Team USA men's hockey gold medal win was no miracle
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Unlike their Little-Engine-that-Could hockey ancestors from 1980, Team USA was a freight train. There was no big bad Russia looming. In fact, if there was a geopolitical underdog based on current circumstances, it would have been the Canadians.
Mike Eruzione and Dave Christian from the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" team watched live in person in Milan as the U.S. joined them as Olympic gold medalists.
Jack Hughes scored a game-winning goal to earn the United States the men's hockey gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.