The Original Miracle on Ice US Hockey Team beats Russia at Lake Placid Olympics in 1960. Bunch of kids kind of thrown together - much less organized than 1980. No great coach like Herb Brooks. Watched the game on B & W TV in crowded Fraternity TV room at a school that was then a huge hockey school (RPI).
US won because goalie Jack McCarten stood on his head, turning away one ferocious Russian onslaught. He may have been the only guy who later played in the NHL, for the Rangers. But he was a flopper, while NHL preferred standup goalies, so he didn't last long.