[Alberta's Child]

Very few of those players were “kids right out of high school.” Most of them had played three or more years of NCAA hockey on elite teams like Minnesota, Boston U. and Wisconsin. Some of them had finished college or were seniors, and delayed the start of their NHL careers just to play in the Olympics.

Brooks was right about one thing, though: He said from the start that he didn’t want the BEST players on that team, but the RIGHT players.

[SamAdams76]

Good point, yes, I do now recall the players were on elite college teams. So not just out of high school but they did seem like a bunch of young kids. Mike Eruzione, who I have had the pleasure of personally meeting, played for BU. He grew up in Winthrop. I was in Revere at the time. Our high school teams played each other in hockey. I believe he was the oldest one on the team.