Erik Wemple was a teenager in 1980 when he attended the game with his brothers. He remembers the incredible experience, including the ride up, watching the game, celebrating the victory, and running out of gas driving home. The game is a powerful shared memory in his family. “It always brings … sort of a jolt to me and my brothers when the conversation comes around to that,” Wemple says.
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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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