Argent
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So 40 years ago today the U.S. beat Russia in the Olympics in ice hockey after a the Russian Olympic team had four Gold winning streak the one the best teams ever seen.
The most impressive thing is that the effort was based of college players with a lot of them coming from University of Minnesota where Brooks was coach. Which makes the last U.S. showing in the Olympics that much more disappointing.
But while not the Gold Medal Winning match this is one of the great moments in U.S. sport history where a group of amateur players beat the World power house in Ice Hockey with some of the best players at the time.
It has been made into multiple movies with the Disney's Miracle which is well worth watching but I leave off with this moment in sport's history.
The most impressive thing is that the effort was based of college players with a lot of them coming from University of Minnesota where Brooks was coach. Which makes the last U.S. showing in the Olympics that much more disappointing.
But while not the Gold Medal Winning match this is one of the great moments in U.S. sport history where a group of amateur players beat the World power house in Ice Hockey with some of the best players at the time.
It has been made into multiple movies with the Disney's Miracle which is well worth watching but I leave off with this moment in sport's history.