Editing Miracle on Ice (section)

==Game summary==
Prior to the Friday game, [[Olympics on ABC|ABC]] requested that it be rescheduled from 5:00&nbsp;p.m. to 8:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]], so that it could be broadcast live in [[primetime]]<!-- hours-->. However, the&nbsp;IIHF declined the request after the Soviets complained that it would cause the game to air at 4 a.m. [[Moscow Time]], as opposed to 1 a.m.<!-- Moscow Time.--> As&nbsp;a result, ABC decided not to broadcast the game live for the U.S. audience and<!-- instead--> [[broadcast delay|tape delayed]] it for broadcast during its primetime block of Olympics coverage.<ref>{{Cite news|title = ABC-TV Unable To Offer Key Hockey Playoff Live: Federation Rejected Request|last = Shepard|first = Richard F.|date = Feb 23, 1980 |work = The New York Times}}</ref> Before the game aired, ABC's Olympics host [[Jim McKay]] openly stated that the game had already occurred, but that they had promised not to spoil its results. In order to accommodate coverage of the men's slalom competition, portions of the game were also edited for time.<ref name="nyt-different">{{cite news|title=TV SPORTS; 'Miracle on Ice' of 1980 Looks Different Today|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/22/sports/tv-sports-miracle-on-ice-of-1980-looks-different-today.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|date = 22 February 2000|access-date=25 September 2016|last1 = Sandomir|first1 = Richard}}</ref> ABC's 8 to 8:30&nbsp;p.m. timeslot was instead devoted to the animated special ''[[The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks]]''. To this day, some who watched the game on television in the United States still believe that it was live.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.si.com/more-sports/2010/02/22/miracle-onice |title=10 interesting facts you may not know about the Miracle on Ice |first= Joe |last= Posnanski |magazine= Sports Illustrated |date=February 22, 2010}}</ref>

With a capacity of 8,500, the arena was packed.<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;68</ref> Before the game, Brooks read his players a statement he had written out on a piece of paper, telling them that "You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours."<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;45</ref> Brooks believed they could win and later said, "The Russians were ready to cut their own throats. But we had to get to the point to be ready to pick up the knife and hand it to them. So the morning of the game I called the team together and told them, 'It's meant to be. This is your moment and it's going to happen.' It's kind of corny and I could see them thinking, 'Here goes Herb again....' But I believed it."<ref name="A Reminder Of What We Can Be" />

Brooks wanted his team to play short shifts lasting 40 seconds or less to stay energized by the third period. He instructed team physician [[George Nagobads]] to track ice time for the players, who later joked that he never saw the game since he was focused on his stopwatch.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.twincities.com/obituaries/amparo-a-hernandez-west-st-paul-mn/|title=1980 U.S. hockey team's keys to success: Home ice, coaching, luck and especially conditioning|last=Frederick|first=Jace|date=February 19, 2020|work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|location=St. Paul, Minnesota|access-date=July 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.postbulletin.com/sports/sports/localsports/miracle-on-ice-doctor-has-fond-memories-of-brooks-u/article_00a4868c-874e-517f-9af0-7c1233198f08.html|title=Miracle On Ice doctor has fond memories of brooks, U|last=Feldman|first=Jason|date=September 29, 2017|work=[[Post-Bulletin]]|location=Rochester, Minnesota|access-date=July 9, 2021}}</ref>

===First period===
As in several previous games, the U.S. team fell behind early. [[Vladimir Krutov]] deflected a slap shot by [[Alexei Kasatonov]] past U.S. goaltender Jim Craig at the 9:12 mark to give the Soviets a 1–0 lead. At the 14:03 mark, [[Buzz Schneider]] scored for the United States on a 50-foot shot from the left board to tie the game.<ref name="A Reminder Of What We Can Be" /> The Soviets struck again when [[Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)|Sergei Makarov]] scored with 17:34 gone. With his team down 2–1, Craig improved his play, turning away many Soviet shots before the U.S. team had another shot on goal.

In the waning seconds of the first period, [[Dave Christian]] fired a slap shot on Tretiak from {{convert|100|ft|m}} away. The Soviet goalie saved the shot but misplayed the [[Rebound (sports)|rebound]], which bounced out some {{convert|20|ft|m}} in front of him. [[Mark Johnson (hockey player)|Mark Johnson]] sliced between the two defenders, found the loose puck, and fired it past a diving Tretiak to tie the score with one second left in the period.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2010/02/22/miracle-onice |title=10 interesting facts you may not know about the Miracle on Ice |first= Joe |last= Posnanski |magazine= Sports Illustrated |date=February 22, 2010}}</ref> Confusion reigned immediately after as the game clock showed 0:00 since it could not be stopped in time after Johnson's goal. Referee [[Karl-Gustav Kaisla]] ruled that one second would be put back on the clock and the usual center ice faceoff would take place before the first intermission could begin. A lengthy delay followed as most of the Soviet team had already proceeded down the tunnel to their locker room. Eventually, three Soviet skaters along with backup goaltender Myshkin took the ice for the final faceoff. The first period ended with the game tied 2–2.<ref name=swift>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.si.com/vault/1980/03/03/824423/the-golden-goal-the-us-went-bonkers-when-mike-eruziones-shot-beat-vladimir-myshkin-for-the-winning-goal-as-americas-team-stunned-the-once-invincible-soviets-en-route-to-the-olympic-title<!--http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/the_golden_goal/-->|title= The Golden Goal |first= E.M. |last= Swift |magazine= [[Sports Illustrated]] |date= March 3, 1980 |page=16}}</ref>

