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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width: 28em;"><caption class="infobox-title">Miracle on Ice</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table align="center" style=""> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 33px; vertical-align: bottom">1</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 33px; vertical-align: bottom">2</th><th style="text-align:center; width: 33px; vertical-align: bottom">3</th> <th style="text-align:center; width: 33px; vertical-align: bottom">Total</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="United States men's national ice hockey team">United States</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">2</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">2</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">4</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">February 22, 1980</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Arena</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Herb_Brooks_Arena" title="Herb Brooks Arena">Olympic Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lake_Placid,_New_York" title="Lake Placid, New York">Lake Placid, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">8,500</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herb_Brooks_Arena_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Herb_Brooks_Arena_2019.jpg/220px-Herb_Brooks_Arena_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Herb_Brooks_Arena_2019.jpg/330px-Herb_Brooks_Arena_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Herb_Brooks_Arena_2019.jpg/440px-Herb_Brooks_Arena_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Herb Brooks Arena (2019)</figcaption></figure> <p>The "<b>Miracle on Ice</b>" was an <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> game during the <a href="/wiki/1980_Winter_Olympics" title="1980 Winter Olympics">1980 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Placid,_New_York" title="Lake Placid, New York">Lake Placid, New York</a>. It was played between the hosting <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="United States men's national ice hockey team">United States</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team">Soviet Union</a> on February 22, 1980, during the medal round of the men's <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics">hockey tournament</a>. Though the Soviet Union was a four-time defending gold medalist and heavily favored, the United States <a href="/wiki/Upset_(competition)" title="Upset (competition)">upset</a> them and won 4–3. </p><p>The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in five of the six previous Winter Olympic Games, and they were the favorites to win once more in Lake Placid. The Soviet team consisted of professional players with significant experience in international play.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By contrast, the United States team, led by head coach <a href="/wiki/Herb_Brooks" title="Herb Brooks">Herb Brooks</a>, was composed mostly of <a href="/wiki/Amateur" title="Amateur">amateur</a> players, with only four players with minimal minor-league experience. The United States had the youngest team in the tournament and in U.S. national team history. </p><p>In the group stage, both the Soviet and U.S. teams were unbeaten; the U.S. achieved several surprising results, including a 2–2 draw against <a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Sweden men's national ice hockey team">Sweden</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-tisedw_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tisedw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a 7–3 upset victory over second-place favorite <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team">Czechoslovakia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-asczch_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asczch-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-puckcze_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-puckcze-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the first game in the medal round, the United States played the Soviets. Finishing the first period tied at 2–2, and the Soviets leading 3–2 following the second, the U.S. team scored two more goals to take their first lead midway in the third and final period, then held on and won 4–3.<sup id="cite_ref-amsusov_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amsusov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-upbbispo_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upbbispo-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days later, the U.S. won the gold medal by beating <a href="/wiki/Finland_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Finland men's national ice hockey team">Finland</a> in their final game. The Soviet Union took the silver medal by beating <a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Sweden men's national ice hockey team">Sweden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dftfin_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dftfin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uswwuup_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uswwuup-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The victory became one of the most iconic moments of the Games and in U.S. sports. Equally well-known was the television call of the final seconds of the game by <a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a> for <a href="/wiki/Olympics_on_ABC" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympics on ABC">ABC</a>, in which he declared: "Do you believe in miracles? YES!" In 1999, <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> named the "Miracle on Ice" the top sports moment of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of its centennial celebration in 2008, the <a href="/wiki/International_Ice_Hockey_Federation" title="International Ice Hockey Federation">International Ice Hockey Federation</a> (IIHF) named the <b>"Miracle on Ice"</b> as the top international ice hockey story of the past 100 years.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Soviet_and_American_teams">The Soviet and American teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Soviet and American teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladislav_Tretiak.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Shoulder high portrait of smiling man wearing a suit and tie" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Vladislav_Tretiak.JPG/170px-Vladislav_Tretiak.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Vladislav_Tretiak.JPG/255px-Vladislav_Tretiak.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Vladislav_Tretiak.JPG/340px-Vladislav_Tretiak.JPG 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="741" /></a><figcaption>The Soviet team's Vladislav Tretiak (pictured here in 2008) was considered the best goaltender in ice hockey in 1980. The Americans scored two goals against him before he was pulled from the game at the end of the first period.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Soviet Union entered the Lake Placid games as the heavy favorite, having won four consecutive gold medals dating back to the <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics">1964</a> games. In the four Olympics following their <a href="/wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics" title="1960 Winter Olympics">1960</a> bronze-medal finish at <a href="/wiki/Squaw_Valley,_Placer_County,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Squaw Valley, Placer County, California">Squaw Valley</a>, Soviet teams had gone 27–1–1 (wins-losses-ties) and outscored their opponents 175–44.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In head-to-head matchups against the United States, the cumulative score over that period was 28–7.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Soviet team had not lost a game in Olympic play since <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1968_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics">1968</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Soviets were led by legendary players in world ice hockey, such as <a href="/wiki/Boris_Mikhailov_(ice_hockey)" title="Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey)">Boris Mikhailov</a> (a top line <a href="/wiki/Winger_(ice_hockey)" title="Winger (ice hockey)">right winger</a> and team captain), <a href="/wiki/Vladislav_Tretiak" title="Vladislav Tretiak">Vladislav Tretiak</a> (the consensus best goaltender in the world at the time), the speedy and skilled <a href="/wiki/Valeri_Kharlamov" title="Valeri Kharlamov">Valeri Kharlamov</a>, and talented, dynamic players such as defenseman <a href="/wiki/Viacheslav_Fetisov" title="Viacheslav Fetisov">Viacheslav Fetisov</a> and forwards <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Krutov" title="Vladimir Krutov">Vladimir Krutov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Makarov_(ice_hockey,_born_1958)" title="Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)">Sergei Makarov</a>. From that team, Tretiak, Kharlamov, Makarov, and Fetisov were eventually enshrined in the <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hockey Hall of Fame">Hockey Hall of Fame</a>. Many of the Soviet players had gained attention in the <a href="/wiki/Summit_Series" title="Summit Series">Summit Series</a> eight years before and, in contrast to the American players, were <i>de facto</i> professionals with long histories of international play,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> employed by industrial firms or military organizations for the sole purpose of playing hockey on their organization's team.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Western nations protested the Soviet Union's use of full-time athletes, as they were forced to use amateur (mainly college) players due to the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a>'s (IOC) amateur-only policy.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The situation even led to Canadian withdrawal from the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, but the IOC did not change the rules until the late 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>U.S. head coach Herb Brooks held tryouts in <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs</a> in the summer of 1979. Of the 20 players who eventually made the final Olympic roster, <a href="/wiki/Buzz_Schneider" title="Buzz Schneider">Buzz Schneider</a> was the only one returning from the <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1976_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics">1976</a> Olympic team.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nine players had played under Brooks at the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">University of Minnesota</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Rob_McClanahan" title="Rob McClanahan">Rob McClanahan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ramsey_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Ramsey (ice hockey)">Mike Ramsey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Verchota" title="Phil Verchota">Phil Verchota</a>), while four more were from <a href="/wiki/Boston_University_Terriers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey">Boston University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dave_Silk" title="Dave Silk">Dave Silk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Callahan" title="Jack O'Callahan">Jack O'Callahan</a>, goaltender <a href="/wiki/Jim_Craig_(ice_hockey)" title="Jim Craig (ice hockey)">Jim Craig</a>, and team captain <a href="/wiki/Mike_Eruzione" title="Mike Eruzione">Mike Eruzione</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Boston University and Minnesota were perennial rivals in college hockey (for instance, they had faced off in a bitter NCAA national semifinal in <a href="/wiki/1976_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament">1976</a>), Brooks' selection process was a 300-question psychological test that would give him insight on how every player would react under stress; anyone who refused to take the test would automatically fail. Brooks had to select from 68 players who started the tryout.