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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
With a 7-4 victory over Poland, the U.S. closed out a 2-2-2 Olympics for a seventh-place finish, the lowest ever. "Going in, we rated ourselves in the middle," said Coach Lou Vairo, "knowing the Russians and Czechs were superior. I don't think we deserved to beat the Canadians or the Czechs, but we were not a very lucky team. On that ice, I sensed something, a strange feeling. I can't define it even...
...been confirmed not so much by the U.S.'s opening loss to Canada-when the Americans were listless and Star Pat LaFontaine was off his feed-but by the Czechoslovak game two days later. "We didn't beat ourselves this time," said Coach Lou Vairo after that 4-1 defeat. "We competed hard, but we lost to a great team." They tied Norway in Game 3, and any thought of advancing to the medal round ended. At the Zetra Rink, a charming green bandbox, U.S. tourists waved their flags wanly, and the players were crushed. "They...
...coach last time, Herb Brooks, parlayed the Olympics into a job with the New York Rangers, but Vairo expects to gain only criticism. "If 250 million people want to point fingers, that's fine," he says. "But we're not going to apologize for trying our best. If it was war, they wouldn't take any prisoners. But it's not war. It's still only a game...
...handle the physical part, but when the Russians start their razzle-dazzle checkerboard game, they could psych our young guys out and drive them crazy." Others argue that beyond the Diaper Line, the U.S. team does not have the scoring punch to stay competitive on offense. "Maybe so," says Vairo. "But a lot of the same things were said in 1980, and look what happened. I'm still a believer in dreams. And in my dreams, we win." -By Richard Corliss. Reported by Lee Grlggs with the U.S. hockey team