February 22 is already the greatest day in American hockey history — can Team USA add to the legend?

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We conscionable benignant of decided implicit clip that "7" was fortunate and "13" was unlucky, and each kinds of different nonsense that truly doesn't mean anything.

But erstwhile I recovered retired that the highly anticipated Olympic golden medal clash betwixt the United States and Canada was taking spot connected February 22, I astir fell retired of my chair.

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Jim Craig celebrates Team USA's triumph implicit USSR connected Feb. 22, 1980.  (Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

It's astir excessively perfect.

While that's not a day that stands retired to a batch of people, it does for hockey fans. Specifically, American hockey fans.

It's the day of the "Miracle connected Ice."

We each cognize the story, and arsenic the years spell by, it starts to dependable much and much similar immoderate benignant of large American legend.

You had the Soviet Union, a juggernaut connected the planetary stage, dominating the Olympics for astir 2 decades.

At the time, the Olympics were for amateurs, and that classification lone loosely applied to the Soviets. Names similar Boris Mikhailov, Sergei Makarov, and Vladislav Tretiak would beryllium NHL superstars if they played successful different era.

But again, they were "amateurs."

As for the Americans, they enactment unneurotic a Herb Brooks-led squad of existent amateurs from the collegiate ranks. They enactment speech grudges from their NCAA days, and overcame off-ice hardships successful their idiosyncratic beingness — similar netminder Jim Craig, who was dealing with the nonaccomplishment of his parent — to go 1 cohesive, precise talented team.

Of course, the crippled occurred astatine the tallness of the Cold War. So, connected apical of the modular David and Goliath matchup, you had a steadfast dose of geopolitics thrown into the mix.

That acceptable the signifier for the medal circular astatine the 1980 Winter Olympics successful Lake Placid, New York.

On February 22, the Americans and Soviets deed the ice, and, well… I deliberation we each cognize the rest.

That triumph immortalized names similar Eruzione, Craig, Johnson, and Schneider.

American hockey subordinate Mike Eruzione #21 of Team USA shakes hands with the Russian squad during an 1980 accumulation crippled against the Soviet Union connected Feb. 9, 1980 astatine the Madison Square Garden successful New York, New York. (Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)

The US didn't triumph golden that time due to the fact that of the round-robin format the Games utilized backmost then, but it meant that if they bushed Finland successful their adjacent game, they were aureate successful each consciousness of the word.

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They did it, but unfortunately, that was the US's astir caller men's Olympic gold. One of two, on with a triumph astatine the 1960 Games successful Squaw Valley, California.

They've travel close, namely successful 2010, erstwhile Sidney Crosby stole golden from astir the Americans' necks with an OT winner.

However, 1 Olympic rhythm later, NHLers were retired of the Olympics, and that benignant of cooled the US-Canada rivalry.

Thanks successful ample portion to 4 Nations Face-Off, the US-Canada rivalry is arsenic blistery arsenic ever.

And it feels similar 1980 erstwhile again. The Americans are the underdogs, contempt having astir inarguably the astir talented American roster ever.

On the American side, you've got Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Quinn and Jack Hughes, Charlie McAvoy, Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, and more, each backstopped by three-time Vezina Trophy victor Connor Hellebuyck.

Brock Nelson celebrates extremity with Matthew Tkachuk and Jack Hughes by his broadside successful the 5-1 triumph implicit Latvia connected Feb. 12, 2026 astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. (RvS.Media/Robert Hradil)

But past you've got the Canadians who person the champion subordinate connected the planet, Connor McDavid, arsenic good arsenic superstars similar Nathan MacKinnon, Macklin Celebrini, Brad Marchand, Mitch Marner, Cale Makar, and more. And past there's netminder Jordan Binnington, who miraculously seems to emergence to the juncture and play his champion hockey connected the planetary stage.

Oh, and if he's healthy, they'll besides person 1 Sidney Crosby successful their lineup, 1 of the champion players to ever bash it.

Just similar successful 1980 (though not rather to the grade of 1980, erstwhile determination were atomic warheads pointing successful each direction), there's a small geopolitical animosity betwixt the 2 nations that makes the crippled mean conscionable that overmuch more.

It's going to beryllium a chaotic one.

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February 22 is already the day of the top accomplishment successful American hockey history. Hell, I'd reason American sports past full-stop.

So, however astir Team USA?

Let's adhd to the February 22 legend.

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