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Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Pres. Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1980 Olympics Archived 2012-05-21 at the Wayback Machine; Wallechinsky, David (1988). The Complete Book of the Olympics. Penguin ...
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, was the 14th Olympic Championship. Twelve teams competed in the tournament, which was held from February 12 to 24, 1980. The United States won its second gold medal, including a win over the heavily favored Soviet Union that became known as the "Miracle ...
The Americans won a bronze medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics. The gold medal-winning 1980 team lit the Olympic flame at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Tony Amonte played in two Olympics for the United States, winning a silver medal in 2002. Chris Chelios is the only three-time captain in US Olympic history.
Despite his abilities as a player, Wells did not receive a scholarship offer to play hockey until after his first season with the team. Following the completion of his college career, Wells, along with Falcons teammate Ken Morrow, was selected to play on the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey team that went on to win the gold medal at Lake Placid.
The United States of America's men's, women's, and men's under-20 teams compete annually in the Ice Hockey World Championships, IIHF World Women's Championships, and the IIHF World Junior Championship. The men's and women's senior teams also compete quadrennially in the Olympic Games, starting from 1920 and 1998, respectively.
The American ice hockey team's greatest success was the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, when American college players defeated the heavily favored seasoned professionals from the Soviet Union on the way to a gold medal. Though ice hockey is not a major sport in most areas of the United States, the "Miracle ...
Craig played a key role in one of the landmark moments in United States sports history, as the goalie for the United States in the Miracle on Ice, when the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the favored Soviet Olympic hockey team, which was led by veterans including greats Boris Mikhailov and Vladislav Tretiak. In that game, Craig stopped ...
He also played for Team USA at the 1979 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament in Moscow. The year after he graduated, O'Callahan was selected to represent the US in the 1980 Winter Olympics. Three days before the Olympics, in an exhibition match against the Soviet Union, O'Callahan injured his left knee.