Miracle (2004) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!! 

Not just a true story, but an event that is universally regarded as the greatest moment in sports history. What it did for American morale at that time cannot be overstated. The country could use another Miracle today.

The real guys from the team said that Kurt nailed Herb Brooks perfectly. Everything from his mannerisms, speech patterns, everything. He was lucky enough to spend a bunch of time with Herb before taking the role.

"As a goalie for the U.S. hockey team during the "Miracle on Ice," Jim Craig recorded 36 saves out of 39 Soviet attempts." and yes Jim Craig won MVP. :)

I was an 11 year old hockey player living in suburban Boston in 1980. I know this was huge all over the country but in Boston it was earth shattering. Mike Eruzione and Jim Craig were larger than life for us and every game was life and death. If they didn’t tie that first game against Sweden it never would have happened. The movie was great and really dramatized very little. It happened almost exactly like that. Love that the actors were all real hockey players. Buzz Schneider’s son actually played his father in the film. Love this so much because it covers such a momentous event from my childhood.

The game vs the Soviets is reffered to as "The Miracle on Ice" and also references the immortal call of "Do you believe in miracles? YES!" by Al Michaels as the final horn sounded

I watched this when it happened. It was probably one of the most exciting experiences to witness. Such pride and unity for the USA. I never felt so much elation in my life. Love that you watched this.

omgosh, hockey mom here. Both sons played club from ages 6 and 8. I had no idea. One day their dad said "I signed them up for hockey." I said "OK, whatever." Little did I know. My first clue was when the eight-year-old's coach said "He's doing pretty good considering he started so late." Wait, eight is late for anything, what? Fast forward to interrupted family dinners, 5 a.m. ice time, driving all over the state and farther twice a day, etc. They excelled and they loved it. I talked with them after high school about what they might have missed, yanno, like academics: "MOM, God, hockey was the best thing we ever did in our lives!" Today my 40-year-old plays in an old-man's hockey league. One of the nuances of this movie is how families try to fit hockey into their lives. Thanks for reacting.

That Mark Johnson goal w/ 1 second left in the 1st period gets overshadowed by the rest of the drama, but the importance of that goal cannot be overstated. Never stop hustling, never stop working.

Just to drive the point home even further, that game was 42 years ago. To this day, the Soviet team that was fielded back then is considered the greatest hockey team ever. It was just one night they lost to a group of kids. Ask any athlete, coach or sportscaster, “What is the greatest moment in sports history.” Every single one of them will say, “The 1980 Miracle on Ice”

This game was the first time the U-S-A chant was used. Spontaneous, Iconic, and now ubiquitous. Gives me chills.

I saw "Miracle" with a group of friends when it first came out. When they scored the go ahead goal to go up 4-3 on the U.S.S.R, everyone jumped up and cheered in the theatre. Then again when the clock hit 0:00 everyone in the theatre was cheering, and some people were on their feet and cheering. It was the only time I was at the movies and it felt like I was at a hockey game inside the theater!

Brooks' genius was to schedule the soviets right before the Olympics - the most important line(s) of the movie are when he was showing them film of the soviets and saying their principle weapon is fear. Their opponents, even NHL teams, feared them so much that by the time they got on the ice, they were half beaten before the puck even dropped, and then on top of that they'd get overwhelmed and couldn't skate with them because they weren't as well conditioned as the soviets. Games were over really quickly. Brooks knew his team was no different and they would probably get overwhelmed the first time they played them because his guys were so young. He knew that if the first live look his boys got at the soviets was in the actual Olympics, it would have been a route. Instead of fearing that, he used it to his advantage, by getting them a look at the soviets right before the Olympics started, to get over that anxiety and fear they had of that team. That exhibition game doesnt mean anything, and he knew that..the only goal and prize was to win in the actual Olympics when it counted. So he figured once you've seen them, even if you get your ass kicked, there's way less fear of the unknown. You've seen them, you've seen the speed, you've seen the conditioning, you've seen how they move and play together, in a game that didn't count for anything of significance. So then you go build several games of confidence back up in the earlier rounds of the Olympics, win 3-4 games and get feeling good about yourself again and then you meet them again...but this time that awe and aura of invincibility isn't so overwhelming because you've already taken the full force of their punch. You've seen it and you know what theyre going to do, and now you can decide how to counter. He knew that no one had ever taken them that deep into a game in years, and that their one weakness is they may not know what to do or how to play in a game with a team that was tied or even ahead, late. They were so used to being ahead by 3-10 goals in the 3rd period and cruising to wins, that he (correctly) assumed that if you could just keep pace with them and keep constant pressure on them all game, that they themselves might fold because they don't know how to win in the 3rd period in a close game, because they hadn't had to do that in years.

