After an afternoon of searching last September, I found copies of the
Olympic hockey tapes at www.phentensports.com. The video and audio
quality is not all that good, and the packaging is in regular
over-the-counter video tape sleeves (the word "pirated" came to mind),
but at least I found them, have them, they were relatively inexpensive
and the quality is passable. They also have Bruins and Patriots stuff.

Nathan Hampton wrote:

>Watching the ESPN Classic "Big Ticket" replay of the game last night was
>fun. I could not believe it when Al Michaels says the FACE VALUE of the
>tickets were $67.50 back in 1980 (equivalent to a $134 price today, which
>doesn't seem bad).
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>I was at a conference in Green Bay Wisconsin with a bunch of graduate
>students from Michigan State University. A dozen or so of us were huddled in
>a hotel room listening to the game on the radio. We had a meeting that
>night, but when the game ended and we had won, most of us went down to the
>hotel dining room, found the professors and explained we had to cancel the
>meeting that night. And they agreed! Knowing the score, had no impact on
>watching the game -- excitement when the US scored and disappointment when
>the Soviets did. I still think the most amazing goal of the game was not the
>winning goal but Mark Johnson's goal at the end of the first period which
>not only tied it up but chased Tretiak from the game.
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>But why was a Canadian the color announcer? I would like to find a
>tape/video/DVD of the full game. The shortened ABC version is fine, but I
>have never seen a full version of the game. Anybody know of one? And
>Thursday night ESPN Classic is showing the gold medal game from 1980.
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>Nathan Hampton
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