The new Miracle on Ice documentary on Netflix is really good

[ZouMiz2424]

I’ll watch anything that comes out about that team.

Edit - sorry, I didn’t see the post below about this already

[hockey jedi]

It's cool. It is amazing. It was the greatest moment of my life. I remember the second game. I was walking home from school and they had just finished the game. USA beat the 2nd best team in the world 7-3. USA just spanked them.

[Absolut]

It's cool. It is amazing. It was the greatest moment of my life. I remember the second game. I was walking home from school and they had just finished the game. USA beat the 2nd best team in the world 7-3. USA just spanked them.

Good memories. That era of Olympics was so much better than watching nhl players. Shocking how small Jim Craig’s equipment looks now.

[Old_Goat]

It's cool. It is amazing. It was the greatest moment of my life. I remember the second game. I was walking home from school and they had just finished the game. USA beat the 2nd best team in the world 7-3. USA just spanked them.

Good memories. That era of Olympics was so much better than watching nhl players. Shocking how small Jim Craig’s equipment looks now.

The only "Pros" in the Olympics in those days wore Red Army Uniforms when not in their hockey team uniforms. The only close-order or open-order drill they did was with hockey sticks, and they did not have to study to maintain eligibility on a university team to have decent competition...actually weren't allowed to do much other than practice and workout and play in the Soviet training leagues. And let's don't forget the Soviets would draw and recruit from surrounding satellite States, some of which now field their own individual National teams.

[George Zipp]

I was a bit worried this has been played to death in the documentary world and with the Miracle movie. I loved everything I just mentioned.

So glad I was wrong. This is so worth the watch. It's a very new and fresh perspective on the team. SPOILERS coming to an extent about the show itself, pretty sure we all know the results of the games but if you haven't watched you may not want to read on.

I liked how they gathered the living members at Lake Placid and showed them all kinds of video of the events. The things that I learned or noticed that I've never seen before.....the fire station across from the Russian consolate in NYC put the banner up with the final score And then if you watch the gold medal ceremony closely the level of respect shown by the Finns was great. They were smiling, applauding etc. Even a few of the Russians can be seen smiling and or/applauding. Finally, it was nice they included Herb Brooks kids in the interviews. That was a cool perspective.

Highly highly rec this documentary.

[callitwhatyouwant]

The 1st intermission of the Sweden game is the one story that gets me. It's so interesting and happy the movie did it justice. A coach that knows he can push his former players buttons but he doesn't really have an answer for the rest of the team so he just hail marys it and gets him all riled up. The team is so convinced this guy hates them that they react and he is just looking for ways to motivate.

Crazy how stuff like this is done forever. Not saying there should be a space where the old guard of coaching comes back and it's like Bobby Knight style. Clearly there were too many examples of coaches going too far. But I do wish there was less access for players and coaches to interact. The fact that there are "no phone rules" for post game speeches and such and people still break them and live stream ala Puka, is just a shame in our society.

Miracle will always be one of my favorite moves. I love history. For some reason they did a really good job relating the political climate to the game itself. Which is what everyone talks about when covering the topic. Don't know if I wish I would have been alive during this period, but it Would have been cool to see this event.

[Absolut]

It's cool. It is amazing. It was the greatest moment of my life. I remember the second game. I was walking home from school and they had just finished the game. USA beat the 2nd best team in the world 7-3. USA just spanked them.

Good memories. That era of Olympics was so much better than watching nhl players. Shocking how small Jim Craig’s equipment looks now.

The only "Pros" in the Olympics in those days wore Red Army Uniforms when not in their hockey team uniforms. The only close-order or open-order drill they did was with hockey sticks, and they did not have to study to maintain eligibility on a university team to have decent competition...actually weren't allowed to do much other than practice and workout and play in the Soviet training leagues. And let's don't forget the Soviets would draw and recruit from surrounding satellite States, some of which now field their own individual National teams.

Yup. And it was so much more enjoyable to watch college kids play than the nhl squad of today.

[Aesa]

Just finished watching this. Found it to be very enjoyable. Brought back a lot of emotions.

