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Well, for those of you who might be interested (I actually am), ESPN has
reached as far as they can reach by showing the (classic) USA vs. USSR
1980 Olympic game. It's scheduled for 8:30 Friday night. Some of you
OLYMPUCK-ians may be intrigued as well.
 
In plugging the game, ESPN's "motto" is: "Who says great hockey isn't on
television?" (Or something like that! :-) )
 
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I'm surpised no one has talked about this game yet. I actually watched the
whole game last Friday and I have a few comments.
 
First, many people may not realize that the '80 USA team was essentially a
college (well, Division I) hockey all-star team. In the interest of building
college hockey tradition, I'm goint to try to list the roster.
 
Pos     Player          School                  Comment
___     ______          _______                 _________
Goal    Jim Craig       Boston University       The somewhat reluctant hero.
        Craig Janezack(?) Wisconsin(?)          The ultimate trivia question
                                                answer.
 
Defense Jack O'Callahan BU                      Was injured for part of the
                                                tournament; the prototypical
                                                missing-tooth smile.
        Ken Morrow      Bowling Green           Went on to win 4 Stanley Cups;
                                                you should rub his head for good
                                                luck.
 
Forwards Dave Silk      BU                      Sometime Hockey-L contributor,
                                                current Wall Street operator.
        Mike Eruzione   BU                      The years have been good to him
        Buzz Schneider  Minnesota(?)
 
Jeez, thats all I can remember!?! There was one other Bowling Green grad
a couple of Minn-Duluth alumni. Most everyone else was a Badger or a Gopher
 
Second, Ken Dryden may be a good writer, but I wasn't impressed with his
color-commentary. My favorite moment of the game:
Ken Dryden:     "USA is depending too much on Jim Crai..."
Al Michaels:    "Eruzione with the puck, he shoots, he scores!!!!"
 
Third, it has to be one of the top-five greatest moments in sports.
 
Ken Kretsch             | No wonder he remembered the BU guys!
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