Olympic speed skater Eric Heiden remembers oversleeping for his 10,000-meter race the day after watching the Miracle on Ice game at the arena and recalls what it was like to sit right next to Al Michaels as he called the U.S. vs. Finland game.
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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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