On This Day: February 24 1980 - The USA Hockey Team Beat Finland to Win Gold at the Winter Olympics

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Pete

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On This Day: February 24 1980 The USA Hockey Team Beat Finland to Win Gold at the Winter Olympics.

On this day February 24 1980 the United States hockey team defeated Finland 4 to 2 to win the gold medal at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid New York. This victory completed one of the greatest underdog stories in sports history just two days after the USA’s shocking upset over the heavily favored Soviet Union in what became known as the Miracle on Ice.

Despite the emotional high of beating the Soviets Team USA still had to defeat Finland to secure the gold. The Americans...
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How many of you watched the game? I was only 4 so I couldn't and even if I did there's no way that I'd remember.
 
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