Al Michaels: “Do you believe in miracles?YES!" Sports Illustrated named the "Miracle on Ice" the top sports moment of the 20th century.

When Herb Brooks was cut from the 1960 team 2 days before the Olympics; he was the team's leader in goals and assists. When he was watching the team win the gold medal at home his dad turned and said to him "Looks like the Coach cut the right guy, didn't he?"

Slap Shot with Paul Newman is the definitive hockey movie. Highly recommended.

Next up, a cult classic "hockey" movie, Slap Shot (1977) with Paul Newman.

I was listening to the game live on the radio when I was in college,the TV broadcast was tape delayed so most people on campus knew who won before the game aired on TV. Having grown up in northern Minnesota we took a lot of pride in the conehead line. One of the stories that came out was about what Herb said to the team when they were behind I'm the gold medal game,which was "if you don't win this game you will take it to your grave.....to your fucking grave" and walked out of the locker room and since Herb didn't swear much it made a huge impression. Herb did consulting on the movie so he was on set and everyone knew him but he died tragically in a automobile accident before the movie was released.

Love it!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 NOW ITS TIME FOR *“RUDY” (1993)!!!* 🏈🍀 RUDY! RUDY! RUDY! RUDY! 😂🙏🏽

You guys need to watch the hbo special “do you believe in miracles?!” To understand fully on what happened in 1980 and why it’s said to be the biggest sports upset of all time.

Mark Johnson who scored 2 goals against the Russians had one of them as a teammate in the NHL. He asked why they pulled the best goalie. He only replied "coach crazy".

Herb Brooks having them play the russians right before the olympics was ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.. The team knew what to expect in the olympics because they already played them.. Brooks was a genius..

The in-game scenes are some of the best shot and executed game scenes in any sports movie ever. They made the very smart decision to cast mostly hockey players cause it’s easier to teach a hockey player to act than teaching an actor how to play hockey

This was one of the most inspiring stories of our Country's history.

AS a goalie myself, When Jim Craig is looking for his dad(Donald), gets me everytime. My dad drove me to every practice, too every city and paid to fly to every country i got to play in, and watched all of it, keeping track of every shot saved and every goal, practice or game, he was there with his shot clock. As a patriot, i valued winning the gold at the olyimpics over the Lord Stanley's cup. Didnt make the 15U and 18U groups. After not even making it onto the reserve 18U group, my mental health slowly snowballed. Took Covid of all things to seek help and my therapist recommend, playing hockey again. I put my skates and pads back on and a year later, im no longer battling myself on if today is the day unalive myself, and now im itching for every thursday for beer leauge. Im not religoious, but if an omnipresent god put me on this earth to do something, it was stopping vulcanized rubber discs from passing a red or blue line. And from my time playing hockey, hockey is the only sport where you actively pretend to NOT be hurt

When you’re polling football movies, please include “Invincible”. It probably won’t beat “Rudy”, but it’s a great film with a lot of heart.

