The Miracle on Ice, Lake Placid 1980

US defenseman Mike Ramsey carries the puck past Soviet players during the game itself in Lake Placid on February 22, 1980. A team of college players and minor leaguers, beaten 10-3 by the Soviets in an exhibition less than two weeks earlier, won 4-3 on Mike Eruzione's third-period goal while goalie Jim Craig made 36 saves. The win did not clinch anything on its own: the Americans still had to come from behind against Finland two days later to take the gold.