Throughout the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the U.S. men’s hockey team received telegrams from fans from across the country — telegrams they would then paste to the wall on the way onto the rink. As Team USA prepared to play the Soviet Union in the semifinals, a game in which the Americans were considered big underdogs, the players found inspiration in the many notes they received ahead of the Games. The U.S. won 4-3 in one of the greatest upsets in sports history, a game now simply known as the “Miracle on Ice.” The story was turned into a movie in 2004, and this week, Netflix is releasing a documentary titled “Miracle: The Boys of ’80.”
Author: Tim Rohan
Published at: 2026-01-28 21:09:01
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