Mike Eruzione

I call it Pleasantville.

And you're in this small little building.

There were three TV stations.

There was no Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.

We won.

We knew people in Lake Placid were excited.

We knew family and friends at home were excited, but we didn't have a clue.

that the world was watching the way they were.

And so after the Olympic Games, when we went to the White House and it was like, oh, my God, you people watched.

So, you know, what happened then will never, ever happen again just because of the social media aspect of it.

So that's what I think one of the things that people don't realize is as a hockey team, we had no idea what was happening other than we were playing to win a tournament.

And when we did and found out what it meant to the country, it makes it that much more special, I think, for us to realize.

You know, over the years, I've had people come up to me, depending on how old they were.

I remember when Kennedy was assassinated.

I remember when the Challenger blew up.

I remember 9-11.

And I remember where I was when we won.

And I always go, I didn't know you were on the team.

But that's what that moment meant to people.

It was more than a hockey game.