Herb Brooks was to college hockey what Bobby Knight was to college basketball. He was well known for his intensity and his preparedness, that's why he was the best college hockey coach in the country at the time, coaching the University of Minnesota to winning 3 NCAA championships in the 1970s. Also, the reason for the friction between the players at first was because alot of them played for rival schools, mainly Minnesota and Boston University, who faced each other in the 1976 NCAA tournament (A.k.a. the Frozen Four).

For another GREAT hockey movie, react to "Mystery Alaska"! I love it...such a great character story with great actors...Russell Crowe and Burt Reynolds just for starters!

In Minnesota, Herb Brooks is considered a semi-diety.

I was in high school in SE Texas as these events played out. None of us gave a rat's backside about hockey... til then US team started winning, and then everyone started becoming huge fans. By the time of that game vs the Soviets, there were posters on our hallways, and that's all we were talking about,. Watched it live on TV, felt chills as Al Michaels shouted "DO YOIU BELIEV IN MRIACLES???", wept as Jim Craig stood there draped in the flag. Amazing moment where sports did what it does best.

The crazy thing about this game is not only is it considered possibly the greatest moment in US sports history but the game wasn't broadcast live in the US. Very few people in the US got to see it live ( I think only those that could access Canadian TV). I was 10 when this happened and the call at the end and seeing Eurizione running on the tip of his skates still gives me chills. Oh, I forgot all of the announcing calls by Al Michaels are real recordings from the Olympics.

I remember the Soviet team not leaving the ice after losing this game and watching in silence as the US team celebrated. It seemed to me that winning had become so matter of fact for the Soviets that they just wanted to watch a team feeling such joy from a win.

Why did Kurt Russell look different ? Kurt was playing a real life person and I think he took it very seriously. He became Herb Brooks. If you would like to try another hockey movie, try Slap Shot. One of the great comedic sports movies of all time. If you don't believe me, just ask the Hanson Brothers.

I'm a hockey fan and i love this movie but i got to say...you really got to watch the documentary Red army after watching this one , cause it's pretty much the follow up of what happened to the USSR team after that defeat...Half the team was cut, Viktor Tikhonov the coach was a dick and a monster and trained the rest of them like mad for a year with only 1 day a week to see their family, training with hearthrate at 140 and they were peeing blood...Next Olympic, they got their revenge, but it would be one of the last time cause it was the start of the talent exodus and defection of the russian team by players to the state...starting with Alexander Mogilny !

I was graduating high school in just a few months after this actually happened. I am not a hockey fan and have no idea why I sat down to watch the last period of USA vs Sweden. Watching our hockey team fight and get the game tying goal with hardly anytime left was great. I was kind of shocked I enjoyed it so much cause like I said, I wasn't a hockey fan. Anyway I found myself talking about the game to a couple of friends the next day in school. Two days later I saw that the USA was playing their second game in an hour. Again I don't know why but I sat down and watched the whole game. It was fun and it felt good that we beat the second best hockey team in the world. Those guys played really hard. I found myself talking a lot about the game the next day in school. I also noticed a few other people talking about it. I knew exactly when they were going to play again and had a couple friends over. Well we won again and I really enjoyed the game again. The next day pretty much everybody was talking about it. Stores, gas stations, everywhere. The next game was the same but I went to a friends house to watch it. His whole family and other friends were there to watch it like everybody does on Sundays for football. Well we won again and next came Russia. The game was talked about like the Superbowl is. I never seen people all talking about the same thing and looking so much forward to it. At the time, I was living in an attached townhouse. There was a pretty big park in front which was ringed with other attached townhouses. I have several people over and of course my family was there as well. There were several other homes around the park that had a bunch of people over. EVerybody had their doors open so all the "oh shit's" and "Hell yeah's" and moans and cheers from each one can be heard by the others. Well when the US went ahead, there was a pretty loud cheer from everyone but not the eardrum busting noise you would think would happen. The reason was there was still 10 minutes left. The ooooo;s and aaaaaaaaa's came much quicker and louder as time went by. The movie really didn't do Jim Craig justice in those last 10 minutes. He became inhuman blocking shot after shot after shot after shot. They were coming at him so fast and quickly and that young man was a moving wall with arms and legs. You were completely right about him being the MVP of that game. Those 10 minutes seem to go on and on and on. EVerybody was nerves and couldn't stay still. Then finally it hit. Al Michaels "Do you believe in miracles?" And Booooommmmmm, the neighborhood erupted like a bunch of volcanos. I threw my hands in the air and went running outside yelling and screaming only to be met by several neighbors doing the same thing. Even some that I really never talked to before. Others that I was good friends with. It was on a weeknight but that neighborhood had the only block party it ever had. The feeling was amazing and everybody felt it. We were all so proud to be an American. The US beat the Soviets in Olympic hockey. A bunch of college kids who never played together beat the best hockey team in the world who have played together for 10, 15 even some 20 years. They have won 4 Olympic gold medals in a row. But not this time. This was our time. I can't explain it. Why I sat down and watched their first game against Sweden. I can't explain what happened to this country. I can say this country needed something like those 20 or so young kids that is for sure. We were not very happy people at that time. Those college kids made this country feel great again. Living that experience is something I will never forget and to this day, even while watching you two watching it, when Al Michaels does his miracle thing, I still get a rush and goose bumps all over the place 40 years later. Part of that incredible patriotic feeling comes rushing in. Like I said I can't describe it but I am very lucky to have lived it.

