Miricle on Ice Reunion - 35 Years (1 Viewer)

[BLReed]

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. 22 February 2015
The "Relive the Miracle" reunion at Herb Brooks Arena attracted more than 5,000 fans for a two-hour celebration of one of the most memorable upsets in sports history. Every surviving player from the team made the trip, including Mark Pavelich, who drove from his Oregon home with two dogs. It was the first time the team had all been together since that memorable night.

Missing was Brooks, the Hall of Fame coach who was killed in a car accident in 2003, and rugged defenseman Bob Suter, who died at age 57 in September.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2015/02/22/180-us-olympic-hockey-team-reunites-in-lake-placid/

 

[BLReed]

Miracle. Sorry I used an Australian Spell Checker.

 

[lancer]

Not much of a hockey fan, then or now, but this particular game is my all-time favorite sports event. -- Al

 

[Al Fisher]

At the time I was Staff Oceanographer for COMSUBDEVGRU TWELVE at Groton Submarine Base. There was a staff party the night of the game with the Russians and, of course, the game was on. As the game progressed, the tension became heavy enough to cut. You can imaging the celebration when the USA won as many of the party-goers were involved in missions such as we saw later in "Hunt for Red October" . . . thing that I still shouldn't talk about today. (If any of us had written the book, we'd still be rotting in Portsmouth Naval Prison!) Need I say that it was an outstanding party!

Bosun Al

 

[BLReed]

At the time I was Staff Oceanographer for COMSUBDEVGRU TWELVE at Groton Submarine Base. There was a staff party the night of the game with the Russians and, of course, the game was on. As the game progressed, the tension became heavy enough to cut. You can imaging the celebration when the USA won as many of the party-goers were involved in missions such as we saw later in "Hunt for Red October" . . . thing that I still shouldn't talk about today. (If any of us had written the book, we'd still be rotting in Portsmouth Naval Prison!) Need I say that it was an outstanding party!

Bosun Al

That should have been quite memorable in and of itself. Thanks.

 

[Al Fisher]

That should have been quite memorable in and of itself. Thanks.

Indeed one of my most cherished! Being a former naval officer (although on surface craft) it was a dream job where I could combine skills of two professions to impact current events.

Bosun Al