In the years leading up to the 1980 Winter Olympics, the Soviet Union had been on top of the world hockey circuit. According to critics, they were an unbeatable force of players that could only be matched by the perfect team. After crushing the NHL All-Star team six to zero earlier in the year, the Americans were nervous about being matched up with the Soviets in the 1980 games. After winning all of their matches and advancing to the gold medal round, they started to believe that they had a chance to win the gold despite it being against the Soviet Union who had also bested their opponents in the preliminary rounds. After a bad start, the USSR was up three to two by the middle of the second period. After a charge from the Americans, two goals had been scored with only ten minutes left in the period. The American team rushed the ice after they had held off the Soviets for the gold medal. Together they had done the unbelievable and defeated the greatest team in the world to then become the greatest team in the world.
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