The 1980 United States Winter Olympic Hockey team is one of the most unique teams in American sports. "This team is not about old rivalries" (Brooks) said Herb Brooks at one of the first practices. This team was made up of 20 players, all with an average age of only 22! Each player had played college hockey before the games, because professional athletes could not compete in the Olympics at the time. The team was considered a long shot to even win a medal by experts, but proved everyone wrong when they defeated the Soviet Union and won the Gold Medal. The team consisted of captain Mike Eurozione, Mark Johnson, Jack O'Callahan, Rob McClanahan and goalie Jim Craig, who played every minute of every game in the tourament. After the games, many of these players played in the NHL, but none of them became big stars in the league. The team reunited in the 2oo2 Olympics to light the cauldron in the opening cerimonies.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Team
The 1980 United States Winter Olympic Hockey team is one of the most unique teams in American sports. "This team is not about old rivalries" (Brooks) said Herb Brooks at one of the first practices. This team was made up of 20 players, all with an average age of only 22! Each player had played college hockey before the games, because professional athletes could not compete in the Olympics at the time. The team was considered a long shot to even win a medal by experts, but proved everyone wrong when they defeated the Soviet Union and won the Gold Medal. The team consisted of captain Mike Eurozione, Mark Johnson, Jack O'Callahan, Rob McClanahan and goalie Jim Craig, who played every minute of every game in the tourament. After the games, many of these players played in the NHL, but none of them became big stars in the league. The team reunited in the 2oo2 Olympics to light the cauldron in the opening cerimonies.
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