“Do you believe in Miracles” were the words of Al Michaels as the 1980 US Hockey team defeated the unbeatable Soviet Union. The US was a bunch of Amateur hockey player with an average age of 22. In unnerving times in America’s history these hockey players were playing for so much more than a gold metal. This team made huge sacrifices to bring back pride to the US. One game truly changed history.
In the time of the 1980 Olympics professional athletes were not allowed to compete in the Olympics. With the NHL in America many players choose to take the money to play in the NHL rather than playing in the Olympics. This gave the US a huge disadvantage in the Olympics. The Soviets who were considered unstoppable had a team of older players who had been playing together for 9 years, compared to the US players who had an average age of 22 and had been playing together for a few months. The Soviets were so dominate that they had defeated the NHL All-Star team by a score of 6 to 0.......
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