Brooks also defeated the Soviets in the semis 22 years later to the day in the Olympics. He did win a bronze medal in 1962 Olympics as a player. It was sad he died in a car crash at only 66 years old.

Fun fact: the last ten seconds of Al Michaels' original "Do you believe in miracles?" call was left in the film. The director felt Al wouldn't be able to recreate the intensity and emotion of that moment. So what you hear is what we all heard when the world witnessed one of the greatest upsets in sporting history. The country was down and out as detailed at the start of the movie and the Miracle on Ice gave us all the lift we definitely needed.

Watching that game in real time was the most stressful time I have ever had in sports. At the time, professional athletes weren't allowed in the Olympics, but the Soviets were able to call their athletes "ametuers" and just play hockey for a living. And they were one of the best teams in the world, ametuer or professional.(Including the NHL) The US team at the time was a bunch of college kids. As legendary announcer Al Michaels said on the broadcast that night: "To put this into perspective, this would be like the Pittsburgh Steelers (The Super Bowl Champions that year) losing to a Canadian College football team". Great reaction!

'Leg shaking moments'.... you should've been watching it LIVE! My gosh, the nerves and the sweaty palms were historic. Ken Morrow went on to win the Stanley Cup that same year for the New York Islanders. Maybe the best year ever for any athlete in any sport.

What many don't know, the "this is your time" speech wasn't written by Disney. That is the actual speech Herb gave before the game. His note cards of the speech and one of the gold medals are in a case at Mariucci Arena (University of Minnesota)

You would enjoy Hoosiers- classic with Gene Hackman- is it available for your patreons to vote on?

Fun fact (that someone in the 650+ comments has probably already said): the scene in which they were doing skating drills (affectionately called "Herbies" now because of Herb Brooks) was real. The actors were primarily hockey players first, actors second, and they all signed off on being pushed to the limits for this scene. It took an entire day to film. The exhaustion is all real. You can even see a guy puking in the corner. The actors said it was an effective bonding experience for them and translated well into their roles.

Speaking of the puck, I heard that Wayne Gretzky would watch games with a pencil and paper when he was a kid. He would follow and draw the path of wherever the puck went, which helped give him his incredible ability to anticipate plays.

Fun facts: Buzz Schneider is played by his son. 22 years later, to the day, Brooks coached the US to a 3-2 win over Russia in the semi-finals of 2002 Winter Olympics

Watch SLAPSHOT!!! Classic hockey flick. Goon as well, about the player type referred to as enforcer.