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The average age of the U.S. team was 21 years, making it the youngest team in U.S. history to play in the Olympics (in addition to being the youngest team in the 1980 Olympic tournament), but Brooks knew the limits of every player. As forward <a href="/wiki/John_Harrington_(ice_hockey)" title="John Harrington (ice hockey)">John Harrington</a> said, "He knew exactly where to quit. He'd push you right to the limit where you were ready to say, 'I've had it, I'm throwing it in' — and then he'd back off." Brooks continued the organization by campaigning for the players' selection of Eruzione as the captain, and Craig had been the goalie for him in the <a href="/wiki/1979_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1979 Ice Hockey World Championships">1979 World Championship tournament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Craig_Patrick" title="Craig Patrick">Craig Patrick</a> had played with Brooks on the 1967 U.S. national team.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Soviet and American teams were natural rivals due to the decades-old <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>. In addition, President <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> was at the time considering a <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_boycott" title="1980 Summer Olympics boycott">U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics</a>, to be held in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, Russia in protest of the December 1979 <a href="/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet invasion of Afghanistan">Soviet invasion of Afghanistan</a>. On February 9, the same day the American and Soviet teams met in an exhibition game in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S. Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Vance" title="Cyrus Vance">Cyrus Vance</a> denounced the impending <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">Moscow Games</a> at an IOC meeting.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Carter eventually decided in favor of the boycott. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exhibitions">Exhibitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Exhibitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In exhibitions that year, Soviet club teams went 5–3–1 against <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> (NHL) teams and, a year earlier, the Soviet national team had defeated a team of NHL All-Stars two games to one (by scores of 2–4, 5–4, and 6–0) to win the <a href="/wiki/1979_Challenge_Cup_(ice_hockey)" title="1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)">Challenge Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1979–80, virtually all the top North American players were Canadians, although the number of U.S.-born professional players had been on the rise throughout the 1970s. The 1980 U.S. Olympic team featured several young players who were regarded as highly promising, and some had signed contracts to play in the NHL immediately after the tournament. </p><p>In September 1979, before the Olympics, the American team started exhibition play. They played a total of 61 games in five months against teams from Europe and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through these games, Brooks instilled a European style of play in his team, emphasizing wide-open play with sufficient body contact. He believed it would be the only way for the Americans to compete with the Soviets.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the start of the exhibition matches, he conducted the team through skating wind sprints consisting of end line to blue line and back, then end line to red line and back, then end line to far blue line and back, and finally end line all the way down and back. Some of the players took to calling these "Herbies".<sup id="cite_ref-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 17, the team played to a 3–3 tie in Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-1980_Pre_Olympic_Tour_Schedule_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1980_Pre_Olympic_Tour_Schedule-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Believing the team wasn't putting up sufficient effort, an angry Brooks had them skate Herbies after the game and, after a while, arena custodians turned the lights off and the Herbies continued in the dark. Brooks skated the team for over an hour.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two teams played again the next night, with the U.S. winning handily 9–0. Near the end of the exhibition season, Brooks, because of subpar play, threatened to cut Eruzione (the captain) from the team and replace Craig with <a href="/wiki/Steve_Janaszak" title="Steve Janaszak">Steve Janaszak</a> as the starting goaltender, although he had supported them throughout.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In their last exhibition game, against the Soviets at <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> on Saturday, February 9, the Americans were crushed 10–3.<sup id="cite_ref-rtuht_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtuht-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soviet head coach <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Tikhonov_(ice_hockey,_born_1930)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viktor Tikhonov (ice hockey, born 1930)">Viktor Tikhonov</a> later said that this victory "turned out to be a very big problem" by causing the Soviets to underestimate the American team.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game was also costly for the Americans off-ice, as defenseman <a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Callahan" title="Jack O'Callahan">Jack O'Callahan</a> pulled a ligament in his knee; however, Brooks kept O'Callahan on the roster, which meant the U.S. was virtually playing with only 19 players throughout the tournament. O'Callahan eventually returned for the game against the Soviets, playing limited minutes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_group_play">Olympic group play</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Olympic group play"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics">Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics</a></div> <p>In Olympic group play, the Americans surprised many observers with their physical, cohesive play. In their first game, on February 12 against favored <a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Sweden men's national ice hockey team">Sweden</a>, Team USA earned a dramatic 2–2 draw by scoring with 27 seconds left after pulling goalie <a href="/wiki/Jim_Craig_(ice_hockey)" title="Jim Craig (ice hockey)">Jim Craig</a> for an extra attacker.<sup id="cite_ref-tisedw_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tisedw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then came a stunning 7–3 victory over <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team">Czechoslovakia</a>, who were a favorite for the silver medal. With its two toughest games in the group phase out of the way, the U.S. team reeled off three more wins, beating <a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Norway men's national ice hockey team">Norway</a> 5–1, <a href="/wiki/Romania_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Romania men's national ice hockey team">Romania</a> 7–2, and <a href="/wiki/West_Germany_national_ice_hockey_team" class="mw-redirect" title="West Germany national ice hockey team">West Germany</a> 4–2 to go 4–0–1 and advance to the medal round from its group, along with Sweden.<sup id="cite_ref-amdftwge_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amdftwge-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dsnfus_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dsnfus-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the other group, the Soviets stormed through their opposition undefeated, often by grossly lopsided scores. They defeated <a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Japan men's national ice hockey team">Japan</a> 16–0, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Netherlands men's national ice hockey team">Netherlands</a> 17–4, <a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Poland men's national ice hockey team">Poland</a> 8–1, <a href="/wiki/Finland_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Finland men's national ice hockey team">Finland</a> 4–2, and <a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Canada men's national ice hockey team">Canada</a> 6–4 to easily qualify for the next round, although both the Finns and the Canadians gave the Soviets tough games for two periods. In the end, the Soviet Union and Finland advanced from their group.<sup id="cite_ref-boxscore_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boxscore-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summary">Game summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Game summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the Friday game, <a href="/wiki/Olympics_on_ABC" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympics on ABC">ABC</a> requested that it be rescheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>, so that it could be broadcast live in <a href="/wiki/Primetime" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime">primetime</a>. However, the IIHF declined the request after the Soviets complained that it would cause the game to air at 4 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Time" title="Moscow Time">Moscow Time</a>, as opposed to 1 a.m. As a result, ABC decided not to broadcast the game live for the U.S. audience and <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a> it for broadcast during its primetime block of Olympics coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the game aired, ABC's Olympics host <a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a> openly stated that the game had already occurred, but that they had promised not to spoil its results. In order to accommodate coverage of the men's slalom competition, portions of the game were also edited for time.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-different_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-different-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ABC's 8 to 8:30 p.m. timeslot was instead devoted to the animated special <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pink_Panther_in:_Olym-Pinks" title="The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks">The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks</a></i>. To this day, some who watched the game on television in the United States still believe that it was live.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With a capacity of 8,500, the arena was packed.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the game, Brooks read his players a statement he had written out on a piece of paper, telling them that "You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brooks believed they could win and later said, "The Russians were ready to cut their own throats. But we had to get to the point to be ready to pick up the knife and hand it to them. So the morning of the game I called the team together and told them, 'It's meant to be. This is your moment and it's going to happen.' It's kind of corny and I could see them thinking, 'Here goes Herb again....' But I believed it."<sup id="cite_ref-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brooks wanted his team to play short shifts lasting 40 seconds or less to stay energized by the third period. He instructed team physician <a href="/wiki/George_Nagobads" title="George Nagobads">George Nagobads</a> to track ice time for the players, who later joked that he never saw the game since he was focused on his stopwatch.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_period">First period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As in several previous games, the U.S. team fell behind early. <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Krutov" title="Vladimir Krutov">Vladimir Krutov</a> deflected a slap shot by <a href="/wiki/Alexei_Kasatonov" title="Alexei Kasatonov">Alexei Kasatonov</a> past U.S. goaltender Jim Craig at the 9:12 mark to give the Soviets a 1–0 lead. At the 14:03 mark, <a href="/wiki/Buzz_Schneider" title="Buzz Schneider">Buzz Schneider</a> scored for the United States on a 50-foot shot from the left board to tie the game.