Usa Ice Hockey 1980 Lake Placid Olympics

Twelve teams competed in the tournament which was held from february 12 to 24.

Usa ice hockey 1980 lake placid olympics. 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. The americans rallied from behind to defeat the best hockey team in the world at the time. 12 24 the 1980 united states olympic hockey team will forever remain etched in the memories of sports fans as one of the greatest sporting events of all time. In fact sports illustrated selected the team s victory over the soviet union en route to winning the gold medal as the no.

Jim craig 1980 team usa hockey photo picture lake placid olympics 8x10 11x14 jc2 4 95 1980 miracle on ice usa hockey 16x20 photo olympics celebration print poster. The miracle on ice was an ice hockey game during the 1980 winter olympics in lake placid new york. Hockey team was probably the best conditioned american olympic hockey team of all time the result of countless hours running skating exercises in preparation for lake placid. Scott hamilton gets goosebumps at the mention of lake placid.

1 sports moment of the 20th century. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. The united states won its second gold medal including a win over the heavily favored soviet union that became known as the miracle on ice. Though the soviet union was a four time defending gold medalist and heavily favored the united states upset them and won 4 3.

Halfway through the. 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. He was a 21 year old olympic newcomer and sitting in a darkened theater when he felt a tap on his shoulder.