The story of the 1980 U.S. hockey team is a story of what it means to be a American. The hockey team were big time underdogs against the Soviets and had lost to them in a previous match up 10-3 just 3 weeks before the "Miracle on ice." The game proved to be more than just a hockey game as we were also in a civil dispute with them, known as the Cold War. USSR hockey team was known as the best and their country was gaining ground on us for world power. I am not saying that this game broke the Soviet spirit that eventually ended the Cold War, but it played an important role in knowing that anything can happen and there is not just one great nation or team out there.