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An Interview With Team Slovenia Coach and Member of the 1980 US Miracle on Ice Team; John Harrington
by Phil Davies on 11/08/10 at 11:54 PM ET
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Part 1: The 1980 Miracle on Ice
Hi John,
First off, thanks for taking the time to speak with Kuklaskorner.
Following a standout NCAA career as a Right Winger for the University of Minnesota Duluth, you were invited to try out for the 1980 US Olympic Team by legendary coach Herb Brooks. What was training camp like with Brooks?
The try-out camp was a series of practices and games, with the team being selected at the end of the 12 days. It was pressure-packed, and no one had any idea where
they stood in the try-out process. At the end of the try-out, Brooks invited all 80
players that had participated in the try-out into a room, told us thanks for coming, and
then read off the 26 players’ names that he would keep on the team.
Having made the team, you participated in quite possibly the most famous hockey game ever, the Miracle on Ice, against a dominant Soviet squad, featuring Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, Boris Mikhailov and Vladimir Petrov along with youngsters Viacheslav Fetisov, Sergei Makarov and Vladimir Krutov. What was the general mood in the dressing room before the game?
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Eruzione Talks Olympic Hockey
by Paul on 12/23/09 at 07:02 PM ET
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from Lesley Visser of CBS Sports,
Did you see the pictures of skating at Fenway Park? May your heart be light. It was fantastic, Bobby Orr and Terry O’Reilly gliding past the area Dustin Pedroia usually patrols. And on Jan. 1, when the Bruins play the Flyers at Fenway, the U.S. Olympic Hockey team will be announced.
“We will be young, and Canada, with enormous pressure on Sidney Crosby, will be gunning for the gold,” Mike Eruzione said of the brilliant Canadian center who plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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