Welcome to the official page of the 1980 Miracle Hockey Team. The gold medal winning hockey team responsible for Sports Illustrated
#1
sports moment in history.
Do you Believe in Miracles?! YES!
OTD in 1980 -🇺🇸 vs 🇷🇺 - We played the heavily favored Soviet team and won 4-3! Hard to believe it was 43 years ago! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#OTD
#MiracleOnIce
#1980Gold
#RoadToGold
OTD in 1980 -🇺🇸 vs 🇷🇺 - We played the heavily favored Soviet team and won 4-3! Hard to believe it was 44 years ago today! Happy Miracle on Ice Day! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
Highlights of the game can be viewed here:
#OTD
#MiracleOnIce
#1980Gold
#LakePlacid
#RoadToGold
OTD in 1980 - 🇺🇸 vs 🇫🇮- We played Finland for the gold medal and the impossible dream comes true! Another come from behind game with a 4-2 victory and a gold medal! ! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#OTD
#MiracleOnIce
#1980Gold
#RoadToGold
It is with profound sadness that the
@1980miraclehockeyteam
announces the passing of our teammate and brother, Mark Wells.
While there aren’t many details at this time, our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and all who knew and loved him.
RIP
#15
🙏🏒🏅🇺🇸
OTD in 1980 - 🇺🇸🏅- We received our gold medals and stood atop the podium together as a team. An indescribable honor to represent our country and represent the USA! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#OTD
#MiracleOnIce
#1980Gold
#RoadToGold
OTD in 1980 -🇺🇸🏅- we received our gold medals & stood on the podium together. After 6 long months our impossible dream comes true! An incredible honor to represent our country & to this day a very proud moment for all of us! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#OTD
#MiracleOnIce
#1980Gold
#LakePlacid
We are saddened to learn the passing of our team physician, Dr. George V. Nagobads. An incredible man who lived an amazing life to 101 years old. Doc will be missed by so many in the hockey world. RIP Naggy. 💔
#MiracleOnIce
#80miracleteam
#ripnaggy
Happy
#MiracleOnIce
Day! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
OTD in 1980, we had a pretty big game against the Soviet Union & we won 4-3!
Scoring in this one by:
#25
Schneider (
#16
Pavelich)
#10
Johnson (
#23
Christian,
#8
Silk)
#10
Johnson (
#8
Silk)
#21
Eruzione (
#16
Pavelich,
#28
Harrington)
Wishing our Coach, Herb Brooks a Happy 81st Birthday in heaven. Hard to believe it’s been almost 15 years since he left us. Share with us your favorite Herbism, story or quote! 🏒🥇🇺🇸
#miracleonice
#80miracleteam
#HBDcoach
OTD in 1980 - We boarded Air Force One & visited the
@TheWhiteHouse
along with several other
@TeamUSA
medalists. A great honor to meet President Jimmy Carter & be recognized in DC! This was our last team event before going off on our separate ways. 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#OTD
#MiracleOnIce
OTD in 1980, we played 🇫🇮for the 🏅& had another come from behind game with a 4-2 victory!
#11
Christoff kicked off the scoring in the 2nd period & we added 3 big 🚨’s in the 3rd by
#27
Verchota,
#24
McClanahan &
#10
Johnson! We did it! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#MiracleOnIce
#LakePlacid
#1980Gold
Join us in wishing our teammate
#30
Jim Craig a Happy 67th Birthday today!
A
#1980FunFact
: At the '80
@olympics
he led all goalies with 183 saves but his most memorable were against the Soviet Union with 36 saves in the 4-3🇺🇸victory!
Have a great day celebrating Jimmy!🥳🏒🏅🇺🇸
The
@1980MiracleTeam
is devastated by the loss our teammate & brother, Mark Pavelich. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and all who knew and loved him.
RIP
#16
🙏🏒🏅🇺🇸
"We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we’re too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams.” – Herb Brooks 8/5/37 - 8/11/03 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#RIPCoach
#miracleonice
OTD in 1980, we received our gold medals and stood atop the podium together. Our impossible dream comes true! To this day, a very proud moment for all of us! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#MiracleOnIce
#1980Hockey
#1980Gold
#USA
OTD in 1980 - 🇺🇸 vs West 🇩🇪 - We played West Germany in our fifth game of the Olympics and won 4-2. Sets us up for the next game against the Soviets! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#OTD
#MiracleOnIce
#1980Gold
#RoadToGold
It was 42 years ago today that we received our gold medals and stood on the podium together. An indescribable honor to represent our country and wear the USA jersey! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#LakePlacid
#Olympics
#MiracleOnIce
#1980Hockey
Join us in wishing our teammate
#17
Jack O'Callahan a Happy 67th Birthday today!
