Sure, it was just a hockey game, but it gave a hurting country a much-needed boost, and maybe even helped end the Cold War. It’s 1979 ... on the big sheet of ice, you can’t play the North ...

“Not only is the 'Miracle on Ice' game a symbol of great teamwork and determination, but it really symbolizes the unity of our nation at the height of the Cold War, at a time when we really ...

A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team has been reintroduced in the U.S.

at a period of high tension during the Cold War. Congressman Pete Stauber, R-Minn., introduced the Miracle on Ice ...

It's been over 40 years since the "Miracle on Ice" saw the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the heavily favored Soviet Union ...

Jim Craig, who was the winning goaltender for the U.S. hockey team in the 1980 gold medal "Miracle on Ice" victory ... post-Watergate aftershock. The Cold War was in full bloom.

1980 Miracle on Ice: (317 letters) Not only the biggest sports ... That simply had everything going for it. The Cold War overtones of the unstoppable, evil Russian empire and their team of ...