David Israel remembers the experience of watching the Miracle on Ice game from the press box in Lake Placid and also discusses why the Miracle game had such a monumental impact on the American psyche. “The United States was having a rough time. People felt as if our presence and power in the world had eroded some.”
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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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