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The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped | dG1fSlB0WkE0Qno4VDA
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00:00Morrow, Ken.
00:01What was that?
00:02Morrow, Ken.
00:04Next.
00:05Schneider.
00:06Buzz.
00:07Next.
00:09Roger, Les.
00:10Keep your head up, Johnson.
00:12It's gonna be a long night for everyone.
00:14Tonight you play hardball.
00:16There were 20 of them.
00:18They didn't know how they were gonna do it.
00:21But they knew they wanted to win.
00:23Gardner, poked away from him by Arruzzioni, but Jones comes back to take over now for Minnesota.
00:27Jones checked in the corner.
00:28Gardner picked it up.
00:29Along the right wing board.
00:30They're just kids.
00:31Exactly what the Russians think about them.
00:34So that's one surprise we can give them.
00:37Show them some kids with character.
00:40Hey, Riz.
00:41Hold on.
00:42What?
00:42We made it.
00:44We're still on the team.
00:50I don't believe it.
00:51I mean, I just don't believe it.
00:54Paradis, we warned you.
00:56You just weren't putting out.
00:57I'm sorry.
00:58Don't be.
00:59You guys are just wasting your time.
01:02I mean, the Russians are gonna beat you so bad.
01:06They were chosen, trained, and pushed as far as they could go.
01:10And then they were put on a bus and sent around the world.
01:14Yeah, they were supposed to win the Olympic gold.
01:18I can't move, Herb.
01:29I can't move, Herb.
01:44I can't go 100%.
01:45I'm too sore.
01:46Too scared.
01:47Too frightened.
01:49You haven't got the guts for this game.
01:51You don't deserve a second crack at the Russians.
01:53Along the right wing boards, Gardner takes the Roe Sione into the club.
01:57And the puck is picked up by Minnesota.
01:59In front, Jones with it.
02:0020 kids against the best team in the world.
02:04What they needed was a miracle.

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