We just kind of decided over time that "7" was lucky and "13" was unlucky, and all kinds of other nonsense that really doesn't mean anything.
But when I found out that the highly anticipatedOlympicgold medal clash between theUnited Statesand Canada was taking place on February 22, I almost fell out of my chair.
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While that's not a date that stands out to a lot of people, it does for hockey fans. Specifically, American hockey fans.
It's the anniversary of theMiracle on Ice.
We all know the story, and as the years go by, it starts to sound more and more like some kind of great American legend.
You had the Soviet Union, a juggernaut on the international stage, dominating the Olympics for nearly two decades.
At the time, the Olympics were for amateurs, and that classification only loosely applied to the Soviets. Names like Boris Mikhailov, Sergei Makarov, and Vladislav Tretiak would be NHL superstars if they played in another era.
But again, they were "amateurs."
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