Capitals owner Ted Leonsis describes the importance of the Olympics to NHL players today. "It's a terrible thing for us as a business … but we do it because the players are so adamant and so passionate." Leonsis also describes how uplifting the Miracle on Ice victory was to Americans in 1980.
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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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