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Dan Snow visits Lake Placid to relive the incredible Ice Hockey match from the 1980 Winter Games between the USA and the Soviet Union, which became known as the 'Miracle on Ice'.
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Imagine pulling the best goalie you have just cause he missed one save
I love seeing rivalry like this, watching sportsmen fight for their country. Great stuff :)
Canada and Russia/Soviet Union was the real rivalry in ice hockey
I was 11 years old at the time. It was sucky time for the United States. Just to give a context to it, between 1979 and the 1980 Winter Olympics, the following happened: Three Mile Island nuclear crisis, US Embassy in Tehran is attacked and 52 US diplomats and personnel were taken hostage, American Airlines Flight 191 crashes and around 215 people are killed, Chrysler is forced into bankruptcy and the US government is forced to bail it out, we endured a brutal winter of 1979, there were horrible storms in the Spring of 1979 killing more than 1000 in one single tornado storm alone, the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski mail bombed Northwest University, the Soviets gain influence and power in Nicaragua, NORAD computers go bonkers and US officials received incorrect information of a massive Soviet nuclear strike against the United States, the Ayatollah Khomeini gives false reports to Pakistan claiming the US was causing trouble at the Grand Mosque in Mecca - before the report was proven wrong, the US Embassy in Pakistan is fire bombed killing more US diplomats. Of course, this is also prompted by the Iranian Revolution where the US backed Shah was overthrown and kicked out of the country. This caused a second major energy crisis (the first being in 1973) and oil went from around 15USD per barrel to over 60USD per barrel! The US economy slipped from inflation to flat out stagflation and millions hated Jimmy Carter's ineffectual "leadership." Plus, this was also at the height of the cold war between the Soviet Union and the US. Needless to say, we *needed* this win. It made me feel so freaking proud of my country.
Lellobeetle I appreciate the time you’ve put into creating this comment
Wow that’s a lotta damage
I was -24 years old at the time. You're smart if you know the year I was born in, thank goodness for calculators
Thanks for the comment! I was born in 1985, so it really helped me understand what was going on at the time and how USA winning made it even more special.
I was born two months after this happened, but I still feel a great sense of nostalgia when seeing these clips.
I'm really surprised they didn't include Al Michaels' famous "Do you believe in miracles? YES!!!" call at the end.
R.I.P. Herb Brooks 1937 - 2003
May He Rest In Peace
I remember back in 1979-80 the U.S. PREPARED for the Winter Olympics the correct way with PHYSICAL CONDITIONING and TACTICS along with having the Best GOALIE that Year!
Just that one Canadian hockey fan who is watching every video of the miracle on ice, On the soviets side and on the USA sides... this is one of those memories you won’t forget. (The scrappy underdog vs the powerhouse)
I was born 19 years after it happened... but it’s one of those moments that sticks with ya.
They weren't just confident they could beat even our best pros... they did just that, 6-0, against the NHL all stars. That CCCP team was the best hockey team ever assembled.
agreed, this was truly a once in millenium thing, and it just so happened to occur at the perfect geopolitical time
im not murican or russian but i get goosebumps i love sport underdog stories
mortivoe you should watch the movie
One of the greatest upsets in Olympic history!
@Corwin719
In the Olympic history - yes
In sports history - absolutely not, it's not even the biggest upset in hockey (Poland beating the USSR in 1976 World Championship is). The US weren't just "amateurs beating the Soviets", they were a class team and haven't lost a single game, even defeating Czechoslovakia 7-3.
@@hristo5689 you must not have been alive then. The 76’ ussr team was not in the same league as the one from 80. Makarov and Fetislov are top 3 best Soviet players ever, and they weren’t even around until 78. That same Soviet team beat the best NHL players in a 2-1 series in 79. On the flip side, the US team was almost entirely amateurs, and their win against CZ was a big upset. They weren’t favored to beat sweden either. They played out of their mind and scored victories (or a draw in the case of Sweden) against much better competition. Not only is it the greatest upset in sports history, it’s also the greatest moment. Never have the stakes been higher or the spotlight brighter.
