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U.S. Olympic hockey wins gold

By Larry Schwartz
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, February 22, 2001

Feb. 24, 1980 Even with its victory over the mighty Soviets two days earlier, the seventh-seeded U.S. hockey team still needs to beat Finland today to win the Olympic gold medal at Lake Placid, N.Y. A loss, and the gold goes to the Soviet Union. Left wing Rob McClanahan says he didn't sleep after the Soviet victory "and I won't sleep again tonight. Because if I sleep, there'll always be the chance that this was a dream." It's no dream, though it looks like a potential nightmare as the U.S. tr ...

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