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Originally Posted by Oildog
The US beat USSR 4-3. Arguably the greatest sporting event I ever watched. As Al Michaels immortilized "Can you believe in Miracles".
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Over the years, I have half-convinced myself that I remember watching it live. However, unless you were able to get the Canadian feed, we had to wait for the prime time, tape delay broadcast from ABC. I lived in Daytona Beach at the time and at the start of the game, we still hadn't heard who won. We found a bar that we were able to beg the bartender to put the game on that night. Sometime while watching the game that night, someone came in and told us the eventual outcome. Still, being uncertain of the reliability of that heresey report, we weren't certain until the very end.
Very special moment in sports to us Minnesotan's with more than half the team born here.
Many years later, driving home from work in Minneapolis to Chisago County, we came across a huge taffic jam at the I35 split in Forest Lake. Just as we approached the overpass, we heard that Herb Brooks was in a severe accident in the North metro as the North Memorial helicopter flew over heading south. By the time we got to the accident scene they had announced that he had died. I still pass that spot twice-a-day and often think of Herbie and the "Miracle On Ice".
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