Word: mccartan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Americans thrilled to the individual victories of Figure Skaters Carol Heiss and David Jenkins, but it was an acrobatic goalie named Jack McCartan and an underdog U.S. hockey team that won their hearts. McCartan had 39 saves
...periods, they were visited in their dressing room by the Soviet team captain, who urged them to take oxygen. With Roger Christian of Minnesota firing in three goals (he scored four on the day), the Americans roared back in the final period to win, 9-4. "The big joke," McCartan recalls, "was that the guys who didn't take the oxygen were the ones who scored the goals...