This director also made a movie called Warrior, about two brothers involved in MMA. Another great and emotional sports movie.

you guys should definitely add ''Money Ball'', ''Coach Carter'' and ''White Men Can't Jump'' to the list of movies to watch on the channel, they are great sports drama movies

I knew herb. I live in Minnesota and met him in college. He was my college teams first hockey coach and he started our program. I can tell you stories about him

The defining moment - gives me chills and tears every time I see this - after hours of asking the team who they play for, and hours of full ice sprints Herb finally gets the answer he's been waiting for. Who do you play for? The Untied States of America!

You need to understand what the Soviets were at this era. At these times, professional players weren't allowed in the Olympics. BUT... Army players were. So the Soviets just had their pros play for the army and they only played hockey there. So their pros practiced playing together year round. That's what made "The Miracle on Ice" so special that a group of junior amateurs beat the most overpowered team, who cheated to win.

you guys are the first actual reaction to this movie Ive seen on RU-vid. Wish more people would check it out... for a non sport feel good movie.. I HIGHLY recommend Almost Famous. Also, Al Michaels actually went back and re recorded dialogue for the movie with the exception of the classic line at the end of the game.

I was a kid when this happened. I knew nothing about hockey and wasn’t watching the Olympics, but *vividly* remember school the next day. Everyone was SO excited. Fun fact about the oil crisis shown in the opening montage: when my mother had to buy gas, she put me in a child seat and brought me along, because when the station attendants saw a young woman with a baby they would let her cut to the front of the line. 😊

Awesome movie guys!! Def a feel good! Hockey has always been my favorite sport. That being said a Real Good “Feel Good” movie is……. - “RUDY”!!!

Yup, one of my favorite movies! I remember when it happened and it was awesome! You should also watch "Rudy." The movie is awesome, true, and shows you that you should follow your dreams! Sean Astin was just as good as his performance in Lord Of The Rings!

I remember watching the game when it happened. I'm from So Cal, nobody I knew, knew anything about hockey and yet I vividly remember hearing, not just in my house, but around my neighborhood, everyone lose their minds when Eruzione hit that goal, then again when the game ended. It was insane.

I’m a first time visitor to your channel. Thank you for reacting to this movie, which is my favorite sports movie and top 5 overall! Rest In Peace to Herb Brooks, Doctor Nagobads “Doc”, Bob Suter, as well as actors Michael Mantenuto (Jack O’ Callahan) and Joseph Cure (Mike Ramsey) this story inspired my love of Hockey which in my home state of Iowa is embraced, but not as much as Minnesota, Wisconsin and other states within the B1G! I’m a former High School Wrestler (Iowa’s best known sport, and we have top prep wrestlers and Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa (UNI) are all top tier schools, even though my Beloved Hawkeyes are BY FAR the best😁) I love my Detroit Red Wings and every four years I support both the US Mens and Women national teams 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

As someone who is from Michigan, I played Hockey for 16 years on teams and then pickup for the last 14, even though we are on ice, the rink is definitely cold in 99% of buildings, you get to moving on putting in work on that ice, it feels like summer and you WIL sweat your nuts off. I have played every other major sport but nothing compares to the smell of a mens hockey locker room lolol I can smell it right now just thinking about it! I have this movie on VHS and the re-release on DVD and it’s pretty special to me even though I wasn’t born until 1990. So yea, I started skating at 3 and was on a (basically toddler) team by 4. Hockey is life!

You should also react to some other great sports movies like "The Games", "The Natural", "Hoosiers", "Rudy", etc. Thanks. Love, Hope, and Joy.

22:50 It is the real Al Michaels and it is the same wording he used when covering the event live but because of the quality of the original footage, he did re-record it - EXCEPT for the iconic "Do you believe in miracles ? YES!". Michaels and the director felt he couldn't reproduce the same emotion as he had at the critical moment so they took the original sound, cleaned it up as best they could using modern techniques and faded into the original in those last few seconds and for the immortal line. If you listen closely you can hear the change but it also means you experience the actual moment that has gone down in history.

