Calle Johansson, a 17-year NHL player and native of Sweden, recalls watching the U.S. team tie the Swedes early in the Olympic hockey tournament. Johansson also describes his friendships with two of the 1980 Olympians he played with while in the NHL, Mike Ramsey and David Christian.
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The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on Friday, February 22. The United States national team, made up of amateur and collegiate players and led by coach Herb Brooks, defeated the Soviet Union national team, which had won the gold medal in six of the seven previous Olympic games.
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