John Carlson, a 2014 U.S. Olympic team member, recalls the impact the game had on him as a young hockey player. Carlson and his brother would watch a video of the game while driving to hockey tournaments. A defenseman with the Washington Capitals, Carlson was drafted in 2008.
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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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