I will never forget watching this on tv. The pride I felt was immeasurable. Greatest moment in American sports history.

Back in 1980, there were no finals in the Winter Olympics. The hockey teams played a round robin until the very end. It wasn't until the late 1980s that the rules were changed and single elimination semifinals and finals were added.

The pressure on them was huge. At the time, we were in the middle of the cold war, we were still deflated because of our loss in Vietnam, there was a recession, a gas shortage, and the hostages in Iran. Beating the Soviet team gave America a win they sourly needed for national pride.

During the intermission of the gold medal game, Brooks infamously said only this to the team: "If you lose this game, you're gonna take it to your fucking graves. Your fucking graves."

"The name of the front of your jersey is a HELL of a lot more important than the one on the back!"

Herb Brooks was quite the character, that's for sure. A master manipulator he was the perfect coach for that group of players at that point in time. I love the story about how he went into the locker room during intermission of the gold medal game against Finland and said something like "If you guys lose this game you'll regret it the rest of your f'ing lives!!"

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

Oh this film is good

One other hockey movie I would recommend is the 2018 documentary "Russian Five". It goes one step farther in "sports bringing people together", as late- and post-cold-war Americans get past their habit of thinking of Russians as "The Enemy". I know, this is ironically a habit that many have had reason to reacquire recently, but the documentary still holds up. I think that you would like it.

There are few really memorable moments in Olympic history. I was thirteen when this happened and I still remember staring at every move while watching. Such a magnificent achievement by an outstanding team of Olympians.

The real Herb was even more insulting to the players than he's depicted in this movie. The one thing he would say to piss them off that stuck with them the most was: "You're getting worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next Month!" Herb was the walking definition of: "I don't have time for your sh*t!" Also look up the actual game when they beat the Soviets. When they win the crowd goes insane and doesn't stop roaring for like 10 minutes straight.

Great reaction! Thanks! Another Sports film for reaction would be "The Natural" Thanks

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOve this movie. Watched it about 13 times. Love the dynamic between the players that were once fierce college rivals and became family. Also enjoyed how for the 70's Herb's wife really stood up to him. People don't realize this was like a pee wee football team beating a super bowl champion.

The Miracle on Ice, regarded by many as one of if not the best moment in sports history. And yes, it’s the original broadcast bc they didn’t think Al Michaels could recreate the raw emotion and power of “do you believe in miracles?! Yes!!”

I was in high school in 1980 and remember well watching this Olympics. This is an excellent film that captures the time well.

Excellent reaction! 😊 You two are actually the first ones that I've seen do a reaction for this movie. I remember watching this back when it first came out. And watching all of the behind the scenes documentaries. So much detail from events down to choreographing that big game at the end went on during the making of this movie. One thing was that actual hockey players or those who had hockey experience were chosen for the main roles. They went to hockey bootcamp. And the cast got to work with the actual 1980 team members that they portray. Fun Fact: 9:13 - 10:40 These drills were called "Herbies". Coach Brooks would make them do lapse, like you saw, to solidify them more as a team. When you see the guys on screen falling over, getting tired, or looking as if they were going to pass out that's really all of the actors reactions. They really put the actors through all of the training and drills while making this movie. 25:37: Fun Fact #2 - It's not shown in the movie, but after that hit on goalie Jim Craig, the US received a 2 minute delay of game plenty for giving Jim Craig time to recover slightly from that hit. I always hate the scene when Herb has to cut Ralph Cox from the team. You understand the coach's position. He was down to that last cut. And even though Cox was a great player, Coach Brooks needed to cut someone. Sad Facts: Herb Brooks(who Kurt Russell plays)passed away right after the principal photography for this movie was finished. And Michael Mantenuto, who plays Jack O'Callaghan passed away in 2017. 22:15 - Kurt Russell did a phenomenal job delivering Coach Brooks actual locker room speech. I highly recommend watching the HBO documentary "Do You Believe in Miracles" for fun. Just to learn more about the significance of how big and important that Olympic game was. And just to learn more about this specific team. I could talk about this movie all day. LOL! Just so much detail that was made in making this movie. And there's also an excellent book called "Miracle in Lake Placid: The Greatest Hockey Story Ever Told" about this subject. Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