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Soviets struck again when <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Makarov_(ice_hockey,_born_1958)" title="Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)">Sergei Makarov</a> scored with 17:34 gone. With his team down 2–1, Craig improved his play, turning away many Soviet shots before the U.S. team had another shot on goal. </p><p>In the waning seconds of the first period, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Christian" title="Dave Christian">Dave Christian</a> fired a slap shot on Tretiak from 100 feet (30 m) away. The Soviet goalie saved the shot but misplayed the <a href="/wiki/Rebound_(sports)" title="Rebound (sports)">rebound</a>, which bounced out some 20 feet (6.1 m) in front of him. <a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(hockey_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Johnson (hockey player)">Mark Johnson</a> sliced between the two defenders, found the loose puck, and fired it past a diving Tretiak to tie the score with one second left in the period.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Confusion reigned immediately after as the game clock showed 0:00 since it could not be stopped in time after Johnson's goal. Referee <a href="/wiki/Karl-Gustav_Kaisla" title="Karl-Gustav Kaisla">Karl-Gustav Kaisla</a> ruled that one second would be put back on the clock and the usual center ice faceoff would take place before the first intermission could begin. A lengthy delay followed as most of the Soviet team had already proceeded down the tunnel to their locker room. Eventually, three Soviet skaters along with backup goaltender Myshkin took the ice for the final faceoff. The first period ended with the game tied 2–2.<sup id="cite_ref-swift_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swift-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_period">Second period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tikhonov replaced Tretiak with backup goaltender <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Myshkin" title="Vladimir Myshkin">Vladimir Myshkin</a> immediately after Johnson's goal,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a move that shocked players on both teams.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tikhonov later identified this as the "turning point of the game"<sup id="cite_ref-Jamie_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jamie-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and called it "the biggest mistake of my career".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Years later, when Johnson asked <a href="/wiki/Viacheslav_Fetisov" title="Viacheslav Fetisov">Viacheslav Fetisov</a>, now an NHL teammate, about the move, Fetisov responded with "Coach crazy."<sup id="cite_ref-Jamie_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jamie-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Myshkin allowed no goals in the second period. The Soviets dominated play in the second period, outshooting the Americans 12–2, but scored only once, on a <a href="/wiki/Power_play_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power play (sport)">power play</a> goal by <a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Maltsev" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleksandr Maltsev">Aleksandr Maltsev</a> 2:18 into play. After two periods the Soviet Union led, 3–2. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_period">Third period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Third period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_-_Soviet_Union_1980_match.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Black and white in-game action photo including a goaltender, two defenders, and two attacking forwards" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/USA_-_Soviet_Union_1980_match.jpg/270px-USA_-_Soviet_Union_1980_match.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/USA_-_Soviet_Union_1980_match.jpg/405px-USA_-_Soviet_Union_1980_match.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/USA_-_Soviet_Union_1980_match.jpg/540px-USA_-_Soviet_Union_1980_match.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="2982" /></a><figcaption>United States vs Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics</figcaption></figure> <p>Vladimir Krutov was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Penalty_(ice_hockey)" title="Penalty (ice hockey)">penalty box</a> at the 6:47 mark of the third period for <a href="/wiki/High-sticking" title="High-sticking">High-sticking</a>. The Americans, who had managed only two shots on Myshkin in 27 minutes, had a power play and a rare offensive opportunity. Myshkin stopped a <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ramsey_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Ramsey (ice hockey)">Mike Ramsey</a> shot, then U.S. team captain <a href="/wiki/Mike_Eruzione" title="Mike Eruzione">Mike Eruzione</a> fired a shot wide. Late in the power play, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Silk" title="Dave Silk">Dave Silk</a> was advancing into the Soviet zone when <a href="/wiki/Valeri_Vasiliev" title="Valeri Vasiliev">Valeri Vasiliev</a> knocked him to the ice. The puck slid to Mark Johnson.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson fired off a shot that went under Myshkin and into the net at the 8:39 mark, as the power play was ending, tying the game at 3.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only a couple of shifts later, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Pavelich" title="Mark Pavelich">Mark Pavelich</a> passed to Eruzione, who was left undefended in the high <a href="/wiki/Slot_(ice_hockey)" title="Slot (ice hockey)">slot</a>. Eruzione, who had just come onto the ice, fired a shot past Myshkin, who was <a href="/wiki/Screen_(ice_hockey)" title="Screen (ice hockey)">screened</a> by <a href="/wiki/Vasili_Pervukhin" title="Vasili Pervukhin">Vasili Pervukhin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This goal gave Team USA a 4–3 lead, its first of the game, with exactly 10 minutes remaining to play. </p><p>In what many Americans considered "the longest 10 minutes of their lives", the Soviets, trailing for the first time in the game, attacked ferociously. Moments after Eruzione's goal, Maltsev fired a shot which ricocheted off the right goal post.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the minutes wound down, Brooks kept repeating to his players, "Play your game. Play your game."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead of going into a defensive crouch, the United States continued to play offense, even getting off a few more shots on goal.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Soviets began to shoot wildly, and <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Starikov" title="Sergei Starikov">Sergei Starikov</a> admitted that "we were panicking." As the clock ticked down below a minute, the Soviets got the puck back into the American zone, and Mikhailov passed to <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Vladimirovich_Petrov" class="mw-redirect" title="Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov">Vladimir Petrov</a>, who shot wide.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Americans fully expected Tikhonov to <a href="/wiki/Extra_attacker" title="Extra attacker">pull the goalie</a> in the waning seconds. To their surprise, Myshkin stayed in the game. Starikov later explained that "We never did six-on-five," not even in practice, because "Tikhonov just didn't believe in it."<sup id="cite_ref-Coffey,_p._384_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coffey,_p._384-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Craig kicked away a Petrov slap shot with 33 seconds left. Kharlamov fired the puck back in as the clock ticked below 20 seconds. A wild scramble for the puck ensued, ending when Johnson found it and passed it to <a href="/wiki/Ken_Morrow" title="Ken Morrow">Ken Morrow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Coffey,_p._384_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coffey,_p._384-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the U.S. team tried to clear the zone (move the puck over the blue line, which they did with seven seconds remaining), the crowd began to count down the seconds left. </p><p>Sportscaster <a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a>, who was calling the game on <a href="/wiki/ABC_Olympic_broadcasts" title="ABC Olympic broadcasts">ABC</a> along with former <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> goaltender <a href="/wiki/Ken_Dryden" title="Ken Dryden">Ken Dryden</a>, picked up on the countdown in his broadcast, and delivered his famous call:<sup id="cite_ref-documentary_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-documentary-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>11 seconds, you've got 10 seconds, the countdown going on right now! Morrow, up to Silk. Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles? YES!</p></blockquote> <p>As his team ran all over the ice in celebration, Herb Brooks sprinted back to the locker room and cried.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the locker room afterwards, players spontaneously broke into a chorus of "God Bless America".<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="American_aftermath">American aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: American aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gold_medal">Gold medal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gold medal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Craig_Equipment.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Jim_Craig_Equipment.jpg/170px-Jim_Craig_Equipment.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Jim_Craig_Equipment.jpg/255px-Jim_Craig_Equipment.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Jim_Craig_Equipment.jpg/340px-Jim_Craig_Equipment.jpg 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption>Jim Craig's gear from 1980, at the Hockey Hall of Fame</figcaption></figure> <p>The United States did not win the gold medal by defeating the USSR. In 1980, the medal round was a <a href="/wiki/Round-robin_tournament" title="Round-robin tournament">round-robin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-tackle_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tackle-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> not a single elimination format as it is today. Under Olympic rules at the time, the group game with Sweden was counted along with the medal round games versus the Soviet Union and Finland. It was mathematically possible for the United States to finish anywhere from first to fourth.<sup id="cite_ref-swift_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swift-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tackle_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tackle-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sports_Illustrated_Miracle_on_Ice_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Cover of Sports Illustrated magazine with a close up shot of several players, a goal and the US flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Sports_Illustrated_Miracle_on_Ice_cover.jpg/170px-Sports_Illustrated_Miracle_on_Ice_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Sports_Illustrated_Miracle_on_Ice_cover.jpg/255px-Sports_Illustrated_Miracle_on_Ice_cover.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Sports_Illustrated_Miracle_on_Ice_cover.jpg 2x" data-file-width="275" data-file-height="362" /></a><figcaption>The March 3, 1980 cover of <i>Sports Illustrated</i> ran without any accompanying captions or headlines.<sup id="cite_ref-swift_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swift-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Needing to defeat Finland to secure the gold medal, Team USA faced a 2–1 deficit at the end of the second period. According to Mike Eruzione, coming into the dressing room for the second intermission, Brooks turned to his players, looked at them, and said, "If you lose this game, you'll take it to your fucking graves." He then walked towards the locker room door, paused, looked over his shoulder, and said to them again, "Your fucking graves." Team USA came back in the third period to defeat Finland 4–2.