when this happened. Words cannot describe how I felt when they beat the Soviet team. I will add my voice to those others who say you should watch the movie Miracle. Kurt Russell did an excellent job playing Herb Brooks. Also, they mention the Iran Hostage Crisis, well as a kid, after they were released from the embassy when Reagan got elected, one of them came and spoke at my school. I'll always remember it.

I still remember where I was at when I heard the news. The game was going to be shown on a delayed basis in the United States. I was a senior in high school and working at my Dad's restaurant when a customer, who was a hockey fan was listening the game on the radio and said the U.S. won. I made sure to watch the tape delay on ABC when I got off of work. And it wasn't even for the gold medal.

to me the greatest game ever in any sport. this was historic!!!

I remember watching this and it made me want to go from playing in the NHL When I grew up to wanting to play for Team USA in the 1988 Olympics! This was the longest 10 minutes I ever remember!!!

as a 7 year old boy it was one of the greatest moments of my young life, Americans were almost trained to hate Russia, our ways of life was polar opposites of each other, we were an open society while they were closed off these people who controlled 1/3 0f the planet with an Iron fist, we had probable had the worst 20 year period in our history, the Vietnam War almost killed our moral also 4 major Assassinations of major people, in the 60's it was a very dark time, this event seemed to change all of that, it was a turning point for the two countries, btw at that point no professional players were allowed to compete in the Olympics starting with that game we soared and they went into Afghanistan and 9 years later communism was dead so to that little boy it was one of the greatest moments in his history

I watched the game live so many years ago and then I joined the army and went places most never got to see it was sometimes scary very scary but you get past it and keep moving forward and so I love this country being from Canada originally I was naturalized and became a US citizen at nine years old and I've never looked back I love your videos and think you are a wonderful person keep these going thank you

Courtney, I know you're from New Zealand, but you are a true American! Thank you! Respectfully, Steve

I remember watching this as a kid. The only entire hockey game I have ever watched. It was amazing!

This is truly symbolizes what makes sports so special. WOW 🇺🇸

One of the key moments in the Game was Mark Johnson's Goal that tied the game at the very end of the first period. The starting Russian Goalie, Vladislav Tretiak was one of the greatest goalies in the history of the game. And after Johnson scored the goal, the Russian Coach pulled Tretiak and put in his backup. Also for Hockey documentary recommendations, I would recommend checking out "The Russian 5", which talks about how The Detroit Red Wings managed to get several Russian Players to defect and come and play for them in the NHL and how their contributions opened the door for other Russians to come to the NHL.

This was without a doubt, one of the greatest several weeks of American history. I am not a hockey fan and was lucky to turn in on the USA vs Sweden game early in the games. We fought back hard to earn a tie. I thought wow those guys are pretty good. So I made sure to watch the next game. I can't remember who it was but we beat them and our young hockey guys worked their asses off and I was impress. I was in high school back then and the was some talk going around about the hockey team. Then the next game they won again and there was more talk around school and every where else. Then came the game against USSR. Everybody was talking about it. Just 3 weeks before this game, the USSR destroyed us 10 - 0 in a exhibition game. Everybody who knows anything about hockey, getting beat 10 - 0 is a down right ass kicking. Well back to the game in the Olympics against them. Nobody thought we stood a chance. Including me but something inside told me these kids are special. They already showed in the previous games what kind of heart this team had. I lived in a townhome at the time that had a little park out front that was surrounded by other townhomes. As the game started and things started happening, I could hear it coming from other homes in the circle. During a commerical I went out and walked around the little park. Out of the 25 homes that surrounded this little park, I counted 18 of them with the game on. Wow that doesn't even happen during a Superbowl. Well as the game went on when the USSR scored the first goal moans could be heard all around the park. When the USA scored a pretty loud roar shook the little park. Back and forth the game went and, I am getting goose pimples as I am writing this. When the USA scored the go ahead goal people came running out of their homes, myself included, yelling and screaming like they were at the game. USA, USA, USA echoed through the neighborhood. It was at that point I noticed this little hockey party wasn't just around our little park. It was going on all over the neighborhood. Like nothing I have ever experienced before. Like I said not even during a Superbowl. Realizing there was still a very long time to go still we all rushed back in our homes to finish watching the game. As you could see the remainder the game was incredibly exciting. I can remember the USSR players were taking one shot after another but our goalie Jim Craig went off like nothing I have ever seen before. He blocked shot after shot after shot. A real human brick wall he was those last 6 minutes. It seemed that the last 6 minutes were all spent on the USA side and the USSR players were doing nothing but taking shots. The neighborhood echoed with, ooowww ahhhhh shit, oh no and yeah go Craig. Those last 6 minutes felt like 6 hours. But as time kept clicking off the clock. The tension and excitement was getting so high, you felt when it went, all the roofs in the area would go flying off. As you can see in the video when Al Michaels made his very famous, " Do you believe in miracles" comment, the neighborhood erupted like nothing I have ever experienced before or since. People again came flying out of their homes yelling and screaming even louder than before. There was so much excitement flowing right through everybody. Neigbors who never got along before were laughing and celebrating with each other. Turned into a block party on every block around. At the time this happened, our country wasn't feeling very good about itself. i don't know why it happened but those young hockey players did something to this country that we needed so very much. They gave us our pride back and filled the whole country with patriotism like never before. Funny thing is, although hockey is a professional sport here, it is the least popular or the 4 big ones. Like I said, I wasn't a hockey fan. None of my friends were hockey fans. But for some reason those young hockey players showed the rest of us what made and makes the USA the greatest country in the world. Their never give up attitude. Their ability to be unselfish and help each other as a team. The heart that team showed the rest of us was unbelievable. To go up against Goliath and be brave and kick his ass. It is hard to describe what it did to our country and the way it made me feel. Like I mentioned earlier, it never fails to give me goose pimples to this very day when seeing something about it. Those were truely a couple of very special and unforgetable weeks back in the 1980 winter Olympics. Something that will always have a very special spot in my heart and a life time of thanks to all those great USA hockey players. Now, do you believe in miracles?

