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Message: [QUOTE="alexd, post: 3388689, member: 46"] Jim McKay simply stated that the game had been played and that they would not ruin it for those watching the tape delay. However, all the celebrating Americans in the background sort of gave it away....The game was shown live in Canada however. I remember watching the 3rd period at Farmington Farms Racket Club that evening. From Wikipedia: [I]Prior to the game, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics_on_ABC']ABC[/URL] requested that it be rescheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone']Eastern Time[/URL] so that it could be broadcast live in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime']primetime[/URL] hours. However, the IIHF declined the request after the Soviets complained that it would cause the game to air at 4 a.m. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Time']Moscow Time[/URL], as opposed to 1 a.m. Moscow Time. As a result, ABC decided not to broadcast the game live for the U.S. audience and instead [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_delay']tape delayed[/URL] it for broadcast during its primetime block of Olympics coverage.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice#cite_note-20'][20][/URL] Before the game aired, ABC's Olympics host [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McKay']Jim McKay[/URL] openly stated that the game had already occurred but that they had promised not to spoil its results. In order to accommodate coverage of the men's slalom competition, portions of the game were also edited for time.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice#cite_note-nyt-different-21'][21][/URL] To this day, some who watched the game on television still believe that it was live.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice#cite_note-22'][22][/URL] [/I] [/QUOTE]

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