<sup id="cite_ref-boxscore_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boxscore-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time, the players ascended a podium to receive their medals and then lined up on the ice for the playing of the <a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">national anthem</a>, as the podium was only meant to accommodate one person. Only the team captains remained on the podium for the duration. After the completion of the anthem, Eruzione motioned for his teammates to join him on the podium.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, podia are not used for ice hockey; the teams line up on their respective blue lines after the final game. </p><p>After the gold medal-securing victory over Finland, the players received a congratulatory phone call from President <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-phonecall_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phonecall-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cover of the March 3, 1980, issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> was a photograph by <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Kluetmeier" title="Heinz Kluetmeier">Heinz Kluetmeier</a> of the American players celebrating and waving an American flag;<sup id="cite_ref-swift_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swift-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it did not feature any explanatory captions or headlines, because, as Kluetmeier put it, "It didn't need it. Everyone in America knew what happened."<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. team also received the magazine's "<a href="/wiki/Sportsman_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sportsman of the Year">Sportsmen of the Year</a>" award,<sup id="cite_ref-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Reminder_Of_What_We_Can_Be-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were also named Athlete of the Year by the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press_Athlete_of_the_Year" title="Associated Press Athlete of the Year">Associated Press</a> and <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Wide_World_of_Sports_(US_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wide World of Sports (US TV series)">Wide World of Sports</a></i>. In 2004, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>, as part of its <a href="/wiki/ESPN25" title="ESPN25">25th anniversary</a>, declared the Miracle on Ice to be the top sports headline moment and game of the period 1979–2004. The victory was voted the greatest sports moment of the 20th century by <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2002_Winter_Olympics_flame.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Nighttime photo of a tall tower lit up with small lights" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/2002_Winter_Olympics_flame.jpg/170px-2002_Winter_Olympics_flame.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/2002_Winter_Olympics_flame.jpg/255px-2002_Winter_Olympics_flame.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/2002_Winter_Olympics_flame.jpg/340px-2002_Winter_Olympics_flame.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1386" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>The U.S. team lit the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Flame" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Flame">Olympic cauldron</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_1980_Winter_Olympics">After the 1980 Winter Olympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: After the 1980 Winter Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/1981_Canada_Cup" title="1981 Canada Cup">1981 Canada Cup</a>, the United States, with seven players from their 1980 Olympic team, again faced the Soviet Union. The Soviets took the opening round encounter 4–1 in <a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/1982_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 World Ice Hockey Championships">1982 World Championship in Finland</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ramsey_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Ramsey (ice hockey)">Mike Ramsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Mark Johnson (ice hockey)">Mark Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buzz_Schneider" title="Buzz Schneider">Buzz Schneider</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Harrington_(ice_hockey)" title="John Harrington (ice hockey)">John Harrington</a>, the Americans again met the Soviets, but once again the U.S. lost, 8–4. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_careers">Later careers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Later careers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Of the 20 players on Team USA, 13 eventually played in the NHL.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five of them played over 500 NHL games, and three of them played over 1,000 NHL games. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Broten" title="Neal Broten">Neal Broten</a> played one more season for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Golden Gophers</a> before moving on to the NHL, and he appeared in 1,099 NHL games over 17 seasons—992 of them with the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_Stars" title="Minnesota North Stars">Minnesota North Stars</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dallas_Stars" title="Dallas Stars">Dallas Stars</a> franchise. He captained the Stars before being traded midway through the 1994–95 season to the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a>. A two-time All-Star, he tallied 923 career points (289 goals, 634 assists), became the first American player to record 100 points in a season, and he won a <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> as a member of the Devils in <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NHL_season" title="1994–95 NHL season">1995</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broten had already won the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship">NCAA championship</a> in 1979 at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a>; this, combined with the Olympic gold medal in 1980 and the 1995 Cup win (Broten scored the Cup-winning goal in Game 4 as <a href="/wiki/Viacheslav_Fetisov" title="Viacheslav Fetisov">Viacheslav Fetisov</a>, playing for the opposing <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a>, fell down), made him the first player in the history of the sport to win a championship at the collegiate, professional, and Olympic levels. The Dallas Stars have since retired number 7 for Broten.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Morrow" title="Ken Morrow">Ken Morrow</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/1980_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1980 Stanley Cup Finals">1980</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a>, becoming the first hockey player to win an Olympic gold medal and the Cup in the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played 550 NHL games and won three more Cups, all with the Islanders.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morrow later worked for the Islanders as Director of Pro Scouting.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ramsey_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Ramsey (ice hockey)">Mike Ramsey</a> played in 1,070 games over 18 years. Fourteen of those years were spent with the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a>, with whom he played 911 games and was a five-time All-Star, captaining the team from 1990 to 1992. In 1995, he played in the <a href="/wiki/1995_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1995 Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a> with the Detroit Red Wings, but his team was swept by Neal Broten and the New Jersey Devils. In 2000, Ramsey became an assistant coach for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Christian" title="Dave Christian">Dave Christian</a> spent 14 years in the NHL, the bulk of them for the <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets_(1972%E2%80%931996)" title="Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)">original Winnipeg Jets</a> (for whom he served as team captain) and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1990, he played in the <a href="/wiki/1990_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1990 Stanley Cup Finals">Stanley Cup Finals</a> while with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a>, but the Bruins lost in five games to the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a>. He ended his career with 783 points (340 goals, 443 assists) in 1,009 games and made the All-Star team in <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NHL_season" title="1990–91 NHL season">1991</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(hockey_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Johnson (hockey player)">Mark Johnson</a> played for several teams in the NHL before finding a home in New Jersey, tallying 508 career points (203 goals, 305 assists) in 669 games over 11 seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like Christian, Ramsey, and Broten, he became an NHL All-Star (in <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NHL_season" title="1983–84 NHL season">1984</a>) and served as <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers">Hartford Whalers</a> team captain. In 2002, Johnson became the coach of the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_women%27s_ice_hockey" title="Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey">University of Wisconsin–Madison women's team</a>, leading the Badgers to <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Ice_Hockey_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship">National Championships</a> in 2006, 2007 (which the Badgers won in the same Lake Placid arena in which the Miracle took place), 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Johnson also served as head coach of the women's ice hockey team that won the silver medal at the <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament">2010 Winter Olympics</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Callahan" title="Jack O'Callahan">Jack O'Callahan</a> played 390 NHL regular season games between 1982 and 1989 for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> and New Jersey Devils.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pavelich" title="Mark Pavelich">Mark Pavelich</a> played 355 NHL regular season games in the NHL for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a>, Minnesota North Stars, and <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a> between 1981 and 1992.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Silk" title="Dave Silk">Dave Silk</a> played 249 NHL regular season games for the Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings, and New York Rangers between 1980 and 1985.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Michaels.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Knee high portrait of a man wearing khaki colored clothes and wearing a baseball hat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Al_Michaels.jpg/170px-Al_Michaels.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Al_Michaels.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="222" data-file-height="335" /></a><figcaption>The Miracle on Ice launched the careers of several players and made broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a> famous.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Craig_(ice_hockey)" title="Jim Craig (ice hockey)">Jim Craig</a> appeared in 30 NHL games for the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Flames" title="Atlanta Flames">Atlanta Flames</a>, Boston Bruins, and Minnesota North Stars between 1980 and 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Team captain <a href="/wiki/Mike_Eruzione" title="Mike Eruzione">Mike Eruzione</a> did not play any high-level ice hockey after the 1980 Olympics, as he felt that he had accomplished all of his hockey goals with the gold medal win.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did work as a hockey television analyst in the 1980s and 1990s.