Historic Moments in American Hockey: Miracle on Ice

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00:00And in fact, like that was as big time as it gets.

00:03I would say that was the biggest win for American hockey.

00:08I know they won the world cup, all right?

00:10There was a world cup of hockey in like 96 or whatever.

00:13Like they, you know, before they were in the Olympics,

00:14the NHL used to, they used to have tournaments

00:17every couple of years.

00:18They used to be called the Canada cup

00:19and then it was the world cup or whatnot.

00:21So the US won that, yet it wasn't that big of a deal

00:26when they did, right?

00:28It wasn't like the end of the world.

00:30It was, you know, a summer tournament.

00:31It mattered, but in the history of US hockey,

00:34it's not really like up there.

00:36It's all about the miracle on ice, right?

00:39Right, well, like that, that went on Saturday

00:42with the American national anthem getting booed

00:45and then the three fights at nine seconds to start the game.

00:48Canada scores the first goal of the game.

00:50It looks like Canada is going to take over.

00:53US win the hockey game.

00:55Yet it might be one of these situations

00:58where the USA won the battle, but Canada wins the war.