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Michael Anthony Eruzione (/ ɪ ˌ r uː z i ˈ oʊ n i /, Italian pronunciation: [erutˈtsjoːne], born October 25, 1954) is an American former ice hockey player. He is best known as the captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous "Miracle on Ice" game, in which he scored the game-winning goal.
Miracle is a 2004 American sports film directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Eric Guggenheim.It is about the U.S. men's ice hockey team, whose gold medal victory in the 1980 Winter Olympics over the heavily favored seasoned Soviet team was dubbed the "Miracle on Ice".
This is a list of nicknames in the sport of ice hockey. Most are related to professional ice hockey such as the National Hockey League. A few notable nicknames from the Canadian major junior hockey leagues, the U.S. colleges, and national teams are excluded.
To date, eleven players representing India and ten from Netherlands and Pakistan each have scored 100 or more international goals, the most of any country. The Asian Hockey Federation and European Hockey Federation has the highest number of players who have scored 100 goals in their international career, with 23 players from AHF and 22 from EHF ...
Jennie Finch Daigle was called the most famous softball player in history by Time magazine. After winning the 2001 Women's College World Series, she went on to lead the U.S. softball team to a ...
The following year, Brooks was posthumously enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Al Michaels got the job as play-by-play announcer for ice hockey at Lake Placid because he was the only member of ABC's broadcasting team who had previously called the sport (at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan). [79]
Simone Biles began the gymnastics competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, July 28. On July 30, the U.S. women's gymnastics team won gold in the women's artistic team all-around final.
His parents have called him by his short name "Pasha" from an early age. His childhood had more than its fair share of difficulties, especially at the age of 16, when his mother died. [ 4 ] While Datsyuk displayed above-average hockey skills, he was often overlooked by scouts because of his smaller size.