Netflix Documentary ‘Miracle: The Boys of ‘80’ Details USA Olympic Hockey Tale
After Team USA captured the gold medal in 1980 in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics, 13 of the Americans would play in the NHL.
U.S. Olympic “Miracle on Ice” gold medal from the 1980 U.S. Winter Olympic games belonging to goalie Jim Craig is seen In New York on May 24, 2016. Timothy A. Clary/ AFP via Getty Images
The upstate New York Village of Lake Placid, situated deep in the Adirondack Mountains and nearly 300 miles north of downtown Manhattan, there’s a story that no matter how many times it’s shared, the ending always ushers in a chant of national pride—“USA, USA, USA.”
Donald Laible
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.
