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re: Miracle (2004)
Posted on 3/7/23 at 9:51 am to Zap Rowsdower
Posted on 3/7/23 at 9:51 am to Zap Rowsdower
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what it was really like experiencing all that go down in real time.
It was relative disbelief. There were low expectations for the team after their exhibition performance against the Soviets as well as that Soviet team (one of their best ever, from a pure talent standpoint), wiping the rink with NHL All-Stars. Then, the "miracle" happened. What a great time to be an American that was.
There is a companion 30 for 30 piece from a few years back, "Of Miracles and Men" about the Soviet team, particularly Slava Fetisov. I must say, decades later it humanized a team that Cold War propaganda made it easy for us to hate at the time. Mikhailov (the Soviet team captain), is still salty about that loss in 1980.
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Posted on 3/7/23 at 11:24 am to Ace Midnight
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It was relative disbelief. There were low expectations for the team after their exhibition performance against the Soviets as well as that Soviet team (one of their best ever, from a pure talent standpoint), wiping the rink with NHL All-Stars. Then, the "miracle" happened. What a great time to be an American that was.
It was more than that. Think of where we were as a country. The aftermath of the Vietnam War, the Carter Years, Iranian Hostages, the Soviets invading Afghanistan. The country was a hot mess.
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