I'm a little surprised to not have seen anything about this yet, but,
the 1980 US Olympic hockey team will be taking on the Boston Bruins
alumni at Northeastern's Matthews Arena in Boston, Sunday afternoon at
2 pm.
 
I believe this is going to be the first time the team has reunited in
15 years.  It was 15 years ago Wednesday (Feb. 22, 1980, then a
Friday) that Team USA upset Team USSR in the medal round, 4-3.
 
This morning, several of the team members were interviewed on WEEI-850
radio in Boston.  It was quite interesting and brought back a lot of
memories.
 
According to the Boston Globe, the following team members will be
there Sunday: Herb Brooks, Steve Christoff, Ralph Cox, Jim Craig, Mike
Eruzione, John Harrington, Steve Janaszak, Mark Johnson, Rob
McClanahan, Ken Morrow, Jack O'Callahan, Buzz Schneider, Dave Silk,
Eric Strobel, Bob Suter, Phil Verchota, Mark Wells.
 
Wells will be an assistant coach due to injury.  Unable to attend are
Neal Broten, Dave Christian, Craig Patrick, Mark Pavelich, and Mike
Ramsey.
 
Cox was one of the last two players cut (the other being Jack Hughes
of Harvard and Somerville, MA), but he will still play with the team
Sunday.  There is a nice piece in the Globe today in which Eruzione
says that Cox and Hughes were as much a part of the team as the guys
who were there at the end.
 
Eruzione and Craig now serve as assistant coaches for Hockey East
teams, Eruzione with alma mater BU and Craig with Northeastern.  Silk
was a graduate assistant with BU last season.
 
I wasn't able to find any ticket information, but if someone does
know, I would appreciate seeing it.
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Mike Machnik                                            [log in to unmask]
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