Look back at the dramatic U.S. vs. Russia men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York on Feb. 22, 1980. Known as 'Miracle on Ice,' the underdog U.S. team defeated the four-time championship Soviet team 4-3.
Jubilant spectators support the U.S. men’s ice hockey team during the infamous semifinal playoff game against the U.S.S.R. at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Coined “miracle on ice,” the Americans beat the heavily favored Soviets 4-3.
The dramatic “miracle on ice” U.S.A vs. U.S.S.R men’s ice hockey semifinal championship game during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid, N.Y., Feb. 22, 1980.
Robert McClanahan, of the U.S. hockey team, crashes into Aleksandre Golikov, of the Soviet team, during the first period of the dramatic 1980s Olympics Playoff Game.
U.S. goalkeeper James Craig deflects a puck shot by Soviet player Helmut Balderis (19) in the first period of the semifinal game.
James Craig, goalie for the U.S. hockey team, blocks a goal attempt by the Soviet team in the first period of the playoff game.
Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak allows a goal by the U.S. team in the first period of the 1980 playoff game of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. Tretiak was pulled after the first period, and the U.S. team went on to win the game 4-3 in major upset.
Soviet hockey goalie Vladislav Tretiak hits the ice as the puck goes into the net, scored by Mark Johnson of the U.S. team, in the closing moments of the first period in the Olympic playoff game in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Feb. 22, 1980.
U.S. ice hockey players pile up under the American flag waved by spectators in the first period of the U.S.A. vs. U.S.S.R. ice hockey game.
An American flag, left, and a Soviet hockey team banner frame the two teams as they warm up on the ice for the second period of their Winter Olympics playoff round game in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Feb. 22, 1980. The U.S. team is in the foreground and the Soviets in the back.
Soviet forward Vladimir Petrov is trapped by U.S. player William Baker’s hockey stick, which is threaded between the shoe and blade of his skate during the second period of the Winter Olympics game in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Feb. 22, 1980.
U.S. goalie Jim Craig tends goal against a Soviet attack.
Soviet forward Alexandr Maltsev scores a third goal for the Soviet Union past U.S. goalie James Craig in the second period of the game.
Buzz Schneider #25, of the U.S. team, skates in front of his bench as time winds down during the Olympic hockey game against the Soviet Union.
U.S. hockey team members sitting on the bench watch the action on the ice during the last minutes of the semifinal game. Coach Herb Brooks is at left, behind player number 10.
U.S. coach Herb Brooks, center, looks on from the bench during the closing minutes of the semifinal game against the U.S.S.R. at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.
U.S. Goalie James Craig leaps high in the air as the U.S. Olympic hockey team wins over the Soviet team by 4-3.
The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team members celebrate after their upset victory over the heavily-favored Soviet team by 4-3 in the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Feb. 22, 1980.
The U.S. hockey team pounces on goalie Jim Craig as a flag waves from the partisan Lake Placid, N.Y. crowd.
Michael Eruzione, left, scorer of the decisive fourth goal for the U.S. team in the game against the U.S.S.R. on Feb. 22, 1980, in Lake Placid, is embraced by teammates John O’Callahan, David Silk and goalie James Craig after he brought his team into the lead.
The game was dubbed “Miracle on Ice.” The victorious U.S. men’s ice hockey team went on to win the gold medal by defeating Finland 4-2 in the gold medal game.
A fan runs across the ice carrying a U.S. flag as the U.S. hockey team, white jerseys, and the Soviet team, shake hands after the Americans’ 4-3 victory in the playoff round.
The men’s U.S. hockey team celebrate their gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Feb. 22, 1980.
U.S. coach Herb Brooks receives a phone call from President Carter in Lake Placid, New York on Friday, Feb. 22, 1980, after the U.S. Hockey team victory over the Soviet team by a score of 4-3.
