The Boys of Winter
The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
by Wayne Coffey
Should I read this?
Recommended by 1 source and appears in Hockey, Sports, and Sports.
The Story of the Greatest Sports Moment of the Twentieth CenturyOnce upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a bluecollar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered what Sports Illustrated called the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their ?Miracle on Ice? has become a nati...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Hockey, Sports, and Sports.
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Tim Cowlishaw
“Wayne Coffey’s book is really fun. Similar format to Boys of Summer, revisiting Miracle on Ice players years later...”
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