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Post by beaverdude on Feb 24, 2020 7:35:54 GMT -8
Here's the link to youtube where you can watch:
-->www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpBLfal5cwA
Copy/paste everything after the --> above.
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Post by sagebrush on Feb 24, 2020 11:30:56 GMT -8
Bunch of amateurs thrown together and beat the Red Army team, possibly the best pro team in the world. Two advantages the USA had was that those amateurs played like a team and Olympic officials don't let thug $hit happen.
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Post by baseba1111 on Feb 24, 2020 12:31:27 GMT -8
Bunch of amateurs thrown together and beat the Red Army team, possibly the best pro team in the world. Two advantages the USA had was that those amateurs played like a team and Olympic officials don't let thug $hit happen. But, people tend to over romanticize that team in forgetting that their were MANY great hockey players on that USA team. Amateur or not, several had long (one was 18 years) NHL careers, Stanley Cup, first American born 100 pt scorer, etc. That USA team wasn't a bunch of scrubs playing some elite team. They were elite themselves. |
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Post by kersting13 on Feb 24, 2020 13:11:41 GMT -8
Feb 22, 1980 USA vs USSR in semi-final Olympic Hockey. For those of us alive and old enough to remember.. it's easily the biggest sports event in our lifetimesI'm not exactly sure how it merits "easily the biggest sports event in our lifetimes", but I will agree that it's one of the bigger sports upsets in our lifetimes. I was 8, and I don't/never did care much for hockey, but I had a buddy who watched it intently and still holds the memory dear to this day, and isn't any more of a hockey fan than I am. Certainly a cool event. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 24, 2020 13:20:24 GMT -8
What's bigger?
The thing about MOI was, it wasn't a one-off. It was a two-week snowball, getting bigger and bigger every day after Baker's late goal to tie Sweden kept us undefeated in pool play and gave us momentum to crush the Czechs, which is when it started to become apparent this team may be something special.
Maybe it's bigger to me because I grew up in hockey country and lived in hockey country in 1980. But it was a huge, huge thing, certainly bigger than a Super Bowl or NBA Finals.
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Post by beaverdude on Feb 25, 2020 7:45:53 GMT -8
What's bigger? The thing about MOI was, it wasn't a one-off. It was a two-week snowball, getting bigger and bigger every day after Baker's late goal to tie Sweden kept us undefeated in pool play and gave us momentum to crush the Czechs, which is when it started to become apparent this team may be something special. Maybe it's bigger to me because I grew up in hockey country and lived in hockey country in 1980. But it was a huge, huge thing, certainly bigger than a Super Bowl or NBA Finals. I was 20 year old jarhead in Okinawa Japan where everything on the Armed Forces Network was delayed. We read about the win in Stars and Stripes but didn't get to see it for another 2 weeks. Trust me, the game was a big deal to all of the military on the rock and probably the biggest sporting event of my lifetime. Yes, bigger than the blow out of ND in the Fiesta Bowl. |
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Post by kersting13 on Feb 25, 2020 8:49:21 GMT -8
What's bigger? The thing about MOI was, it wasn't a one-off. It was a two-week snowball, getting bigger and bigger every day after Baker's late goal to tie Sweden kept us undefeated in pool play and gave us momentum to crush the Czechs, which is when it started to become apparent this team may be something special. Maybe it's bigger to me because I grew up in hockey country and lived in hockey country in 1980. But it was a huge, huge thing, certainly bigger than a Super Bowl or NBA Finals. To me? EVERY Super Bowl and World Series, but then I will admit that I've never much liked the Olympics because there's always so much "human interest" stories surrounding the events, and I don't like mixing my "human interest" stories with sports. I don't mean to discount the importance of the event, because I DO believe it was important and know many people who lived it and loved it, but I do believe it's severe hyperbole to think it was anywhere NEAR the biggest sports event of our lifetimes. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 25, 2020 10:24:27 GMT -8