A
#1980FunFact
:OC injured his knee in the exhibition game vs USSR at MSG & sat out the first 2️⃣ games of the Olympics. After rehab he came back & played the next5️⃣including the
#MiracleOnIce
! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
Today marks 20 years since we lost our coach, Herb Brooks. To learn more about Coach and the Herb Brooks Foundation, visit: . Consider a donation today in Herb's honor! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#Coach
#RIP
#MiracleOnIce
#80MiracleTeam
#80Gold
"Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.”
- Herb Brooks
We wish you a safe & happy celebration tonight and all the best in 2024! Happy New Year! 🎉🏒🏅🇺🇸
Today marks three years since we lost our teammate
#16
Mark Pavelich. We miss you Pav.
To learn more about Pav's story, mental illness & The Ranch visit: . Consider a donation today in Pav's honor! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#Pav
#RIP
#MiracleOnIce
#80Gold
#TeammatesForLife
"We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we’re too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams.” – Herb Brooks 8/5/37 - 8/11/03🏒🏅🇺🇸
#MiracleOnIce
#40years
#80MiracleTeam
#HerbBrooks
#RIPCoach
Today marks two years since we lost our teammate
#16
Mark Pavelich. We miss you Pav. To learn more about Pav's story, mental illness and The Ranch, visit: . Consider a donation today in Pav's honor! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
#Pav
#RIP
#MiracleOnIce
#80MiracleTeam
#80Gold
Today our teammate
#30
@JimCraigUSA
turns 62!
A
#1980FunFact
: At the '80 Olympics he led all goalies with 183 total saves but his most memorable was against USSR when he had 36 saves in the 4-3 U.S. victory! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
Join us in wishing Jimmy a Happy 62nd! 🎉🎂🍻
#HBD
OTD 4⃣0⃣years ago our captain
@MERUZIONE
officially retires. "I'm going out on top. If nothing pans out for me, I don't care. I've been offered a college coaching job. I can paint houses. Even if I become a bum, I can go into a bar with that gold medal and tell stories". 🏒🏅🇺🇸
Join us in wishing our Captain
#21
Mike Eruzione a Happy 66th Birthday today!
.
#40YearsLater
: After the
#80Games
, Mike retired from hockey as player but stayed involved in several capacities as a TV analyst, coach and motivational speaker.
Wishing our teammate
#20
Bob Suter a happy birthday in heaven. Bob would have been 62 today! Hard to believe it’s been 4.5 years since he left us. Cheers to BamBam on his birthday 🍻🏒🏅🇺🇸
#MiracleOnIce
#HBD
#Suter
#RIP
#missyou
“You can’t be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon.” - Herb Brooks
No truer words spoken for a special man on this incredible milestone day.
Join us in wishing our Doctor, V. George Nagobads a Happy 100th Birthday today! 🎉🎂🏒🏅🇺🇸
#Legend
#MiracleOnIce
Join us in wishing our team doctor, V. George Nagobads a Happy 99th Birthday today! Wow!
#40YearsLater
: It is endless the impact that Doc has had on hockey, the
@IIHFHockey
,
@usahockey
& the many teams he served, including ours. 1/3
It was 42 years ago today that our impossible dream came true & we won 🏅4-2 over 🇫🇮!
#11
Christoff scored in the 2nd & we added 3 big 🚨’s in the 3rd by
#27
Verchota,
#24
McClanahan &
#10
Johnson! 🏒🏅🇺🇸
Highlights of the game can be viewed here:
Thank you Eagle's Healing Nest for your well written
@facebook
tribute to our teammate, Mark Pavelich. You captured the absolute essence of who & what Pav was. Thank you for providing him this home & love in his final days. We miss him already. RIP
#16
🙏
#USA
#Pav
#MiracleonIce
"Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, & when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.” - Coach Herb Brooks
We wish you all the best in 2022! Happy New Year!🎉🏒🏅🇺🇸
#miracelonice
#Believe
#Goals
#BeBetter
Join us in wishing our asst coach Craig Patrick a Happy 78th Birthday today!
A
#1980FunFact
about Craig: He played & served as captain of the '79 World Champ team. Not long after, Coach
#HerbBrooks
hired him as AGM & AC of our team.
Have a great day celebrating Patty! 🥳🏒🏅🇺🇸
Congratulations to our captain,
#21
Mike Eruzione on his new book “The Making of a Miracle” that is officially released today! We’re looking forward to reading it and seeing how accurate it is! Just kidding! Congrats Rizzo! 🎉📕🏒🏅🇺🇸
#MiracleonIce
#80MiracleTeam
#40Years