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Patrick" title="Craig Patrick">Craig Patrick</a>, Brooks' assistant coach and assistant general manager, both managed and coached the New York Rangers and <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a>. As a result of his success with the Penguins, who won two <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cups</a> while Patrick was general manager, he was enshrined in the <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hockey Hall of Fame">Hockey Hall of Fame</a> in 2002. During that same year, he served as general manager of the Herb Brooks-coached <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament">2002 U.S. hockey team</a> that won the silver medal at the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">Salt Lake City</a> games.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Brooks" title="Herb Brooks">Herb Brooks</a>, the team coach, coached several NHL teams following the Olympics, with mixed results. He returned to the Olympics as coach of the <a href="/wiki/France_national_ice_hockey_team" class="mw-redirect" title="France national ice hockey team">French team</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics">1998</a>, the first Olympics in which NHL players competed. Brooks then led Team USA to the silver medal in <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics">2002</a>, which included a 2–2 round-robin draw and a 3–2 semi-final victory over Russia (the successor to the Soviet Union), the semi-final match coming 22 years to the day after the "Miracle on Ice" game.<sup id="cite_ref-sportsillustrated.cnn.com_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sportsillustrated.cnn.com-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brooks died in a car crash near <a href="/wiki/Forest_Lake,_Minnesota" title="Forest Lake, Minnesota">Forest Lake</a>, Minnesota on August 11, 2003, at the age of 66.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, the Olympic Center ice arena in Lake Placid where the Miracle on Ice took place was renamed <a href="/wiki/Herb_Brooks_Arena" title="Herb Brooks Arena">in his honor</a>. The following year, Brooks was posthumously enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a> got the job as play-by-play announcer for ice hockey at Lake Placid because he was the only member of ABC's broadcasting team who had previously called the sport (at the <a href="/wiki/1972_Winter_Olympics" title="1972 Winter Olympics">1972 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sapporo,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sapporo, Japan">Sapporo, Japan</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michaels was named "Sportscaster of the Year" in 1980 for his coverage of the event. Michaels spent 26 more years covering sports for ABC before moving to <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports" title="NBC Sports">NBC</a> to call <i><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sunday_Night_Football" title="NBC Sunday Night Football">Sunday Night Football</a></i> alongside <a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">John Madden</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Cris_Collinsworth" title="Cris Collinsworth">Cris Collinsworth</a> after Madden retired.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soviet_aftermath">Soviet aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Soviet aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Silver_medal">Silver medal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Silver medal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Soviet locker room, Tikhonov singled out first-line players Tretiak, Kharlamov, Petrov, and Mikhailov, and told each of them, "This is your loss!"<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days after the Miracle on Ice, the Soviet team defeated Sweden 9–2, winning the silver medal. The Soviet players were so upset at their loss that they did not turn in their silver medals to get their names inscribed on them, as is customary.<sup id="cite_ref-Coffey413_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coffey413-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result stunned the Soviet Union and its news media. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_1980_Winter_Olympics_2">After the 1980 Winter Olympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: After the 1980 Winter Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite the loss, the USSR remained the pre-eminent power in Olympic hockey until <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">its dissolution</a> in 1991. The Soviet team did not lose a World Championship game until 1985 and did not lose to the United States again until 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the 1980s, NHL teams continued to draft Soviet players in hopes of enticing them to eventually play in North America. Soviet emigrant <a href="/wiki/Victor_Nechayev" title="Victor Nechayev">Victor Nechayev</a> made a brief appearance with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Los Angeles Kings</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NHL_season" title="1982–83 NHL season">1982–83 season</a> and, during the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NHL_season" title="1988–89 NHL season">1988–89 season</a>, the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation agreed to let veteran <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Pryakhin_(ice_hockey)" title="Sergei Pryakhin (ice hockey)">Sergei Pryakhin</a> join the <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Flames" title="Calgary Flames">Calgary Flames</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NHL_careers">NHL careers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: NHL careers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Balderis_Helmuts_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Head and shoulders of man who is either bald or has hair cut very short" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Balderis_Helmuts_2014.jpg/170px-Balderis_Helmuts_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Balderis_Helmuts_2014.jpg/255px-Balderis_Helmuts_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Balderis_Helmuts_2014.jpg/340px-Balderis_Helmuts_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1650" data-file-height="1828" /></a><figcaption>Former Soviet National team player <a href="/wiki/Helmuts_Balderis" title="Helmuts Balderis">Helmuts Balderis</a>, pictured in 2014. Balderis played a season late in his career with the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_Stars" title="Minnesota North Stars">Minnesota North Stars</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NHL_season" title="1989–90 NHL season">1989-90 season</a>, Soviet authorities permitted six more 1980 Olympians – <a href="/wiki/Helmuts_Balderis" title="Helmuts Balderis">Helmuts Balderis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viacheslav_Fetisov" title="Viacheslav Fetisov">Viacheslav Fetisov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexei_Kasatonov" title="Alexei Kasatonov">Alexei Kasatonov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Krutov" title="Vladimir Krutov">Vladimir Krutov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Makarov_(ice_hockey,_born_1958)" title="Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)">Sergei Makarov</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Starikov" title="Sergei Starikov">Sergei Starikov</a> – to join NHL clubs, but only after they agreed to play in their final World Championship (where they won gold). Makarov won the <a href="/wiki/Calder_Memorial_Trophy" title="Calder Memorial Trophy">Calder Memorial Trophy</a> as NHL Rookie of the Year in 1989–90, becoming the oldest player to win that award.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fetisov was a teammate of Mike Ramsey on the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Detroit_Red_Wings_season" title="1994–95 Detroit Red Wings season">1995 Detroit Red Wings team</a> that lost the Stanley Cup Finals to Neal Broten and the New Jersey Devils. Fetisov completed his career by winning Cups with the Red Wings in <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Detroit_Red_Wings_season" title="1996–97 Detroit Red Wings season">1997</a> and <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Detroit_Red_Wings_season" title="1997–98 Detroit Red Wings season">1998</a>; the first Cup win also made Fetisov a member of the <a href="/wiki/Triple_Gold_Club" title="Triple Gold Club">Triple Gold Club</a>, consisting of individuals who have won a Stanley Cup plus gold medals at the Olympics and <a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="Ice Hockey World Championships">World Championships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_rematches">Notable rematches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notable rematches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The U.S. and the Soviet Union next met at the Winter Olympics in <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1988_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics">1988</a>. As in 1980, the Soviets were represented by their star-studded veterans, while the Americans fielded a team of college players. The Soviets won the encounter 7–5 and won the gold medal, while the U.S. placed seventh. </p><p>The two teams met again at the <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1992_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics">1992 Olympics</a> in a semi-final match. There, the Unified Team (the successor to the Soviet Union) won 5–2. While some stars had left the Soviet Union to play in the NHL, the Unified Team still boasted many veterans from their domestic professional league, while the Americans were represented primarily by college players. The Unified Team eventually won the gold medal, while the U.S. placed fourth. </p><p>The U.S., coached by Herb Brooks, and Russia, coached by Viacheslav Fetisov, met twice in the <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a> in Salt Lake City, which included a 2–2 round-robin draw and a 3–2 semi-final win for the Americans. The semi-final match was played 22 years to the day after the "Miracle on Ice" game.<sup id="cite_ref-sportsillustrated.cnn.com_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sportsillustrated.cnn.com-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. eventually won silver, while Russia won bronze. </p><p>The U.S. and Russia played each other in a round-robin game at the <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2014_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a> in Sochi. The game was tied 2–2 after overtime before the Americans prevailed in an eight-round shootout, with <a href="/wiki/T._J._Oshie" title="T. J. Oshie">T. J. Oshie</a> scoring on 4 of 6 attempts for the United States. The match has been dubbed by some as the "Marathon on Ice" due to its length.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both teams, however, failed to win a medal; the Americans finished fourth (losing to Canada in the semifinals), while the Russians placed fifth (losing to Finland in the quarterfinals). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Television_film" title="Television film">made-for-TV movie</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice_(1981_film)" title="Miracle on Ice (1981 film)">Miracle on Ice</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malden" title="Karl Malden">Karl Malden</a> as Brooks, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Guttenberg" title="Steve Guttenberg">Steve Guttenberg</a> as Craig, and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Stevens" title="Andrew Stevens">Andrew Stevens</a> as Eruzione aired on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> television in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It incorporated actual game footage and original commentary from the 1980 Winter Games.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The documentary film <i>Do You Believe in Miracles?</i>, narrated by <a href="/wiki/Liev_Schreiber" title="Liev Schreiber">Liev Schreiber</a>, premiered on <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> in 2001 and was subsequently released on home video.