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...contrast, Czechoslovakia took an opening loss to West Germany with a gruff shrug. "They played with a bigger heart," said Jan Starsi, the Czechs' direct and wonderful coach. Surviving both the U.S. and its eight-year-old memory of the Lake Placid miracle, Soviet Assistant Coach Igor Dmitriev said, "We're very glad we won; our opponent was very strong. Our success was only thanks to our best efforts." And, referring to the spirited third-period comeback of the Americans, he added, "We forgot that here in North America, specifically in the U.S., they fight to the very...
...Monday's Boston Globe, Dupont suggested that the "miracle" in Lake Placid would remain some kind of mystic beacon for succeeding U.S. Olympic Teams to fall short of. Dupont and others have hinted that it would be better if pros were brought in. Forget the upstart collegians. Bring in the guys who make a living playing hockey. Let them take on the Russians. Let them kick some...
Past Olympic Results Year Site Finish Coach 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Seventh Lou Vairo 1980 Lake Placid, NY First Herb Brooks 1976 Innsbruck, Austria Fourth Bob Johnson 1972 Sapporo, Japan Second Murray Williamson 1968 Grenoble, France Sixth Murray Williamson 1964 Innsbruck, Austria Fifth Eddie Jeremiah 1960 Squaw Valley, CA First Jack Riley 1956 Cortina, Italy Second John Mariucci 1952 Oslo, Norway Second Connie Pleban 1948 St. Moritz, Switz Fourth John Garrison 1936 Garmish, Germany Third Albert Prettyman 1932 Lake Placid, NY Second Alfred Winsor 1928 Not Represented 1924 Chamonix, France Second William Haddock 1920 Antwerp, Belgium (Unofficial) Second Ray Schooley
...hockey team ran out of miracles last night, falling to the Soviet Union, 7-5, in their first Winter Olympic meeting since the stunning American victory at the 1980 Lake Placid Games...
...Soviets played their first Olympic game in 1956. The only time the Americans have beaten the Soviets in the Olympics came in the gold-medal winning years of 1960 and 1980, the last time a dramatic 4-3 victory that was coined the "Miracle on Ice" at Lake Placid...