This Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice,” when the U.S. Hockey Team beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics en route to winning the gold medal. Sal Barry and Tim Parish talk about collecting the “Miracle on Ice” hockey players. They also discuss National Hockey Card Day 2020, the 2020 Stadium Series and the Daniel Carcillo-Paul Bissonnette Twitter feud. It’s 98 minutes of hockey goodness. Scroll down for show notes, links and images.
Show Notes and Links:
NHL, Air Force Academy Statement on Stadium Series game (Fox 31 Denver)
Paul Bissonnette accuses Daniel Carcillo of racist behavior (Sporting News)
National Hockey Card Day – Trade Group (Facebook)
Clip of “American Dad” episode with “Miracle on Ice” Team (YouTube)
History’s Greatest Olympians Trading Card Set (Sports Collectors Digest)
Every Rookie Card of the “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic Team (Puck Junk)
1980 Kellogg’s Olympic Stick’r Trading Cards (Puck Junk)
Herb Brooks Rookie Card (Puck Junk)
Career in Cards: Mark Johnson (Puck Junk)
Here are some of the cards that we talk about in the podcast:
1980-81 O-Pee-Chee Ken Morrow RC with Team USA logo1980-81 Topps Jim Craig RC with Team USA logo1983 History’s Greatest Olympians Jim Craig (Black Rings version)1983 History’s Greatest Olympians Mike Eruzione RC (Black Rings version)1983 History’s Greatest Olympians Mike Eruzione RC (Star In Motion version)1983-84 M&Ms Olympic Heroes Mike Eruzione1991 Impel U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Herb Brooks RC1994-95 Signature Rookies Miracle on Ice John Harrington1994-95 Signature Rookies Miracle on Ice Jim Craig2004-05 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures Miracle Men Steve Christoff (unsigned version)2004-05 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures Miracle Men Steve Janaszak (unsigned version)2010-11 In the Game Decades 1980s Steve Christoff autograph
Finally, here’s a picture of Bill Ranford on the set of “Miracle” after sustaining a concussion when a stunt went wrong.
[Photo Credit: Disney]Follow Sal Barry on Twitter @PuckJunk. Follow Tim Parish on Twitter @TheRealDFG.
Podcast music by Jim “Not the Goalie” Howard.
Sal Barry is the editor and webmaster of Puck Junk. He is a freelance hockey writer, college professor and terrible hockey player. Follow him on Twitter @puckjunk
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