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Pictures">Walt Disney Pictures</a> released the film <i><a href="/wiki/Miracle_(2004_film)" title="Miracle (2004 film)">Miracle</a></i>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Gavin_O%27Connor_(filmmaker)" title="Gavin O'Connor (filmmaker)">Gavin O'Connor</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Russell" title="Kurt Russell">Kurt Russell</a> as Brooks. <a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a> recreated his commentary for most of the games. The final ten seconds, however, and his "Do you believe in miracles? YES!" call, were from the original broadcast and used in the film since the filmmakers felt that they could not ask him to recreate the emotion he felt at that moment. The film was dedicated to Brooks, who died shortly after principal photography completed. </p><p>The documentary <i>Of Miracles And Men</i>, which was directed by Jonathan Hock, premiered on <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> in 2015 as part of the channel's <i><a href="/wiki/30_for_30" title="30 for 30">30 for 30</a></i> series. The story of the 1980 matchup is told from the Soviet perspective.<sup id="cite_ref-variety-ofmiracles_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety-ofmiracles-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/The_X-Files" title="The X-Files">The X-Files</a> (season 4, episode 7), <a href="/wiki/Cigarette_Smoking_Man" title="Cigarette Smoking Man">Cigarette Smoking Man</a> (aka Cancer Man) reveals that he rigged the game by injecting the goaltender with a small amount of novocaine, saying "What's the matter? Don't you believe in miracles?" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_rosters">Team rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Team rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Miracle_on_Ice.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An ice arena empty at the time" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Miracle_on_Ice.jpg/220px-Miracle_on_Ice.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Miracle_on_Ice.jpg/330px-Miracle_on_Ice.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Miracle_on_Ice.jpg/440px-Miracle_on_Ice.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1878" data-file-height="1302" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Herb_Brooks_Arena" title="Herb Brooks Arena">Herb Brooks Arena</a> in 2005</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" border="0" style="background:#dcdcdc; font-size:85%"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Pos. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Age </th> <th>Hometown </th> <th>College </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">G </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Jim_Craig_(ice_hockey)" title="Jim Craig (ice hockey)">Jim Craig</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Easton,_Massachusetts" title="Easton, Massachusetts">North Easton, MA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_University_Terriers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey">Boston U.</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Ken_Morrow" title="Ken Morrow">Ken Morrow</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint, MI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey">Bowling Green</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Mike_Ramsey_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Ramsey (ice hockey)">Mike Ramsey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">C </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Mark Johnson (ice hockey)">Mark Johnson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, WI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey">Wisconsin</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">LW </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Rob_McClanahan" title="Rob McClanahan">Rob McClanahan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Dave_Silk" title="Dave Silk">Dave Silk</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scituate,_Massachusetts" title="Scituate, Massachusetts">Scituate, MA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_University_Terriers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey">Boston U.</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Baker_(ice_hockey,_born_1956)" title="Bill Baker (ice hockey, born 1956)">Bill Baker</a> <a href="/wiki/Alternate_captain" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternate captain">(<b>A</b>)</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Minnesota" title="Grand Rapids, Minnesota">Grand Rapids, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">C </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neal_Broten" title="Neal Broten">Neal Broten</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roseau,_Minnesota" title="Roseau, Minnesota">Roseau, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Christian" title="Dave Christian">Dave Christian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warroad,_Minnesota" title="Warroad, Minnesota">Warroad, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Fighting_Hawks_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey">North Dakota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Christoff" title="Steve Christoff">Steve Christoff</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richfield,_Minnesota" title="Richfield, Minnesota">Richfield, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">LW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Eruzione" title="Mike Eruzione">Mike Eruzione</a> <a href="/wiki/Captain_(ice_hockey)" title="Captain (ice hockey)">(<b>C</b>)</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winthrop,_Massachusetts" title="Winthrop, Massachusetts">Winthrop, MA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_University_Terriers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey">Boston U.</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Harrington_(ice_hockey)" title="John Harrington (ice hockey)">John Harrington</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia,_Minnesota" title="Virginia, Minnesota">Virginia, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota-Duluth_Bulldogs_men%27s_ice_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey">Minnesota-Duluth</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">G </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Janaszak" title="Steve Janaszak">Steve Janaszak</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Callahan" title="Jack O'Callahan">Jack O'Callahan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Boston" title="Charlestown, Boston">Charlestown, MA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_University_Terriers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey">Boston U.</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">C </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pavelich" title="Mark Pavelich">Mark Pavelich</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eveleth,_Minnesota" title="Eveleth, Minnesota">Eveleth, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota-Duluth_Bulldogs_men%27s_ice_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey">Minnesota-Duluth</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">LW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Schneider" title="Buzz Schneider">Buzz Schneider</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Minnesota" title="Grand Rapids, Minnesota">Grand Rapids, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Strobel" title="Eric Strobel">Eric Strobel</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Suter" title="Bob Suter">Bob Suter</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, WI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey">Wisconsin</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">LW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Verchota" title="Phil Verchota">Phil Verchota</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">C </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wells" title="Mark Wells">Mark Wells</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_Shores,_Michigan" title="St. Clair Shores, Michigan">St. Clair Shores, MI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey">Bowling Green</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_Union">Soviet Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" border="0" style="background:#dcdcdc; font-size:85%"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Pos. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Age </th> <th>Hometown </th> <th>Professional club </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">G </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Vladislav_Tretiak" title="Vladislav Tretiak">Vladislav Tretiak</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dmitrovsky_District,_Moscow_Oblast" title="Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Oblast">Orudyevo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Viacheslav_Fetisov" title="Viacheslav Fetisov">Viacheslav Fetisov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Alexei_Kasatonov" title="Alexei Kasatonov">Alexei Kasatonov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Leningrad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">C </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Petrov_(ice_hockey)" title="Vladimir Petrov (ice hockey)">Vladimir Petrov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">32 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krasnogorsk,_Moscow_Oblast" title="Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast">Krasnogorsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">LW </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Valeri_Kharlamov" title="Valeri Kharlamov">Valeri Kharlamov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">32 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td>*<a href="/wiki/Boris_Mikhailov_(ice_hockey)" title="Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey)">Boris Mikhailov</a> <a href="/wiki/Captain_(ice_hockey)" title="Captain (ice hockey)">(<b>C</b>)</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">35 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helmuts_Balderis" title="Helmuts Balderis">Helmuts Balderis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zinetula_Bilyaletdinov" title="Zinetula Bilyaletdinov">Zinetula Bilyaletdinov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="HC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Golikov" title="Alexander Golikov">Aleksandr Golikov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Penza" title="Penza">Penza</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="HC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">C </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Golikov" title="Vladimir Golikov">Vladimir Golikov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Penza" title="Penza">Penza</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="HC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">LW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Krutov" title="Vladimir Krutov">Vladimir Krutov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Lebedev_(ice_hockey)" title="Yuri Lebedev (ice hockey)">Yuri Lebedev</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krylya_Sovetov_Moscow" title="Krylya Sovetov Moscow">Krylya Sovetov Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">RW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Makarov_(ice_hockey,_born_1958)" title="Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)">Sergei Makarov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chelyabinsk" title="Chelyabinsk">Chelyabinsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">C/RW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Maltsev" title="Alexander Maltsev">Aleksandr Maltsev</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirovo-Chepetsk" title="Kirovo-Chepetsk">Kirovo-Chepetsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="HC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">G </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Myshkin" title="Vladimir Myshkin">Vladimir