Mike Eruzione

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.

And the fact that we had no idea made it even, I guess, that much more interesting and that much more amazing.

Absolutely right.

You know, the other fact, too, Boomer, in those years, that's how coaches coached.

You know, I played under Jack Parker at Boston University, and Jack was intense and challenged you every single day.

And Herb was the same way.

He pushed you and pushed you.

But the two things I've always said to people about a coach, if you don't trust your coach and if you don't respect your coach, you're in trouble.

And we respected her and we trusted her.

And this is what he was going to do in order for us to be successful.