The 1980 US Hockey lived up to the official music of 1980 winter olympic games "GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT" by Chuck Mangione

Al Michaels's call was so awesome that it was reused at the 2000 summer Olympics when American wrestler Rulon Gardner pulled off a historic upset of his own. Coincidentally against a Soviet athlete

I still tear up every time I catch a glimpse of anything about The Miracle. Truest underdog story if there ever was and can make any American swell up with pride and transition it to their own lives knowing despite the odds the fight is never over😁

There's a movie called the miracle starring Kurt Russell as the coach of the American hockey team playing against all the other International teams. it's a great movie. The original coach of the American hockey team died only weeks before the movie was released.

This moment is always crazy for Detroiters since Fetisov (Who plays for the USSR during the Miracle on Ice) went on to be a prominent member of the Detroit Red Wings. He was a member of the Russian Five, the first all Russian five-man hockey unit. He went on to win I think two Stanley Cups with Detroit. Ok if you want to see really good hockey look up "Fight Night at the Joe Louis Arena".

For a bit of perspective, consider that the Soviet team had won every meaningful international competition for the last 16 years. Soviet teams came over and routinely beat NHL (professional ALL STAR teams) and they won games by truly ridiculous double digit scores. The idea that genuine amateur athletes, college kids, could compete with the Soviets was unthinkable. Imagine a team of school kids taking on the New Zealand national rugby team. This was truly an upset of David and Goliath proportions. That it took place at perhaps one of the darkest hours of the Cold War, made it all the more riveting.

Kurt Russell's speech at the end of the movie... "Two days later, the miracle was made complete. My boys defeated Finland to win the gold medal; coming from behind once again. As l watched them out there, celebrating on the ice, l realized that Patty has been right. This was A LOT more than a hockey game. Not only for those who watched it, but for those who played in it. l've often been asked in the years since Lake Placid what was the best moment for me? Well, it was here, the sight of twenty young men with such different backgrounds, now standing as one. Young men willing to sacrifice so much of themselves, all for an unknown. A few years later, the U.S. began using professional athletes for the Games. Dream Teams. I've always found that term ironic because now that we have 'Dream Teams', we seldom ever get the dream. But on one weekend as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most. A chance for one thing. Not only a chance to dream, but a chance, once again...to BELIEVE.

I was 9 years old when I watched this game on TV. That was the second time the Winter Olympics had been held in Lake Placid, and they are trying for a third. Interesting bit of trivia: that region, the Adirondack (Bark eater) mountains, is named for the fact that the winters can be so brutal that all there is for forage for the wildlife is the treebark. In autumn however it is the most beautiful place on earth; the mountains look like they are on fire.

the greatest sports story not just in the USA but anywhere! I saw it live and a million times after that tape or dvd and I never get tired of it !!

@rexuz2482

4 жыл бұрын

How do you know that though? Do you know what happens in every sport in every country on the planet?

@JOHNWLOUCKS

4 жыл бұрын

@@rexuz2482 yes, I do !!!!

loved watching the USA win ...Herb Brooks was the coach who went on to coach the NY Rangers.. this was a great moment for all the country.. even those who didnt follow hockey

The movie "Miracle" is a great one, I think. Herbie Brooks was played by Kurt Russell, I think. BTW, We here in Wisconsin hated Brooks in the 70s because we had a darn good hockey team (UW-Madison), but Brooks always seemed to beat us. We would chant "Herbie, Herbie..." in derision. P.S. Mark Johnson on the USA team (son of the coach in UW) was our stand-out player. Brooks picked him for his USA team, despite the rivalry. Oh, Brooks was the coach for Minnesota.

After the US tied the game 3-3, the Americans remember their teammate, backup goaltender Steve Janaszak, saying something along the lines of “If we score another, we’ll blow the roof off this place.” Only had to wait 81 seconds after. I also recommend looking into the Soviet Union’s perspective on hockey and their national team program. Very interesting stuff and it helps bring this game into a new light as well.

Sports can unite a country. It is a beautiful thing. Another great example of this is the 1995 South African rugby team winning the World Cup.

You should watch the film “Miracle.” The most impressive part of that story to me is that the game against the Soviets was not the gold medal game, it was the semi-final. After all the excitement and hype of that win, they had to re-compose themselves and play another game either the next day or the day after against a team almost as good as the Soviets to win the gold. That is why I think Herb Brooks is the greatest coach in the history of American sports.