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	Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the 1980 Winter Olympics hosted in Lake Placid, New York, one Ice Hockey event was held: Men's Ice Hockey.
		The Soviets had won every Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament since the 1960 Winter Olympics, were well-seasoned and had been playing together for many years (though they lacked young players).
		The USA vs USSR game, called the "Miracle on Ice" in the United States, is the best-remembered game of the tournament and the best-remembered international hockey game in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics (549 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Ice Hockey
		The origins of ice hockey are unclear, but it's widely accepted that the British are responsible for bringing hockey to North America.
		From the 1980s, professional hockey players who had played in the National Hockey League (NHL) were declared eligible to compete in the Olympic ice hockey tournament.
		Women's ice hockey was approved as an Olympic sport in 1992, and debuted in Nagano in 1998.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/icehockey.html (726 words)

	Olympic highlights - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		When Communist bloc countries joined the Olympic movement in the post-World War II era, many of their players were on government payroll as military employees — hence, the USSR's "Red Army" hockey team — while other free-world nations made do with bona fide amateurs.
		However, the National Hockey League noticed the international appeal of the NBA's foray into Olympic basketball with the original "Dream Team" at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics and opted to allow NHL players to participate in the Winter Olympics, beginning with some of the lesser-profile players at the 1994 Lillehammer Games.
		Ice hockey actually debuted at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games, but at the inaugural Winter Olympics, Canada ripped through the competition by winning all five of its games.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,36,00.html (1298 words)

	Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey
		Ice hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
		In 1998 the face of Olympic hockey underwent a major change when it was ruled that professionals would be allowed to compete.
		Hockey games will be played at the new Palasport Olimpico and also at an ice rink set up in the existing Torino Esposizioni.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-ice-hockey.html (517 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics Summary
		Before the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States Olympic hockey team was not expected to compete for a medal.
		The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America.
		An upstart United States ice hockey team, made up primarily of collegiate players, won the gold medal, defeating the heavily favored Soviet team and then Finland in the medal round.
	www.bookrags.com /1980_Winter_Olympics (1204 words)

	1980 Gold Medal - USA Hockey - Miracle on Ice : The Offical Jim Craig USA Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Of all the goals scored and the excitement generated, one of the most lasting images of the euphoric celebration of the American players after they defeated Finland to capture the Gold Medal was that of goalie Jim Craig draped in the Stars and Stripes searching the crowd for his father.
		Walt Disney adapted the story of the "Miracle on Ice" into a feature length film, titled Miracle, which was released in February 2004.
		This excitement was revisited at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah where Jim Craig, along with his Miracle On Ice Teammates, lit the cauldron to begin the 19th Winter Olympic Games.
	www.jimcraigusa.com /1980-olympic-team.shtml (488 words)

	Olympics
		The Winter Olympics, established in 1924, feature winter sports held in ice or snow and are also held every four years.
		Until 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986 the International Olympic Committee, which organises the Olympics, decided to separate them, so as to spread costs for all involved parties.
		As with the Ancient Olympics, once the flame has been lit, it is kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	Ice hockey - ArticleWorld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Concentrated in North America, Scandinavia, Russia and former Soviet bloc countries, ice hockey today attracts millions of players in amateur leagues for youth and adults, in colleges and at the professional level.
		Ice hockey appears to be a simple game: one team skates down the ice and uses long sticks to push a small hard rubber disk – the puck – into the opponent’s goal, a 6’ x 4’ net at the opposite end of the rink that measures 200’ x 85’ (200’ x 95.5’ internationally).
		Because of this, hockey games are normally low-scoring contests, and sometimes often end in ties when time runs out in the third and final period.
	www.articleworld.org /index.php/Ice_hockey (576 words)

	Olympic Ice Hockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hockey was one of these sports, and it gained a spot in the events in the summer of 1920.
		Ice hockey has become one of the premier events in the Winter Olympics.
		Women’s ice hockey is at an exciting period of growth, as skill levels rise around the globe.
	www.personal.psu.edu /arh208/art2/hockey.htm (1103 words)

