What's the true story of the Miracle on Ice? The hockey team in the 1980 Olympics upset spoke to TODAY about the true story behind the Netflix documentary.

Almost 50 years ago, Team USA made history when they defeated the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York.

The 1980 United States hockey team is featured in a new Netflix documentary called Miracle: The Boys of ’80.On3 recently spoke with the film’s directors, Max Gershberg and Jake Rogal, who revealed what drew them to the project.

When the Winter Olympics make it to the silver screen, the theme is usually inspiration.

The documentary creators discuss how they took a oft-told story about the gold-medal run and made it feel fresh.

Members of the gold-medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team get recognized around the towns they now call home.

What better way to get in the mood to watch some Olympic hockey than with an all-time hockey movie classic? "Miracle" the 2004 movie starring Kurt Russell as legendary coach Herb Brooks is streaming on Disney+ and it induces about as many goose bumps as ...

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"We had the audacity to believe we could do it." And they did it! Netflix has revealed the official trailer for Miracle: The Boys of '80, their new documentary on the famous 1980 US Hockey victory in the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. It's also the same ...

I thought I knew the whole story of the legendary 1980 Olympic hockey team, but the old adage is true: you can always learn something new

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – There have been books, a movie and documentaries on the subject. And now there will be a Monument to a Miracle, the continuation of the stunning Olympic title captured by the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team in Lake Placid. The life-size ...

Since the 1980s, there have been many sports moments that have captivated American audiences, but the Miracle on Ice, which saw the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team made up almost entirely of amateur and college players,