Posted on 09/09/2014 5:28:28 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Bob Suter, a member of the 1980 U.S. "Miracle on Ice" team and father of Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter, died Tuesday. He was 57.
"We are very saddened by today's news that Minnesota Wild scout Bob Suter suddenly passed away," the Wild said in a statement. "The Wild organization sends its condolences to the entire Suter family during this difficult time. Not only was Bob a great hockey ambassador, he was a terrific person off the ice who will be greatly missed by all of us."
The cause of death was not given.
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That was a high point in many people’s lives.
Too young to leave us.
R.I.P.
..once upon a time....
what joy we had.
..what enthusism, what optimism....
Once upon a time in America....
Bob's the first of those players to pass on.
Also here...Madistan.
http://www.channel3000.com/news/local-hockey-legend-dies-of-heart-attack-at-ice-arena/27957580
RIP.
Sad to hear.
1980 was pivotal, but pride in America wasn’t the main expression felt for most of that year.
Have a look, and refresh your memory of just how much this sucked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4D5_F6hz3I
I was happy that I almost forgot to charge tax to the customer. He asked me if I was a hockey fan and I to,d him yes... he gave me a ticket to the Whalers. He was a player for them... and it was the start of many boats the Whalers bought from us.
If I remember right, and I may not, we still had to beat Finland who was just as good as the Russians, for the gold.
“Do you believe in miracles?!”
Finland was a very good team but not on the level of USSR. USA beat Finland and won the Gold Medal but it technically wasn’t the Gold Medal Game because of the rules of the round-robin tourney. If Finland beat the USA, there was a way Finland didn’t win the Gold Medal. In fact, Finland that year received no medals (gold, silver or bronze).
“Once upon a time in America....”
The lefties back then couldn’t even have written a fictional movie script of the America that we now exist in.
Sweden finished third and won the bronze medal. It's interesting that they were the only opponent the U.S. did not defeat in that tournament. They played to a tie in the first game of the preliminary round when the U.S. pulled their goalie and scored with less than a minute left in the game.
Sweden finished the medal round with a loss and two ties, and Finland had two losses and a tie. If Finland had beaten the U.S. they would have had a win, a loss and a tie. I think the only way they would have been out of the medal race in that scenario would have been if Sweden had beaten the Soviets in the last game of the tournament by a wide margin (they ended up losing 9-2 instead). If Finland and Sweden had both won their final games, then three of the teams would have had identical 1-1-1 records and the medals would have been awarded based on tiebreakers.
“Part of a moment that was more important than sports. “
Just what you said. Their victory was the opening salvo of the resurgence of America. The Reagan revolution came right on its heels slamming the door on years of misery that had brought us Jimmy Carter.
From the research I've done, it looks to me as if the only way the U.S. might not have won any medal at all after beating the Soviets was a scenario where they lost to Finland, and the Soviets and Sweden played to a tie. The U.S. could have lost out on tiebreakers in that case, depending on the goal differential in the medal round.
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