Myshkin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirovo-Chepetsk" title="Kirovo-Chepetsk">Kirovo-Chepetsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="HC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vasili_Pervukhin" title="Vasili Pervukhin">Vasili Pervukhin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Penza" title="Penza">Penza</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="HC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">LW </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Skvortsov_(ice_hockey)" title="Alexander Skvortsov (ice hockey)">Aleksandr Skvortsov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod" title="Nizhny Novgorod">Gorky</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_Nizhny_Novgorod" title="Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod">Torpedo Gorky</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Starikov" title="Sergei Starikov">Sergei Starikov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chelyabinsk" title="Chelyabinsk">Chelyabinsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fff;"> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">D </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valeri_Vasiliev" title="Valeri Vasiliev">Valeri Vasiliev</a> <a href="/wiki/Alternate_captain" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternate captain">(<b>A</b>)</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod" title="Nizhny Novgorod">Gorky</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="HC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eaeaea;"> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">C </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Zhluktov" title="Viktor Zhluktov">Viktor Zhluktov</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inta" title="Inta">Inta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_CSKA_Moscow" title="HC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>* Starting line up </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Box_score">Box score</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miracle_on_Ice&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Box score"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" class="vevent" style="width:100%;background-color:#eeeeee"><tbody><tr class="summary"><td style="width:15%;text-align:center;font-size:85%">February 22, 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1980-02-22</span>)</span><br />17:00 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:25%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="United States men's national ice hockey team">United States</a></span></td><td style="width:15%;text-align:center"><b>4–3</b><br /><small>(2–2, 0–1, 2–0)</small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:25%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Herb_Brooks_Arena" title="Herb Brooks Arena">Olympic Center</a></span><br /><i>Attendance:</i> 8,500</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;background-color:#eeeeee"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/orw1980v2.pdf">Game reference</a></th></tr><tr style="font-size:85%"><td rowspan="7" style="width:15%;vertical-align:top"></td><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Craig_(ice_hockey)" title="Jim Craig (ice hockey)">Jim Craig</a></td><td style="width:15%;vertical-align:top;text-align:center"><i>Goalies</i></td><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Vladislav_Tretiak" title="Vladislav Tretiak">Vladislav Tretiak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Myshkin" title="Vladimir Myshkin">Vladimir Myshkin</a></td><td rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top"><i>Referee:</i><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Karl-Gustav_Kaisla" title="Karl-Gustav Kaisla">Karl-Gustav Kaisla</a><br /><i>Linesmen:</i><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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François Larochelle</td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%"><td colspan="3" style="width:65%"><table cellspacing="0" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%"></td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">0 – 1</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%">9:12 – <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Krutov" title="Vladimir Krutov">Krutov</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alexei_Kasatonov" title="Alexei Kasatonov">Kasatonov</a>)</td></tr><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%"><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Schneider" title="Buzz Schneider">Schneider</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mark_Pavelich" title="Mark Pavelich">Pavelich</a>) – 14:03</td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">1 – 1</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%"></td></tr><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%"></td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">1 – 2</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%">17:34 – <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Makarov_(ice_hockey,_born_1958)" title="Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)">Makarov</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alexander_Golikov" title="Alexander Golikov">A. Golikov</a>)</td></tr><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Mark Johnson (ice hockey)">Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dave_Christian" title="Dave Christian">Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Silk" title="Dave Silk">Silk</a>) – 19:59</td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">2 – 2</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%"></td></tr><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%"></td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">2 – 3</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%">22:18 – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Maltsev" title="Alexander Maltsev">Maltsev</a> (Krutov) (<a href="/wiki/Power_play_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power play (ice hockey)">PP</a>)</td></tr><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%">Johnson (Silk) (PP) – 48:39</td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">3 – 3</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%"></td></tr><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Eruzione" title="Mike Eruzione">Eruzione</a> (Pavelich, <a href="/wiki/John_Harrington_(ice_hockey)" title="John Harrington (ice hockey)">Harrington</a>) – 50:00</td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">4 – 3</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%"><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right"><i>6 min</i></td><td style="width:15%;vertical-align:top;text-align:center"><i>Penalties</i></td><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><i>6 min</i></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%"><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right"><i>16</i></td><td style="width:15%;vertical-align:top;text-align:center"><i>Shots</i></td><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><i>39</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Jackie Stewart">Jackie Stewart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Evert" title="Chris Evert">Chris Evert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cauthen" title="Steve Cauthen">Steve Cauthen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus" title="Jack Nicklaus">Jack Nicklaus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a> & <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">U.S. Olympic Hockey Team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Ray_Leonard" title="Sugar Ray Leonard">Sugar Ray Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mary_Decker" title="Mary Decker">Mary Decker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Moses" title="Edwin Moses">Edwin Moses</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_Retton" title="Mary Lou Retton">Mary Lou Retton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Paterno" title="Joe Paterno">Joe Paterno</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bourne" title="Bob Bourne">Bob Bourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judi_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Judi Brown">Judi Brown King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kipchoge_Keino" title="Kipchoge Keino">Kipchoge Keino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dale_Murphy" title="Dale Murphy">Dale Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chip_Rives" title="Chip Rives">Chip Rives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patty_Sheehan" title="Patty Sheehan">Patty Sheehan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rory_Sparrow" title="Rory Sparrow">Rory Sparrow</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Williams_(linebacker)" title="Reggie Williams (linebacker)">Reggie Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Orel_Hershiser" title="Orel Hershiser">Orel Hershiser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Greg_LeMond" title="Greg LeMond">Greg LeMond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ashe" title="Arthur Ashe">Arthur Ashe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Don Shula</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Blair" title="Bonnie Blair">Bonnie Blair</a> & <a href="/wiki/Johann_Olav_Koss" title="Johann Olav Koss">Johann Olav Koss</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">Dean Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGwire" title="Mark McGwire">Mark McGwire</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Sosa" title="Sammy Sosa">Sammy Sosa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">U.S. Women's Soccer Team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Curt Schilling</a> & <a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">Randy Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <s><a href="/wiki/Lance_Armstrong" title="Lance Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">David Robinson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/2004_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2004 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Phelps" title="Michael Phelps">Michael Phelps</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski" title="Mike Krzyzewski">Mike Krzyzewski</a> & <a href="/wiki/Pat_Summitt" title="Pat Summitt">Pat Summitt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> & <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">J. J. Watt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2017–18 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Megan_Rapinoe" title="Megan Rapinoe">Megan Rapinoe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Laurent_Duvernay-Tardif" title="Laurent Duvernay-Tardif">Laurent Duvernay-Tardif</a>, <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Patrick Mahomes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Osaka" title="Naomi Osaka">Naomi Osaka</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Breanna_Stewart" title="Breanna Stewart">Breanna Stewart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">Deion Sanders</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Associated_Press_Male_Athlete_of_the_Year" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Associated_Press_Male_Athlete_of_the_Year_navbox" title="Template:Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year 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Martin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Sarazen" title="Gene Sarazen">Gene Sarazen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Carl Hubbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Louis" title="Joe Louis">Joe Louis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Owens" title="Jesse Owens">Jesse Owens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Don_Budge" title="Don Budge">Don Budge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <a href="/wiki/Don_Budge" title="Don Budge">Don Budge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Nile_Kinnick" title="Nile Kinnick">Nile Kinnick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harmon" title="Tom Harmon">Tom Harmon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">Joe DiMaggio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinkwich" title="Frank