Capitals coach Adam Oates remembers watching the U.S. defeat the Soviets. "It kind of woke up the hockey world," Oates recalls. When Oates headed to the United States to play collegiate hockey, he became particularly aware of the echoes the Miracle game still had on American hockey.
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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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