Boys of Winter The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U. S. Olympic Hockey Team

Name: Boys of Winter The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U. S. Olympic Hockey Team
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ISBN: 9781400047666

ISBN-10: 1400047668

ISBN-13: 9781400047666

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Authors: Wayne Coffey, Jim Craig, Ken Morrow

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The Story of the Greatest Sports Moment of the Twentieth Century Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered what "Sports Illustrated called the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their "Miracle on Ice" has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. Wayne Coffey casts a fresh eye on this seminal sports event, giving readers an ice-level view of the amateurs who took on a Russian hockey juggernaut at the height of the Cold War. He details the unusual chemistry of the Americans--formulated by their fiercely determined…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/25/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.15" wide x 7.98" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Wayne Coffey is a sportswriter for the New York Daily News. He wrote The Closer, with Mariano Rivera, as well as, Wherever I Wind Up, with R. A. Dickey, and The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U. S. Olympic Hockey Team.



1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team


1980 U.S.S.R. Olympic Hockey Team


Foreword



Prologue: The Last Reunion


The First Period



Weeding the Garden



Stirrings of Belief



Beat the Clock



Intrigue in the Woods


The Second Period



"It Was Team"



Holding Pattern



Sticking Around



The Puck Stops Here


The Third Period



Short End of the Shift



Leading Men



Dream Weavers


Postgame: Finns and Farewells