[Alberta's Child]

Absolutely. And yet goalie Jim Craig didn't even think it was the greatest moment of the 1980 Winter Olympics! look at the part where he said he thinks Eric Heiden's five gold medals in speed skating in those same Olympics "dwarfed" the Miracle on Ice.

That's the humility of a hockey player, I tell you.

[Mr_Moonlight]

That's the humility of a hockey player, I tell you.

Indeed. I'm reminded of a story told by Kevin Lowe, then of the Oilers, after the Islanders beat them for the Stanley Cup in 1983.

(paraphrasing, since I don't recall the exact quote)

"I went to their locker room afterwards to congratulate them on their win, expecting to see them whooping it up and wildly celebrating ... instead it was rather quiet and subdued, the Islander players sitting there with ice packs on their bumps and bruises, groaning from exhaustion .... it was then that I realized what it takes to win the Stanley Cup"

~ MM ~

[dfwgator]

Absolutely. And yet goalie Jim Craig didn't even think it was the greatest moment of the 1980 Winter Olympics! look at the part where he said he thinks Eric Heiden's five gold medals in speed skating in those same Olympics "dwarfed" the Miracle on Ice.

I'm inclined to agree. What Heiden did will never be duplicated.