	CNN.com - Winter Games open with celebration of American heroes - February 9, 2002
		The Olympic flag was brought into the stadium by such noted figures as astronaut and former Sen. John Glenn, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Desmond Tutu, and director Steven Spielberg.
		The Salt Lake City Games are the first Winter Olympics held in the United States since the small New York town of Lake Placid hosted the 1980 event.
		This year's Olympics features twice as many events as 1980, as well as a host of state-of-the-art venues, including the speedskating oval and luge and bobsled runs, and infrastructure funded in part by the federal government.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/02/08/oly.olympics.open/index.html (818 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Winter Olympics 2002 \| Ice Hockey
		Canada is slipping in the world ice hockey rankings, prompting calls for a rethink in the coaching of the country's young hopefuls.
		Switzerland are close to elimination from the Winter Olympics as the Ukraine cause a shock in the men's ice hockey competition.
		The Olympics is set for a North American showdown as Canada's women face the United States in the ice hockey final.
	news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/ice_hockey/default.stm (659 words)

	NASA - NASA Scientist Looks at Olympic Ice in a Frozen Light
		A core from an ice rink that had been recently skated on would show multi-colored granules, like snow dust, created from the sharp blades of the skates cutting into the ice.
		Since the ice is used for different venues at different times, it's important that it be the correct consistency for the sport, and that means careful analysis by the crew to either heat up or cool down the ice so that it matches what is needed to bring out the best performance by the Olympians.
		A thin section revealed petal shaped ice forms that were the result of a spiral growth pattern induced by the bubbling of methane gas that was produced by the decay of submerged vegetation present when the ice froze.
	www.nasa.gov /centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/olympic_ice.html (1109 words)

	Hockey
		Eventually the ice skate was prized as a recreational tool and became the basis for a variety of ice sheet sports.
		Olympic ice surfaces are approximately four meters wider and two meters longer than standard North American ice rinks.
		Hockey is the only team game in the Winter Olympics with 20 players dressing for each game.
	2002.uen.org /html/sports/lessons/hockey.html (1207 words)

	Hilton Lake Placid Resort - Attractions & Businesses - Olympics Then & Now
		The small village of Lake Placid is world-famous as the host of the Winter Olympic Games in 1932 and 1980, but its place in the sporting world goes beyond that.
		In addition to improvement of the existing ski jumps and the expansion of cross-country ski trails, the Olympic stadium (speed-skating oval), arena and bobrun were constructed at a cost of over $650,000.
		An Olympic Village was constructed for the athletes.
	www.lphilton.com /attractions_olympics.html (696 words)

	Winter Olympics
		The reason the Summer, rather than the Winter, Olympics hold more interest for sports collectors is obvious: who wants a trading card of Gerda Weissenstiener (1994 Luge gold medalist from Italy) or is going to go out and get a jersey with Gustva Weder (1994 gold medalist in the two man bobsled from Switzerland).
		However, it is unlikely to generate the same type of interest that the 1980 Lake Placid "Miracle on Ice" did when the USA rode one upset win over another to the gold and catapulted its previously unknown performers into stars.
		In addition, medalists can go on and have a high profile career in touring ice shows and network TV specials, unlike their counterparts in most of the other Winter Olympic sports.
	www.psacard.com /articles/article269.chtml (817 words)

	Winter Olympics Memorable Moments: The 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
		By now everyone knows the story of the rag-tag group of college players, skilled but young and inexperienced, that shocked the world by beating the Russians and going on to win the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
		The United States was the seventh seed in the 12-team tournament and had lost to the Soviet team, recognized as the best hockey team in the world, 10–3, in an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden just 13 days before.
		The 1980 team included right wing Dave Christian, whose father, Billy, and uncle, Roger, were linemates on the 1960 team.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-1980-us-hockey.html (340 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics
		The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Prior to these Olympics, a number of I.O.C members were forced to resign after it was uncovered that they had accepted inappropriately valuable gifts in return for voting for Salt Lake City to hold the Games.
		Finally, the Canadian men's ice hockey team defeated the American team 5-2 to claim the gold medal and end a drought that lasted 50 years to the day.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.shtml (431 words)

	U.S.-Soviet 1980 Olympic Hockey, Miracle on Ice - CDI RW 11 March 2005
		There was no question at the 1980 Olympics as to which was the better hockey team.
		The 1980 Soviet Olympic hockey team was one of the most formidable collections of players ever assembled on the ice, the premium product of a national sports machine that churned out world and Olympic champions like clockwork.
		For example, when describing Anatoly Tarasov's visits to America, he writes that the patriarch of Soviet hockey and former national team coach "developed a fondness for mayonnaise," which is a bit like saying a goateed frat boy developed a fondness for beer on a trip to the Heineken Brewery Museum in Amsterdam.
	www.cdi.org /russia/345-25.cfm (938 words)