[fish]

Herb Brook’s son Dan was a Blues 5th round draft pick

[callitwhatyouwant]

It's cool. It is amazing. It was the greatest moment of my life. I remember the second game. I was walking home from school and they had just finished the game. USA beat the 2nd best team in the world 7-3. USA just spanked them.

Good memories. That era of Olympics was so much better than watching nhl players. Shocking how small Jim Craig’s equipment looks now.

The only "Pros" in the Olympics in those days wore Red Army Uniforms when not in their hockey team uniforms. The only close-order or open-order drill they did was with hockey sticks, and they did not have to study to maintain eligibility on a university team to have decent competition...actually weren't allowed to do much other than practice and workout and play in the Soviet training leagues. And let's don't forget the Soviets would draw and recruit from surrounding satellite States, some of which now field their own individual National teams.

Yup. And it was so much more enjoyable to watch college kids play than the nhl squad of today.

I mean we will never get it again where it's not "pro" athletes participating. They might have the NHL not participate or something like that. But they had a 6-7 month training period on the lead up. The teams get together at the end of their pro seasons every year and if you are in the olympic pipeline you might participate on the sport you plays team, but even then, a lot of that is much different. I also kind of agree with why it shouldn't just be amateur anymore. You would be a product of timing for some years. Since you are kind of reliant on when you graduate to play at the olympics rather than when you are at your best at your respective sport.

[netboy65]

I was a bit worried this has been played to death in the documentary world and with the Miracle movie. I loved everything I just mentioned.

So glad I was wrong. This is so worth the watch. It's a very new and fresh perspective on the team. SPOILERS coming to an extent about the show itself, pretty sure we all know the results of the games but if you haven't watched you may not want to read on.

I liked how they gathered the living members at Lake Placid and showed them all kinds of video of the events. The things that I learned or noticed that I've never seen before.....the fire station across from the Russian consolate in NYC put the banner up with the final score And then if you watch the gold medal ceremony closely the level of respect shown by the Finns was great. They were smiling, applauding etc. Even a few of the Russians can be seen smiling and or/applauding. Finally, it was nice they included Herb Brooks kids in the interviews. That was a cool perspective.

Highly highly rec this documentary.

I read once that after the Soviet game a lot of the players were just in awe at how excited the US players were, and they were genuinely happy for them.

Fun fact that most may not remember. The game was not shown live to a large portion of the country (St Louis included) we saw it on tape delay later

[George Zipp]

I was a bit worried this has been played to death in the documentary world and with the Miracle movie. I loved everything I just mentioned.

So glad I was wrong. This is so worth the watch. It's a very new and fresh perspective on the team. SPOILERS coming to an extent about the show itself, pretty sure we all know the results of the games but if you haven't watched you may not want to read on.

I liked how they gathered the living members at Lake Placid and showed them all kinds of video of the events. The things that I learned or noticed that I've never seen before.....the fire station across from the Russian consolate in NYC put the banner up with the final score And then if you watch the gold medal ceremony closely the level of respect shown by the Finns was great. They were smiling, applauding etc. Even a few of the Russians can be seen smiling and or/applauding. Finally, it was nice they included Herb Brooks kids in the interviews. That was a cool perspective.

Highly highly rec this documentary.

I read once that after the Soviet game a lot of the players were just in awe at how excited the US players were, and they were genuinely happy for them.

Fun fact that most may not remember. The game was not shown live to a large portion of the country (St Louis included) we saw it on tape delay later

Yep. In the original documentary it was made clear the USSR would not agree to move the start time. It was the first time anything was ever spoiled in my life (other than my Mom's cooking when I was a kid)..........buddy of mine called and said "did you hear we beat the Soviets." Pretty sure my response was F you followed by click.

To the poster who pointed out the stuff about McLanahan's thigh injury and Brooks reaction to it, yeah, great call and comments. Miracle covered that so well.

I wonder if Miracle took any liberty with O'Callahans knee injury? Was that an actual thing? It wasn't mentioned in this new doc.

[Old_Goat]

I was a bit worried this has been played to death in the documentary world and with the Miracle movie. I loved everything I just mentioned.