Sinkwich">Frank Sinkwich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Gunder_H%C3%A4gg" title="Gunder Hägg">Gunder Hägg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Byron_Nelson" title="Byron Nelson">Byron Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Byron_Nelson" title="Byron Nelson">Byron Nelson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(halfback)" title="Glenn Davis (halfback)">Glenn Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lujack" title="Johnny Lujack">Johnny Lujack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Lou Boudreau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Leon_Hart" title="Leon Hart">Leon Hart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Konstanty" title="Jim Konstanty">Jim Konstanty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Kazmaier" title="Dick Kazmaier">Dick Kazmaier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Mathias" title="Bob Mathias">Bob Mathias</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hogan" title="Ben Hogan">Ben Hogan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cassady" title="Howard Cassady">Howard Cassady</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Herb_Elliott" title="Herb Elliott">Herb Elliott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Ingemar_Johansson" title="Ingemar Johansson">Ingemar Johansson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Rafer_Johnson" title="Rafer Johnson">Rafer Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Maris" title="Roger Maris">Roger Maris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Don_Schollander" title="Don Schollander">Don Schollander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Denny_McLain" title="Denny McLain">Denny McLain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/George_Blanda" title="George Blanda">George Blanda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Trevino" title="Lee Trevino">Lee Trevino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Spitz" title="Mark Spitz">Mark Spitz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">O. J. Simpson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Fred Lynn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Caitlyn_Jenner" title="Caitlyn Jenner">Bruce Jenner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cauthen" title="Steve Cauthen">Steve Cauthen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">U.S. Olympic Hockey Team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/John_McEnroe" title="John McEnroe">John McEnroe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lewis" title="Carl Lewis">Carl Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lewis" title="Carl Lewis">Carl Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Gooden" title="Dwight Gooden">Dwight Gooden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Johnson_(Canadian_sprinter)" title="Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)">Ben Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Orel_Hershiser" title="Orel Hershiser">Orel Hershiser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/George_Foreman" title="George Foreman">George Foreman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(sprinter)" title="Michael Johnson (sprinter)">Michael Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGwire" title="Mark McGwire">Mark McGwire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></span></li> <li><span 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Phelps</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Johnson" title="Jimmie Johnson">Jimmie Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees">Drew Brees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Aaron Rodgers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Phelps" title="Michael Phelps">Michael Phelps</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Shohei Ohtani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Judge" title="Aaron Judge">Aaron Judge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Shohei Ohtani</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NHL All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Stanley_Cup_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of Stanley Cup Finals broadcasters">Stanley Cup Finals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Stanley_Cup_Finals_television_announcers" title="List of American Stanley Cup Finals television announcers">American television</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Buccigross" title="John Buccigross">John Buccigross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_McDonough" title="Sean McDonough">Sean McDonough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Monaco" title="Mike Monaco">Mike Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wischusen" title="Bob Wischusen">Bob Wischusen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators/<br />Ice-level analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Callahan" title="Ryan Callahan">Ryan Callahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Ferraro" title="Ray Ferraro">Ray Ferraro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._Mleczko" title="A. J. Mleczko">A. J. Mleczko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Weekes" title="Kevin Weekes">Kevin Weekes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Buccigross" title="John Buccigross">John Buccigross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Levy" title="Steve Levy">Steve Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arda_Ocal" title="Arda Ocal">Arda Ocal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Messier" title="Mark Messier">Mark Messier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._Mleczko" title="A. J. Mleczko">A. J. Mleczko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._K._Subban" title="P. K. Subban">P. K. Subban</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rinkside reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Bolden" title="Blake Bolden">Blake Bolden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Kaplan" title="Emily Kaplan">Emily Kaplan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leah_Hextall" title="Leah Hextall">Leah Hextall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Weekes" title="Kevin Weekes">Kevin Weekes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rules analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Jackson_(ice_hockey)" title="Dave Jackson (ice hockey)">Dave Jackson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play<br />announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Emrick" title="Mike Emrick">Mike Emrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Levy" title="Steve Levy">Steve Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Mees" title="Tom Mees">Tom Mees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Miller_(sportscaster)" title="Bob Miller (sportscaster)">Bob Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Rosen_(sportscaster)" title="Sam Rosen (sportscaster)">Sam Rosen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Strader" title="Dave Strader">Dave Strader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Thorne" title="Gary Thorne">Gary Thorne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Boucher" title="Brian Boucher">Brian Boucher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clement" title="Bill Clement">Bill Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Davidson_(ice_hockey)" title="John Davidson (ice hockey)">John Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Engblom" title="Brian Engblom">Brian Engblom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Hayward" title="Brian Hayward">Brian Hayward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Melrose" title="Barry Melrose">Barry Melrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Pang" title="Darren Pang">Darren Pang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Schoenfeld" title="Jim Schoenfeld">Jim Schoenfeld</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Berman" title="Chris Berman">Chris Berman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Boucher" title="Brian Boucher">Brian Boucher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Chelios" title="Chris Chelios">Chris Chelios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Davidson_(ice_hockey)" title="John Davidson (ice hockey)">John Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Melrose" title="Barry Melrose">Barry Melrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Pang" title="Darren Pang">Darren Pang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ice level and<br />rinkside reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erin_Andrews" title="Erin Andrews">Erin Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Brenon" title="Brenda Brenon">Brenda Brenon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Engblom" title="Brian Engblom">Brian Engblom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Granato" title="Tony Granato">Tony Granato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Levy" title="Steve Levy">Steve Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Mees" title="Tom Mees">Tom Mees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Micheletti" title="Joe Micheletti">Joe Micheletti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Morganti" title="Al Morganti">Al Morganti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Neumeier" title="Bob Neumeier">Bob Neumeier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Pang" title="Darren Pang">Darren Pang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daryl_Reaugh" title="Daryl Reaugh">Daryl Reaugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Redmond" title="Mickey Redmond">Mickey Redmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Ryan" title="Sam Ryan">Sam Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Simpson" title="Christine Simpson">Chris Simpson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contributors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Rutledge" title="Laura Rutledge">Laura Rutledge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Smith_(reporter)" title="Marty Smith (reporter)">Marty Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Don_Chevrier" title="Don Chevrier">Don Chevrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Esposito" title="Phil Esposito">Phil Esposito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Manfra" title="Fred Manfra">Fred Manfra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stanley Cup Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2000 Stanley Cup Finals">2000</a> (Games 3-6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2001 Stanley Cup Finals">2001</a> (Games 3-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2002 Stanley Cup Finals">2002</a> (Games 3-5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2003 Stanley Cup Finals">2003</a> (Games 3-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2004 Stanley Cup Finals">2004</a> (Games 3-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2022 Stanley Cup Finals">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2024 Stanley Cup Finals">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2026_Stanley_Cup_Finals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2026 Stanley Cup Finals (page does not exist)">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2028_Stanley_Cup_Finals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2028 Stanley Cup Finals (page does not exist)">2028</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="ABC_Radio&#039;s_coverage" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC 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href="/wiki/2003_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2003 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2004 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2022 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2023 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2024 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2025</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" title="2026 National Hockey League All-Star Game">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2027_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game&action=edit&redlink=1" 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