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Originally Posted by woodtoo
The greatest hockey miracle happened 39 years ago when Team U.S.A. defeated the much heralded Soviet Union 4-3 on home ice
in Lake Placid New York. Scoring 2 third period goals the exclusively amateur team beat all odds to win Olympic Gold.
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Ok I'm going by memory only here so forgive me if I'm wrong
The USA team played the soviets in MSG on a nationally televised game weeks before the olympics and were destroyed. The USA team also played a few exhibition games vs chl teams that winter. One game was in Fort Worth and they looked pretty bad. The FW minor league team took it easy on them in that lines were shifted and some defensemen played either wing. It was fun to watch, but little did anyone know they'd in gold
Remember the tie vs Sweden in the early rounds (I think it was Sweden). Defenseman Baker scored from the point in the last minute or two. Without that I kinda doubt the confidence and momentum was there to beat Russia.