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re: 1980 USA Hockey Team - What made them successful?

Posted on 8/10/23 at 2:49 pm to
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 8/10/23 at 2:49 pm to
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hot goaltender


This is the big one, IMO. We see hot goalies carry teams through NHL playoff runs every year.
Posted by therick711
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Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 8/10/23 at 2:54 pm to
Oh, yeah, the other massive thing that I stupidly left out is that Tikhonov pulled Tretiak in the first freaking period. Massive mistake and colossal failure. Perhaps the biggest reason the US won that game.
Posted by Ralph_Wiggum
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Posted on 8/10/23 at 7:45 pm to
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This is the big one, IMO. We see hot goalies carry teams through NHL playoff runs every year.


Jim Craig never amounted to anything in the NHL. He got got "hot" for one game against a team that was sick.
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