About Mike
Mike Eruzione is an Italian-American former ice hockey player born October 25, 1954, in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He played left wing and was captain of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in the "Miracle on Ice" game at Lake Placid, scoring the winning goal. His achievement was named by Sports Illustrated in 1999 as the greatest American sports moment of the twentieth century. After the Olympics, Eruzione did not pursue a professional NHL career despite offers from teams including the New York Rangers.
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Known for
- Scoring the winning goal in the 1980 Winter Olympics "Miracle on Ice" game against the Soviet Union
- captaining the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's ice hockey team
- television broadcasting for the NHL
- co-author of The Making of a Miracle
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