Legendary defenseman Slava Fetisov won two gold medals with the Soviet team and remembers the disappointment he felt in 1980 when the Soviets settled for silver. Fetisov was a young phenom in 1980, with most of his epic career ahead of him. He recalls the dismal conditions at Lake Placid and the impact the game had on Soviet 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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