"Miracle on Ice" Hockey Game – Feb. 22, 1980

The U. S. Men's Hockey team celebrating their victory
over the Soviets in Feb. 1980

The U.S. Men's Hockey team beat Canada yesterday to win Olympic gold for the first time since the famous 1980 "Miracle on Ice" game in which the U.S. defeated the Soviet Union. 

It was exactly forty-six years to the day. Unbelievable.

Remembering the last time we won a gold medal in hockey brought back a lot of memories for me. I remember watching the 1980 game in my dorm room at Ohio State. It was a four-man room (we called it "the Quad"). We had a room full of people on that Friday night. I still have several photos from that get together. And I'm still very close friends with two of my roomies.

The U.S. victory in 1980 caused my roommates and me to experience a brief hockey frenzy, and we started going to OSU hockey games at the Ohio State University Ice Rink. They had a great team and season that year. Good times.

Anyway back in Lorain, here's the front page of the Lorain Journal from Feb. 23, 1980 the day after the U. S. men's hockey team defeated the Soviets.

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Here's a nice account on the AARP website about the 40th anniversary of the "Miracle on Ice" in 2020.