"Miracle on Ice" captain Mike Eruzione is not a fan of the booing of national anthems during the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament and is hoping it can be avoided at Thursday's final.

Former USA Hockey Gold Medalist Mike Eruzione was the honorary captain for Team USA in last Thursday's 4 Nations Face-Off title game against Canada. Eruzione is USA Hockey royalty, scoring the game-winning goal against the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Former Team USA hockey captain Mike Eruzione took the ice of the 4 Nations Face-Off final wearing a Johnny Gaudreau jersey on Thursday night.

Thursday night's 4 Nations Face-Off between Team USA and Canada is the biggest game between the rivals in 15 years, and it showed throughout the pregame festivities. In one of the highlights, 1980 Olympic gold medalist Mike Eruzione came out in a No. 13 jersey to honor the late Johnny Gaudreau.

Mike Eruzione wore Johnny Gaudreau's No. 13 jersey to honor the South Jersey native before the 4 Nations Face-Off final on Thursday night.

I would love to see a seven-game series,” Mike Eruzione said with a laugh Tuesday. “Imagine this was a Stanley Cup Final!”

Mike Eruzione, the former Team USA captain who won gold in the 'Miracle on Ice,' praised the current hockey team ahead of their 4 Nations Face-Off final against Team Canada.

The aggressive political rhetoric is widely perceived as having resulted in fisticuffs — on ice. After Canadian fans booed the U.S. national anthem at the Saturday, Feb. 15 Four Nations game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, U.S. players dropped their gloves and threw punches at their Canadian rivals, sparking a commentary frenzy on social media.

When you think of USA Hockey, you think of Mike Eruzione, the captain of the 1980 ... at the 4 Nations Face-off championship against Canada, but he made sure the name on the back of jersey was ...

President Trump called the US team to wish them luck before Thursday's game, which has taken on collateral importance in the wake of cross-border political animosity.

Before the United States of America and Canada squared off Thursday night in the championship game of the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament, gold medalist Mike Eruzione, honorary captain for ...

Meredith Gaudreau, Johnny's widow, posted about the fans' tribute: "Kept thinking how I can’t wait to show these videos to our kids one day."