So glad I was wrong. This is so worth the watch. It's a very new and fresh perspective on the team. SPOILERS coming to an extent about the show itself, pretty sure we all know the results of the games but if you haven't watched you may not want to read on.

I liked how they gathered the living members at Lake Placid and showed them all kinds of video of the events. The things that I learned or noticed that I've never seen before.....the fire station across from the Russian consolate in NYC put the banner up with the final score And then if you watch the gold medal ceremony closely the level of respect shown by the Finns was great. They were smiling, applauding etc. Even a few of the Russians can be seen smiling and or/applauding. Finally, it was nice they included Herb Brooks kids in the interviews. That was a cool perspective.

Highly highly rec this documentary.

I read once that after the Soviet game a lot of the players were just in awe at how excited the US players were, and they were genuinely happy for them.

Fun fact that most may not remember. The game was not shown live to a large portion of the country (St Louis included) we saw it on tape delay later

I only saw highlights many months later once I was no longer near the coast of Iran. Have never seen the entire game. But we sure felt the big lift when the AP news feed was posted the next day.

[hockey jedi]

I was a bit worried this has been played to death in the documentary world and with the Miracle movie. I loved everything I just mentioned.

So glad I was wrong. This is so worth the watch. It's a very new and fresh perspective on the team. SPOILERS coming to an extent about the show itself, pretty sure we all know the results of the games but if you haven't watched you may not want to read on.

I liked how they gathered the living members at Lake Placid and showed them all kinds of video of the events. The things that I learned or noticed that I've never seen before.....the fire station across from the Russian consolate in NYC put the banner up with the final score And then if you watch the gold medal ceremony closely the level of respect shown by the Finns was great. They were smiling, applauding etc. Even a few of the Russians can be seen smiling and or/applauding. Finally, it was nice they included Herb Brooks kids in the interviews. That was a cool perspective.

Highly highly rec this documentary.

I read once that after the Soviet game a lot of the players were just in awe at how excited the US players were, and they were genuinely happy for them.

Fun fact that most may not remember. The game was not shown live to a large portion of the country (St Louis included) we saw it on tape delay later

Yep. In the original documentary it was made clear the USSR would not agree to move the start time. It was the first time anything was ever spoiled in my life (other than my Mom's cooking when I was a kid)..........buddy of mine called and said "did you hear we beat the Soviets." Pretty sure my response was F you followed by click.

To the poster who pointed out the stuff about McLanahan's thigh injury and Brooks reaction to it, yeah, great call and comments. Miracle covered that so well.

I wonder if Miracle took any liberty with O'Callahans knee injury? Was that an actual thing? It wasn't mentioned in this new doc.

I thought OC's knee injury was real. I always wondered if OC and McClanahan really got into a practice fight as told in the movie to show the tension between Minnesota and Boston.

[callitwhatyouwant]

I was a bit worried this has been played to death in the documentary world and with the Miracle movie. I loved everything I just mentioned.

So glad I was wrong. This is so worth the watch. It's a very new and fresh perspective on the team. SPOILERS coming to an extent about the show itself, pretty sure we all know the results of the games but if you haven't watched you may not want to read on.

I liked how they gathered the living members at Lake Placid and showed them all kinds of video of the events. The things that I learned or noticed that I've never seen before.....the fire station across from the Russian consolate in NYC put the banner up with the final score And then if you watch the gold medal ceremony closely the level of respect shown by the Finns was great. They were smiling, applauding etc. Even a few of the Russians can be seen smiling and or/applauding. Finally, it was nice they included Herb Brooks kids in the interviews. That was a cool perspective.

Highly highly rec this documentary.

I read once that after the Soviet game a lot of the players were just in awe at how excited the US players were, and they were genuinely happy for them.

Fun fact that most may not remember. The game was not shown live to a large portion of the country (St Louis included) we saw it on tape delay later

Yep. In the original documentary it was made clear the USSR would not agree to move the start time. It was the first time anything was ever spoiled in my life (other than my Mom's cooking when I was a kid)..........buddy of mine called and said "did you hear we beat the Soviets." Pretty sure my response was F you followed by click.

