Miracle on Ice: 1980 U.S. Hockey’s Historic Soviet Upset

Miracle on Ice: 1980 U.S. Hockey’s Historic Soviet Upset

On February 22, 1980, inside the Olympic Fieldhouse in Lake Placid, New York, the United States men’s hockey team faced the most dominant team in the world, the Soviet Union. The Americans, average age 22, were college athletes and amateur hopefuls. The Soviets, meanwhile, were seasoned veterans who had won every Olympic gold since 1964 and had not lost a single Olympic game since 1968 By the end of the night, the scoreboard read USA 4, USSR 3, …