Bunch of amateurs thrown together and beat the Red Army team, possibly the best pro team in the world. Two advantages the USA had was that those amateurs played like a team and Olympic officials don't let thug $hit happen. But, people tend to over romanticize that team in forgetting that their were MANY great hockey players on that USA team. Amateur or not, several had long (one was 18 years) NHL careers, Stanley Cup, first American born 100 pt scorer, etc. That USA team wasn't a bunch of scrubs playing some elite team. They were elite themselves. They were pikers compared to the 1980 Soviets, who played together for years and years and are widely considered to be the best international team ever assembled in the "amateur" era. From Team USA, Broten, Baker, Ramsey, Morrow, Johnson, Christian, Christoff, O'Callahan, McClanahan and Pavelich had decent NHL careers. Craig was an NHL washout; Eruzione, Schneider, Strobel, Verchota, Suter, Harrington and Wells never played in the NHL. Broten probably was the best and he played on ONE NHL all-star team. Morrow was a two-time all-star; Christian was a one-time all-star and Johnson never made an all-star team. Many on Team USA never played in the NHL, or had very short careers in which they were grinders at best. The 1980 Team USA was elite, for an American team of that era, but it existed for about six months. The Soviet team was elite even for the Soviets, who dominated international hockey for a generation. Many of the 1980 team were among the best players in the world for 10 years or more. That can't be said about Team USA. abcnews.go.com/Sports/1980-soviet-union-squad-historys-greatest-international-hockey/story?id=42117760www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/miracle_nhl.phpPS: Kersting, what's bigger than MOI? What sporting event could most people over 50 remember exactly where they were, and what they were doing, when it happened? Had ABC televised the game live, it would have been even bigger. Lucky for me, I got to watch it live on CBC. |
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Post by TheGlove on Feb 25, 2020 11:25:28 GMT -8
People forget that the US had to go on and beat Finland for the gold.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 25, 2020 11:56:58 GMT -8
People forget that the US had to go on and beat Finland for the gold. Featuring the great Jari Kurri, 100 of the NHL's top-100 all-time players, and several other NHLers. Very good team that generally finished in the top 4-5 of the annual European Championships. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Feb 25, 2020 11:57:14 GMT -8
People forget that the US had to go on and beat Finland for the gold. Only then was it.....finished. |
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Post by TheGlove on Feb 25, 2020 14:29:13 GMT -8
People forget that the US had to go on and beat Finland for the gold. Only then was it.....finished. Bah Da Bump Bump Cha |
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Post by kersting13 on Feb 26, 2020 15:01:40 GMT -8
But, people tend to over romanticize that team in forgetting that their were MANY great hockey players on that USA team. Amateur or not, several had long (one was 18 years) NHL careers, Stanley Cup, first American born 100 pt scorer, etc. That USA team wasn't a bunch of scrubs playing some elite team. They were elite themselves. PS: Kersting, what's bigger than MOI? What sporting event could most people over 50 remember exactly where they were, and what they were doing, when it happened? Had ABC televised the game live, it would have been even bigger. Lucky for me, I got to watch it live on CBC. What's bigger than MOI? EVERY Super Bowl - it's an event, and always a big party for me and many other sports & non-sports fans alike. Specifically memorable were Super Bowls 23, 25, 34, 49, and 51. Some other sporting events I can tell you exactly what I was doing when it happened, that I think a lot of other people could as well: 1986 game 6, Joe Theismann's broken leg, Buster Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson, Mike Tyson eats Evander Holyfield (I'm not even a boxing fan). Of course there are MANY other events that I can tell you who I was with, where I was, and what I was doing during them, but they were because they were MY team participating, and not events that were ubiquitous to the general population such as OSU CWS Championships, or big football games, and big games that involved my favorite MLB or NFL teams. Unless you are living in hockey country... I just don't think it comes close to being one of the biggest sporting events ever. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 26, 2020 17:10:18 GMT -8
Unless you are living in hockey country... I just don't think it comes close to being one of the biggest sporting events ever.
And I think you are mistaken. Other's mileage may vary.
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Post by Werebeaver on Feb 26, 2020 18:28:13 GMT -8
Feb 22, 1980 USA vs USSR in semi-final Olympic Hockey. For those of us alive and old enough to remember..it's easily the biggest sports hockey event in our lifetimes Fixed that for you. I was at OSU. Game was not broadcast live. By the time I sat down to watch the game the result was already known but it was still exciting to watch. The film was enjoyable too. Biggest sports event in my lifetime? Naah. I guess I'm just not that much of a hockey fan. Don't even know the rules other than that a puck in the opponent's net = goal. |
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