My coach was actually the blonde guy in the movie Michael Mantenuto. He sadly took his own life due to his service in the army, he was a green beret and He was also a great coach. RIP

We knew the outcome of the game, as it was played earlier in the day, but we were all glued to the TV to watch the replay on prime time that night. The whole us vs them, the Iranian hostile crisis, horrible oil embargo recession had everyone looking for a ray of hope. The national pride we all felt after this victory can't even be described. Al Michaels call at the end of the game " do you believe in miracles" has to be one of the most iconic sports moments ever...

Breakdown is a great Kurt Russell movie to react to.

Yeah, if you're doing hockey movies; "Slap shot"

22:53 - "I wonder if this is the real broadcast." You're partially right. The announcer (named Al Michaels) did re-record him "announcing" the games in the movie so most of then announcing was redone. He did the original announcing back in the 1980s and also for the movie. The only exception is the last like 20 to 30 seconds of the USA vs Soviet game, including the "Do you believe in miracles?" part. That part is ALL from the original audio when announcing the game. You can tell the audio does change a little during that part. It was said that Michaels didn't feel he could re-create the call effectively so using the original audio I agree was the correct move. 28:56 - "I forgot that wasn't even for the Gold Medal". From what I read, USA was down 2 to 1 at one point. They came back to beat Finland 4 to 2. The Soviets played Sweden and easily defeated Sweden 9 to 2. Had the USA lost against Finland, the Soviets would have won gold, despite their loss against USA, so that match with Finland really mattered a lot. I looked up the Wikipedia page for it and Jim Craig was pretty damn good while goal tending during the matches (that mattered as that 10 to 3 match doesn't count). His stats during all 7 matches (5 in the qualifying, 2 in the finals): - Time On Ice: 419:36 (419 minutes 36 seconds, or 6 hours 59 minutes 36 seconds). So he was pretty much in all the time, excluding the time he was pulled for an extra skater against Sweden. - Goals Against: 15 (allowed 15 goals to score across 7 games). - Saves: 163 (blocked this many shots on goal) - GAA (Goals against average): 2.14 - Save percentage: 91.57%

This movie came out my senior year of highschool....I was the co captain of my highschool hockey team....we had a playoff game on a Friday night and I called each one of my teammates parents the night before asking if it was ok if I took them out of school for the last 2 periods to go watch this movie in the theatres in Providence and they all agreed...even the principal of my HS didn't care...we ended up winning...that was 04...it's now 20 years later and I still have teammates getting in touch me with saying how cool it was I did that for them to fire them up....hockey is amazing

I remember this very well. They still had to beat Finland for the Gold. Double elimination tournament. This was payback for a hinky USSR win at Basketball at Munich 1972. It was pure joy to watch the Winter Olympics 1980. The US boycotted the Summer Moscow Olympics over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

In hindsight that goal in the final minutes to tie the game against Sweden in the group stage proved to be very important. Since the final round consisted of a group stage of the USA, the USSR, Finland, and Sweden, and points carried over from the preliminary group stage, if the USA didn't tie that game with Sweden they would have finished with the same number of points as the USSR, and the USSR would have won the gold medal on the tie breaker (goal difference).

Thank you for reacting to this movie. Here's some of my personal favorite sports movies. Friday Night Lights (2004), Varsity Blues (1999), The Way Back (2020), Slap Shot (1977), Goon (2011) and North Dallas Forty (1979).

