He said . . .
“You were meant to be here.
You were born to be a hockey player.
This moment is yours.”
You were born to be a hockey player.
This moment is yours.”
Here’s the story behind the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team . . .
They were “supposed to” lose to the invincible Russians.
But the United States won.
Why?
That night even though the Russians were the better team, the United States was the team that played better.
Here’s a little piece of trivia . . .
Three days before the Olympic Games began in 1980, at an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the same two teams met. The Russians beat the Americans by a score of 10-3.
Al Michaels, who covered that game as a sportscaster for
NBC, reported that the Americans were so outclassed that night they were lucky they didn’t lose by a score of 20-0!
After that game, United States coach Herb Brooks knew that his first job was not to let his team lose hope.
Ten days after that humiliating loss, the U.S. played the Russians for real in the Olympic tournament.
Final score . . .
