Mike Eruzione

And I was 25 at the time.

And Buzzy Schneider was 25.

Neil Broughton was 18.

Mike Ramsey was 18.

Davey Christian was 19.

So we step out on the ice in Madison Square Garden the building sold out This is two days before the Olympic Games and we lose ten to three Totally embarrassed totally humiliated God, we thought we were good and all of a sudden we got welcome to the world moment So we lose ten to three the games over the last two guys get cut from the team now 20 of us are gonna get on the bus the next day and go to Lake Placid for the Olympic Games and

And when the game ended, Herb didn't say anything to us.

He said, go back to the hotel, get a good night's sleep, come back to the rink in the morning, we'll pack our bags and we'll go to Lake Placid.

Never mentioned, talked about the game.

So the next morning, I pick up the New York Post.

Wrong newspaper to pick up.

And the article talks about how the U.S.

team has no chance in the upcoming Olympic Games.

The Soviets are the best team in the world.

They will win.

They will win the gold medal and the U.S.

has no chance.

And it said we didn't have the talent, we didn't have the ability, we didn't have experience to compete at that level.

And then there was a quote from Herb Brooks, and Herb said, I knew our team was in trouble.

When the Soviet players were being introduced, my players were applauding them.