@@corndorn are you out of your mind? That team had Kharlamov, Yakushev, Tretiak, Shadrin, Mikhailov, Maltsev, Petrov in their primes. That was one of the absolute best hockey teams of all time. Kharlamov of mid 70s was without a doubt the top 3/2 best Soviet hockey player of all time. They showed what they were capable of when they did whatever they wanted with Canadians in the Summit Series in 1972 (of course until Kharlamov was deliberately injured by one of the biggest hooligans in hockey history) and 1974. They won 7 World Championship titles in the 70s, the most by any team in a single decade ever. Poland defeated the Soviets 6-4 on April 8. The next day they lost 12-0 to Czechoslovakia. That is one of the biggest upsets in sports overall. Of course USA at the 1980 Olympics was a bigger moment but if we’re talking strictly about upsets Poland is the nr 1.
And again, you can call the Miracle on Ice the best moment in USA or hockey history but it’s for sure not the best one in sports in general.
@@hristo5689 I guess you forgot all the cheating and dirty tricks the soviets pulled during the 72 series.
@@hari61017 that was HUGEEEE too...wrestling just isn't as mainstream but karelin was the literal real life version of Ivan drago...he was untouchable and rulon was a pudgy farm boy that just gassed out someone thought to be unbeatable...absolutely crazy
you can really see how fast the game is with Eruzione's goal, the overhead camera angle doesn't capture how fast he was skating, or how fast his release was.
I learned this in Leadership and my Teacher (a retired vet.) Was there when it happened
Before the Russian goalie sat down for the rest of the game the US already scored 3 goals on him. Didn't matter if he stayed in or out the US was going to have its way.
Robert M 2 goals
We will never know, but I would still have preferred my odds with Tretiak in goal in a tied game with 40 minutes left than his backup. I don't know how good Vladimir Myshkin really was but we know Tretiak was an incredible goaltender. If Tikhonov got in his face a bit and said no more mistakes after the 1st intermission, wouldn't have been surprised if he shut the US out the rest of the way.
2 goals, as Ago Tube. Stated. If you’re going to write a comment or criticism maybe you should know the facts first. What a concept.
@@billny33 I agree with you 110%, but the 2 goals he allowed, where very uncharacteristic of him to give up.
Tretiak wouldve been Vezina Material if the russians didnt care national pride
USA, USA, USA!
All of those Soviet players could’ve played in the NHL. For a bunch of college kids to take them down, we’ll never see anything like it again. Truly a miracle
great video, crystal clear
interesting seeing Dan Snow, who I'm used to seeing in some medieval fort or some such place, discuss a great sports moment
Interesting that the greatest sporting moment in both US and Canada are hockey.
“Not to-nite boys” awesome!
Wow, hearing the BBC commentary. Very much like the way they call soccer!
Also also it would've been so sad if the US lost to Finland in the finals
USA could have finished 4th if they lost that game.
4:38 I didn't know Tom Brady was a speed skater?
Nigel Wadsworth you mean Danny Duncan
1:00 Unfortunately for you. History will not see it that way
8 Russians have this a thumbs down
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GO FINLAND
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One of the 2 best teams beats the other of the 2 best teams to win a tournament.
America: it’s a goddamn miracle.
Exactly, when it comes to sports nobody mastered brainwashing like them.
Did you even watch the video
You clearly didn’t pay attention to the story
Haha.....NOBODY even gave the US a chance to win a BRONZE going into the Olympics!
Dope! 😆
Greatest moment in sports 😂 do Americans think they are the only humans on earth
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Maybe my last comment. I pulled a little "Miracle on Smash Bros". I was at my cousins house who has a switch and plays smash a whole lot. I go over only playing on game in my life and losing, I beat him when I still had 2 lives left
Yeah USA won them but team Finland won them too
Emba won them 🤣🤣
then the US beat finland for the gold medal
but...we also beat Finland
Not as significant for political reasons
Won them???? Hqhahahahahahah
They still had to beat Finland to get the gold.
Calm down, Murrca.
And they did beat Finland. 2 miraculous wins.
@@GreenMan1999 Finland lost to Poland earlier on. I don't know how miraculous that win was if the finns looked that bad at times.
Lmao why are you so salty? And guess what... they DID beat Finland.