thursday night hockey playoff action. tampa bay had already beat philly 4-1. calgary and san jose just started in calgary. the flames fans are just jacked. a calgary win and the series is 3-0 for them. tampa bay is up 2-1 in their series. meanwhile, the lakers are beating the spurs 65-63 with 7:07 to go in the 4th quarter. the only downer - i missed prairie pickin. not happy there. oh well. maybe next week. maybe.
Ice hockey at the 1980 winter Olympics
This tournament went from February 12-24, 1980. 12 teams played. The Olympic Fieldhouse and Olympic Arena hosted the games. Canada hockey team returns and finishes 6th. Tournament best remembered for the "miracle on ice" as the United States beat the Soviet Union before beating Finland to win gold. They had also beat Czechoslovakia and tied Sweden. Their roster fielded exclusively amateur players. The United States, as mentioned, won gold, Soviet Union the silver and Sweden the bronze. Next is the 1984 tournament in Sarajevo Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦).
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