None of the team had played professional hockey before the Olympics, the US allowed only amateurs to compete.
After the Olympics 13 of the 20 players played in the NHL. Some of them of them started the following season. They played many seasons including three who played over 1,000 NHL games.
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∙ 2010-07-11 17:24:16In the 1980 NHL season, each of the 21 teams played 80 games.
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It was an open tryout
The 1980 United States Hockey Team accomplished one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports. A group of college players who hadn't played together before the Olympics took on a professional team from the Soviet Union and defeated them to win the gold medal.
2 Oympic gold medals in 1960 and 1980.
Team USA.
The Miracle Team.
Team USA.
July 29, 1980.
Obviously.
Bill Baker
The USSR