Ice Hockey Olympics Lake Placid

The united states took the silver medal and germany claimed one of its three all time hockey medals by taking the bronze.

Ice hockey olympics lake placid. The men s ice hockey tournament at the 1932 winter olympics in lake placid united states was the 4th olympic championship also serving as the 6th world championships. Located right in the heart of lake placid village near restaurants and lodging the olympic center is a great place to stop before or after a meal or as a starting point or cap end to your day. This surface along with the usa rink was built for the 1980 winter olympics. The men s ice hockey tournament at the 1980 winter olympics in lake placid united states was the 14th olympic championship.

Canada represented by the winnipeg hockey club won its fourth consecutive olympic gold medal and sixth consecutive world championship. On ice training for the three american national sliding programs started monday though how the rest of the season will ultimately play out amid the coronavirus pandemic remains unclear. Usa luge hit the ice first on a snowy morning at mount van hoevenberg in lake placid new york. Twelve teams competed in the tournament which was held from february 12 to 24.

The usa team celebrates their 4 3 victory over russia in the semi final of the ice hockey competition of the 1980 winter olympic games in lake placid usa. Games were held at the olympic fieldhouse and the olympic arena. The game was dubbed the miracle on ice and the usa went on to win the gold medal ice hockey lake placid 1980 hockey lake placid 1980. Usa bobsled and.

The miracle on ice was an ice hockey game during the 1980 winter olympics in lake placid new york. It was initially erected to house both sporting facilities and act as the headquarters of the international olympic committee ioc and then later added into for the 1980 olympics. It was played between the hosting united states and the soviet union on february 22 1980 during the medal round of the men s hockey tournament. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display.

Though the soviet union was a four time defending gold medalist and heavily favored the united states upset them and won 4 3. All the best photo and video highlights of ice hockey at the lake placid 1980 winter games olympics plus official results and medals by event and athlete.