To the poster who pointed out the stuff about McLanahan's thigh injury and Brooks reaction to it, yeah, great call and comments. Miracle covered that so well.

I wonder if Miracle took any liberty with O'Callahans knee injury? Was that an actual thing? It wasn't mentioned in this new doc.

I don't think it was mentioned because it wasn't a big part of the story I don't think. The movie was playing up Herbs angle of being the last guy cut. The doc covered that segment with Cox. I think because the movie kept that scene a little quicker, they had to add a couple other things in since they clearly wanted to cover there. Cox really hammered it home. Herb broke down and couldn't talk in that meeting. Cox had to do some of the talking for him. That's crazy. The even cooler part which I'm confused a bit about is they were trying to create a position for him to coach or something so he could go?

anyways, bummer for those of you that could witness it and people spoiled it. that would be an all time sporting event that I'd be holding onto. My question is, what was it like watching that stuff on TV? Hockey was already brutal in the late 90s early 2k on TV. I don't think the cast has really upped it's game until the last 10-15 years. The TV product today is infinitely better than it was 20 years ago. I can't imagine what it was like in the 80s.

[DawgDad]

I was a bit worried this has been played to death in the documentary world and with the Miracle movie. I loved everything I just mentioned.

So glad I was wrong. This is so worth the watch. It's a very new and fresh perspective on the team. SPOILERS coming to an extent about the show itself, pretty sure we all know the results of the games but if you haven't watched you may not want to read on.

I liked how they gathered the living members at Lake Placid and showed them all kinds of video of the events. The things that I learned or noticed that I've never seen before.....the fire station across from the Russian consolate in NYC put the banner up with the final score And then if you watch the gold medal ceremony closely the level of respect shown by the Finns was great. They were smiling, applauding etc. Even a few of the Russians can be seen smiling and or/applauding. Finally, it was nice they included Herb Brooks kids in the interviews. That was a cool perspective.

Highly highly rec this documentary.

I read once that after the Soviet game a lot of the players were just in awe at how excited the US players were, and they were genuinely happy for them.

Fun fact that most may not remember. The game was not shown live to a large portion of the country (St Louis included) we saw it on tape delay later

Yep. In the original documentary it was made clear the USSR would not agree to move the start time. It was the first time anything was ever spoiled in my life (other than my Mom's cooking when I was a kid)..........buddy of mine called and said "did you hear we beat the Soviets." Pretty sure my response was F you followed by click.

To the poster who pointed out the stuff about McLanahan's thigh injury and Brooks reaction to it, yeah, great call and comments. Miracle covered that so well.

I wonder if Miracle took any liberty with O'Callahans knee injury? Was that an actual thing? It wasn't mentioned in this new doc.

I don't think it was mentioned because it wasn't a big part of the story I don't think. The movie was playing up Herbs angle of being the last guy cut. The doc covered that segment with Cox. I think because the movie kept that scene a little quicker, they had to add a couple other things in since they clearly wanted to cover there. Cox really hammered it home. Herb broke down and couldn't talk in that meeting. Cox had to do some of the talking for him. That's crazy. The even cooler part which I'm confused a bit about is they were trying to create a position for him to coach or something so he could go?

anyways, bummer for those of you that could witness it and people spoiled it. that would be an all time sporting event that I'd be holding onto. My question is, what was it like watching that stuff on TV? Hockey was already brutal in the late 90s early 2k on TV. I don't think the cast has really upped it's game until the last 10-15 years. The TV product today is infinitely better than it was 20 years ago. I can't imagine what it was like in the 80s.

It was good enough, just hard to follow the puck especially for non-fans. I first watched NHL hockey on TV in the late 1960's black-and-white on portable 10" screen TV, channel 11 I believe with sorta OK reception. Lacked all the fancy camera angles and replays of today. In 1980 I watched the Miracle on Ice at Burnham's on their overhead TV in the corner of the bar. Experiencing that in the festive crowd was just an awesome experience, I didn't know the outcome until the end, I was in a state of euphoric shock. Life altering.