	1980 Winter Olympics
		The Games of the XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States of America.
		An unfancied amateur United States ice hockey team win the gold medal, defeating Finland in the final.
		Their extraordinary upset victory over the heavy favourite Soviet team in the semifinal becomes known as the "Miracle On Ice" in the US press.
	www.knowallabout.com /1/19/1980_winter_olympics.html (170 words)

	Lake Placid, NY.
		It is popular for the Adirondack Mountains that surround the area, the Olympic venues, skiing, skating, ice hockey and many more.
		In this game, an inexperienced USA ice hockey team that mostly comprised of amateur players was pitched in the semi finals against an experienced USSR ice hockey team that had professional players.
		In winter, the lakes act as skating surfaces and during the summer, sailing is the most popular sport.
	www.lake-placid.info /index.php (1018 words)

	Ice hockey - Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games coverage
		Belarus had taken a 1-0 lead on the U.S. men's hockey team just 20 seconds into Monday's game, and its goalie, Andrei Mezin, was putting on a clinic, making 15 saves in the first period to maintain that edge.
		Ice hockey was developed in Canada in the late 1800s and within several decades evolved into an international sport most popular in the cold-weather regions of North America and Europe.
		In 1980, Herb Brooks and his group of young overachievers made the United States and the rest of the hockey world believe in miracles.
	deseretnews.com /oly/hock/0,3992,02~18,00.html (329 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		American-Soviet relations were as chilly as ever at the start of the 1980s when the Winter Olympics returned to this small New York town nestled in the Adirondacks.
		These were the Winter Games that featured the "Miracle on Ice," when the United States won the gold medal in hockey, defeating the highly favoured Soviets, then cruising to the gold by defeating Finland in the final.
		Canada’s return to Olympic hockey competition attracted relatively little notice next to the historic battle between world superpowers.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history/1980lakeplacid.shtml (1167 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - Men's Hockey Staying Busy
		The United States Men's Hockey team knew their Winter Games scheduled would be condensed and they didn't have to wait long to realize just what that means.
		In slightly more than 24 hours after facing Finland in their opening game of the 2002 Winter Olympics, the players on Team USA will be back on the ice to face Team Russia tonight at 9:30 p.m.
		The USA-Russia meeting in Men's Olympic hockey is their first since the break up of the Soviet Union.
	www.olympic-usa.org /73_4455.htm (466 words)

	1980 Olympics — Infoplease.com
		Over 1,100 athletes from 37 countries participated in the 1980 Winter Games, but the only ones most people will ever remember are 21–year-old American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five individual gold medals, and the U.S. hockey team—a bunch of college kids (average age 22) who beat the unbeatable Russians.
		The hockey team, on the other hand, was a decided underdog.
		Olympics less than gold in NY; WCBS-TV is first Olympics station not to win total-day sweeps race in top market since 1980.(television......
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0300770.html (527 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Ice Hockey
		The men's hockey gold medals are heading back to the game's birthplace for the first time in 50 years.
		Herb Brooks says the Olympic talent pool is deeper than it was 20 years ago.
		Olympic hockey is the greatest show on ice
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/ice_hockey (259 words)

	Commentary: No buzz about ice hockey - Ice hockey - MSNBC.com
		He’ll be one of the players to watch during the ice hockey competition, but not that many people will be viewing it besides those in the U.S. and French Canada.
		Today’s Olympic ice hockey, from the world’s viewpoint, is vastly different than the game that debuted at the 1920 Winter Games in Antwerp.
		For hockey, similar to how NBA players altered the landscape of the Summer Games, it was the end of the innocence.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11188741/wid/6448213 (874 words)

	Miracle DVD Release \| Disney \| Ice Hockey \| Kurt Russell \| 2004 \| 1980 Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tired of being humiliated year after year, the Olympic committee recruits hockey coach Herb Brooks (played by Kurt Russell) to put together, and coach, the US Men's Olympic hockey team.
		You get to see audition tapes from a bunch of the main characters, see what the real 1980 US Olympic team players think of the movie and there are a ton of funny outtakes too.
		They chatted about the process that he and the 1980 US Olympic Hockey team went through in order to win the gold medal.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p4123.htm (499 words)

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