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The 1980 United States Olympic Hockey Team will forever remain etched in our memories as one of the greatest sporting events of all-time. In fact, Sports Illustrated selected the team's victory over the Soviet Union en route to winning the gold medal as the No. 1 sports moment of the 20th century.
The Unified Team eventually won the gold medal, while the U.S. placed fourth. The U.S., coached by Herb Brooks, and Russia, coached by Viacheslav Fetisov, met twice in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, which included a 2–2 round-robin draw and a 3–2 semi-final win for the Americans.
The U.S. Men's Olympic Team has won two gold medals, eight silver medals and one bronze medal. The most recent medal for the U.S. was at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, when the U.S. took home silver. The U.S. has competed in 22 Olympic Games starting in 1920 and most recently in 2022.
Vladislav Tretiak is the only male athlete to have won three gold medals and one silver medal. Hayley Wickenheiser is one of two athletes to win five medals – four gold and one silver. Teammate Jayna Hefford is the other.
The U.S. won gold medals at the 1960 and the 1980 Olympics and more recently, silver medals at the 2002 and 2010 Olympics. The U.S. also won the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, defeating Canada in the finals. The team's most recent medal at the World Championships came with a bronze in 2021. They won the tournament in 1933 and 1960.
1 cze 2021 · The Soviet hockey team, led by an iron curtain of a goaltender named Vladislav Tretiak, was the clear favorite to bring home the gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
The United States Olympic hockey team, led by Bobby Hull, defeated the mighty Red Army hockey team from Russia in the 1980 Winter Olympics. Team members were devoted to hockey for 11 months leading up to the Olympics.