===Second period===
Tikhonov replaced Tretiak with backup goaltender [[Vladimir Myshkin]] immediately after Johnson's goal,<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;150</ref> a move that shocked players on both teams.<ref name=espn/> Tikhonov later identified this as the "turning point of the game"<ref name="Jamie">{{cite web |first= Jamie |last= Fitzpatrick |url= http://proicehockey.about.com/cs/history/a/miracle_on_ice_2.htm |title= The Miracle Unfolds |work= About.com |publisher= The New York Times Co. |access-date= September 3, 2012}}</ref> and called it "the biggest mistake of my career".<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;152</ref> Years later, when Johnson asked [[Viacheslav Fetisov]], now an NHL teammate, about the move, Fetisov responded with "Coach crazy."<ref name="Jamie"/> Myshkin allowed no goals in the second period. The Soviets dominated play in the second period, outshooting the Americans 12–2, but scored only once, on a [[power play (sport)|power play]] goal by [[Aleksandr Maltsev]] 2:18 into play. After two periods the Soviet Union led, 3–2.

===Third period===
[[File:USA - Soviet Union 1980 match.jpg|thumb|right|270px|United States vs Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics|alt=Black and white in-game action photo including a goaltender, two defenders, and two attacking forwards]]

Vladimir Krutov was sent to the [[penalty (ice hockey)|penalty box]] at the 6:47 mark of the third period for [[high-sticking]]. The Americans, who had managed only two shots on Myshkin in 27&nbsp;minutes, had a power play and a rare offensive opportunity. Myshkin stopped a [[Mike Ramsey (ice hockey)|Mike Ramsey]] shot, then U.S. team captain [[Mike Eruzione]] fired a shot wide. Late in the power play, [[Dave Silk]] was advancing into the Soviet zone when [[Valeri Vasiliev]] knocked him to the ice. The puck slid to Mark Johnson.<ref>Coffey, pp.&nbsp;350–52</ref> Johnson fired off a shot that went under Myshkin and into the net at the 8:39 mark, as the power play was ending, tying the game at 3.<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;358</ref> Only a couple of shifts later, [[Mark Pavelich]] passed to Eruzione, who was left undefended in the high [[Slot (ice hockey)|slot]]. Eruzione, who had just come onto the ice, fired a shot past Myshkin, who was [[Screen (ice hockey)|screened]] by [[Vasili Pervukhin]].<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;374</ref> This goal gave Team USA a 4–3 lead, its first of the game, with exactly 10&nbsp;minutes remaining to play.

In what many Americans considered "the longest 10 minutes of their lives", the Soviets, trailing for the first time in the game, attacked ferociously. Moments after Eruzione's goal, Maltsev fired a shot which ricocheted off the right goal post.<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;377</ref> As the minutes wound down, Brooks kept repeating to his players, "Play your game. Play your game."<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;379</ref> Instead of going into a defensive crouch, the United States continued to play offense, even getting off a few more shots on goal.<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;381</ref> The Soviets began to shoot wildly, and [[Sergei Starikov]] admitted that "we were panicking." As the clock ticked down below a minute, the Soviets got the puck back into the American zone, and Mikhailov passed to [[Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov|Vladimir Petrov]], who shot wide.<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;383</ref> The Americans fully expected Tikhonov to [[extra attacker|pull the goalie]] in the waning seconds. To their surprise, Myshkin stayed in the game. Starikov later explained that "We never did six-on-five," not even in practice, because "Tikhonov just didn't believe in it."<ref name="Coffey, p. 384">Coffey, p.&nbsp;384</ref> Craig kicked away a Petrov slap shot with 33&nbsp;seconds left. Kharlamov fired the puck back in as the clock ticked below 20&nbsp;seconds. A wild scramble for the puck ensued, ending when Johnson found it and passed it to [[Ken Morrow]].<ref name="Coffey, p. 384"/> As the U.S. team tried to clear the zone (move the puck over the blue line, which they did with seven seconds remaining), the crowd began to count down the seconds left.

Sportscaster [[Al Michaels]], who was calling the game on [[ABC Olympic broadcasts|ABC]] along with former [[Montreal Canadiens]] goaltender [[Ken Dryden]], picked up on the countdown in his broadcast, and delivered his famous call:<ref name=documentary>{{cite book |author= HBO Sports |title= Do You Believe in Miracles? : The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team |location= New York |publisher= HBO Home Video |type= Video |year= 2001 |isbn= 9780783119953}}</ref>

{{Cquote|"11 seconds, you've got 10 seconds, the countdown going on right now! Morrow, up to Silk! ''Five seconds left in the game! '''Do you believe in miracles? YES!'''''"}}

As his team ran all over the ice in celebration, Herb Brooks sprinted back to the locker room and cried.<ref>Coffey, p.&nbsp;387</ref> In the locker room afterwards, players spontaneously broke into a chorus of "God Bless America".<ref>{{cite news |last= Bacon |first= John U. |url= http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/02/19/column-oh-say-can-you-see-a-new-anthem/ |title= Oh, Say Can You See a New Anthem? |work= Ann Arbor Chronicle |date= February 20, 2010 |access-date= April 4, 2010}}</ref>