"Do you believe in miracles?" was 30 years ago today

[Silencio]

And here I thought that CCCP stood for "Canada Canada Canada, PUNK!"

But really, OP was commenting on Team USA's upset win over Canada in yesterday's hockey match.

I was pretty riveted to the 1980 hockey matches. Knew all the players' names and all that stuff. Looking at the old footage brought back a lot of those memories.

Recently had a conversation with some friends about the most thrilling sporting moments we ever witnessed. Mine included the Miracle on Ice, The Catch (49ers vs Cowboys NFC Championship), Stanford's comeback against Rhode Island for a trip to the Final Four in college basketball (1998), and Manchester United's two goals in stoppage time to beat Bayern Munich for the European Cup in 1999.

Unfortunately, there was no NHL franchise within hundreds of miles of our city, so my own interest in the sport quickly dissipated. I don't recall watching any hockey at subsequent winter games.

And yes, I too was in fourth grade in 1980.

[OWC Jamie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQgm9cwt3w&NR=1
no hot chocolate lovers ?

[Racer X]

ztirffritz wrote:
I find that people who say that they don't like hockey have most often not actually watched a hockey game live. Hockey on TV is a feeble attempt to capture the excitement and fast pace of a hockey game. When viewed live it is an amazing displace of athletic grace and stamina. It is surprising how quickly they move, turn, accelerate and then accurately shoot a puck through a dozen legs into a corner of the net that is about 6 in² at 100MPH. The game is non-stop action from buzzer to buzzer. I really wish that Seattle had a hockey team. For me, the nearest hockey team is the minor league Tri-Cities Americans.

Um.... http://www.seattlethunderbirds.com/

I guess I imagined all the games I have gone to, and that my friends are inside the mascot's costume......

[Lew Zealand]

OK, was *everybody* in 4th grade in 1980 (me, too)?

BTW, Happy 40th to us all, then!