Today in sports history: US hockey team stuns Soviet Union in 'Miracle on Ice' in 1980
The United States Olympic hockey team stuns the Soviet Union with a 4-3 victory in the medal round of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. See more sports moments:
1936: Figure skater Sonja Henie wins 10th straight world championship
1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her 10th straight world championship.
Olympic ice-skater and actress Sonja Henie strikes a pose in her costume as she stands on the tips of her ice skates in Los Angeles, Ca., on June 24, 1936. Henie, of Norway, won the gold medal in figure-skating at the Winter Olympic Games in 1928, 1932 and 1936. (AP Photo)
1959: Lee Petty, driving an Oldsmobile, wins the first Daytona 500
1959 — Lee Petty, driving an Oldsmobile, wins the first Daytona 500.
Johnny Beauchamp (73), driving a 1959 Thunderbird and Lee Petty, (42), driving an Oldsmobile, race side-by-side on the last lap of the 500-mile stock car and convertible race at Daytona International Speedway in this Feb. 22, 1959 file photo in Daytona Beach, Fla. Petty nosed out Beauchamp at the finish line to win (AP Photo/File)
1980: US hockey team stuns Soviet Union in Lake Placid Games
1980 — The United States Olympic hockey team stuns the Soviet Union with a 4-3 victory in the medal round of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. Captain Mike Eruzione scores the game-winning goal midway through the final period.
In this Feb. 22, 1980, file photo, the U.S. hockey team pounces on goalie Jim Craig after a 4-3 victory against the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics, as a flag waves from the Lake Placid, N.Y. crowd. (AP Photo, File)
1988: Bonnie Blair wins America’s second gold medal at the Winter Olympics in world-record time
1988 — Bonnie Blair wins America’s second gold medal at the Winter Olympics in world-record time, beating Christa Rothenburger of East Germany by .02 seconds in the 500-meter speed skating.
Bonnie Blair of the U.S. raises her arm in victory, as she sets a new World record for the Women’s 500-meter speed skating, at the Olympic Oval in Calgary in evening on Monday, Feb. 22, 1988. The new record of 39.10 seconds also won Blair the Gold medal for the event. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
2006: Tigers Woods wins first nine holes to win first-round match at Match Play Championship
2006 — Tiger Woods wins the first nine holes — seven of them with birdies — to close out Stephen Ames as early as mathematically possible, 9 and 8, during the first round of the Match Play Championship.
Tiger Woods, right, leaves Stephen Ames after accepting congratulations for his 9 and 8 victory over Ames in the first round of the World Match Play Golf Championship Wednesday Feb. 22, 2006 in Carlsbad, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
2008: Lindsey Vonn first American woman to claim World Cup downhill crown since Picabo Street in 1996
2008 — Lindsey Vonn clinches the World Cup downhill title, becoming the first American woman to claim the crown since Picabo Street in 1996. Nadia Styger of Switzerland wins the race at Whistler, British Columbia with Vonn finishing 0.01 behind Styger.
USA's Lindsey Vonn cuts a turn during the FIS World Cup women's downhill ski race in Whistler, B.C., on Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. Vonn finished second behind Switzerland's Nadia Styger. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
2013: American teenager Sarah Hendrickson wins the women’s ski jumping title
2013 — American teenager Sarah Hendrickson wins the women’s ski jumping title, defeating Sara Takanashi of Japan at the Nordic skiing world championships held in Val Di Fiemme, Italy. The 18-year-old Hendrickson becomes the second American to win the world championship after Lindsey Van won the inaugural event in 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic.
Sarah Hendrickson of the United States celebrates with teammates after winning the women's ski jumping HS 106 Individual at the Nordic Ski World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
2018: U.S. women’s hockey team ends 20-year gold medal drought by beating archrival Canada
2018 — The U.S. women’s hockey team ends a 20-year gold medal drought by beating archrival Canada 3-2 in a shootout thriller at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Canada had won the last four Olympic gold medals.
In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, Meghan Duggan (10), of the United States, and Monique Lamoureux-Morando (7), also of the United States, celebrate with teammates after defeating Canada in the women's gold medal hockey game at the Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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