A wintry Friday it was 28 years ago today — a lot like today in D.C. A few of you, like us, and actually lived that fabulous Friday 28 years ago. But even if you didn’t, we’d like to know what that seminal day in American sporting history has come to mean to you. Share with us your lasting impressions of that event and its meaning to your hockey life.
A little snippet for you to rekindle the miracle mood:
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Being an old(ish) fart, I remember that the game wasn’t on TV until that evening, but some radio stations gave the score prior to the broadcast.
What I remember more was the next game as my family was driving on the highway and the news came on and at the end gave the score of the US-Finland (Sweden?) game, at which point the US was losing. My father then hit the steering wheel with his hand and said, “Great. They go and beat the Russians and then they’re going to lose to the Finns.”
Also, my cousin had tickets not to the US-Russia game, but to the next game. He got to Lake Placid several hours after the US-Russia game ended and said that “the place was still going nuts.”
(And Herb Brooks sure could be an SOB.)
I was in college and was planning to watch the game when it was rebroadcast that evening. I recall avoiding all television, radio, etc. all day so that I wouldn’t know how the game turned out. It was worth it since the game was absolutely riveting. I can remember the absolute sense of history happening right in front of my eyes as the game got further and further along.
Great minds think alike. I blogged the same anniversary.
Congrats on being mentioned in the Washington Times article.
You guys are the only Americans that I know of who celebrate Miracle on Ice day. Everyone up on this side of the border remembers where they were when Canada beat the Russkies in the 72 series, or where they were when we took home the gold from Salt Lake, but I often get blank stares from my American friends and relatives when I mention the Miracle.
That’s why I love OFB–you guys are real-deal hockey fans. I salute you!
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