The game was played on Friday February 22, 1980 at 5:00 pm. It was not shown live because the network wanted it to be shown in prime time so it aired Friday night at 8:30 pm. The greatest sports moment of the 20th century wasn’t even shown live. I was 9 when when I watched this game with my parents and brother’s. I have vivid memories of the game because my father is a big hockey fan and I have loved the sport ever since.

This is one of those events that I remember exactly where I was when it happened. I can't watch the Movie without crying. You should have watched the credits, it tells what happened to all the players in real life.

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No matter what he played later in his career, I always refer to Kurt Russell as "that Disney Boy" from the series of films where he played Dexter Reilly, such as _'The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.'_

The Miracle on Ice remains the #1 moment in US sports history, as thought by most sports fans. I remember watching the game on TV. Believe it or not, pre world-wide-web days, the game was played in the afternoon and the outcome kept secret from US audiences until the full evening broadcast!

Yesterday the S1 finale of Reacher and today one of the greatest sports-movies ever made. You 2 keep creating high quality content and I hope you will continue to do so for a long time. I just joined and hope to "see" you on Discord soon 😉

I was 10 when this happened. Watched it on TV over my grandmother's house. One of the best sporting events in my lifetime and hockey is my least favorite sport.

It wasn't the actual broadcast audio...except for the "do you believe in miracles, yes!" call. You can hear it slowly change over to the more low fi call. Al Michaels said he'd never be able to recreate it accurately.

I'm from Canada, a country where hockey is king, but I still enjoyed this movie the first time I saw it. It really had me hooked throughout. If you want to look at another hockey movie, have a look at "The Mighty Ducks". It's a Disney film that eventually resulted in an actual NHL team in Anaheim. Speaking of actual hockey, as of tonight, May 4, 2022, the Los Angeles Kings are playing the second game of their first round playoff series with the Edmonton Oilers. The Kings won the first game 4-3. The series will shift to L.A. for game 3 on Friday May 6 and game 4 on Sunday May 8.

Mystery, Alaska. Another great hockey movie starring Russell Crowe, give it a try if you haven’t seen it yet….

There is a documentary “Miracle on ice. The story of the 1980 US hockey team” available on RU-vid and possibly Netflix that is well worth watching. It even has interviews with some of the Soviet team.

It's honestly considered by most sports historians and critics as the greatest sporting moment in the entire history of every sport. Most top 10 lists ranks it as #1 (or at the very least #2). It's the most epic game every played considering all the political contention building up to the game, the huge underdog story of the Americans, and the fact that the democracy and the non-professional American team beating the professional Communist team that was considered unbeatable and the greatest team ever assembled. It captivated the entire world unlike any other so sporting event. They were predicted to get killed, and they miraculously pulled out an upset victory. It stunned the entire Olympics and the entire world.

Should do The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds or the Original 1975 Bad News Bears

I played Hockey my whole life and was a small child when this happened .. I became a Goalie because of Jim Craig .. Awesome movie and reaction ...

I remember watching this game with my family. The tension was so high. We were all screaming and crying. It was so fricking amazing!

3:46 - So at this point in time the University of Minnesota and Boston University were bitter rivals in hockey, they would commonly see each other in post season, today that rivalry has somewhat lessened but there is still a general animosity between the Northeast and Midwest schools. College hockey is one of the best kept secrets in sports, tons of rivalries, high level of play and an arena experience that is unlike the pro's, the student sections add an element that pro's don't have.

The scene during intermission of the USA v. Sweden game was another of Herb Brooks "everything for a reason moves." Rob McClanahan had played for Brooks for 4 years at the Univeristy of MInnesota. Brooks knew exactly how far he could push McClanahan, and exactly which buttons to push. The players described it as a surreal scene. Brooks was screaming, McClanahan was screaming, the other players were screaming at both of them, other players were trying to separate the two. Brooks was a master psychologist, and he used all of his mind games with the players to get the absolute best from each one.