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Bowling Green hockey program's footprint cemented in Olympic Games

BOWLING GREEN — Ken Morrow and Mark Wells didn’t have to believe in a miracle.

They were a part of one.

The one.

The one in which the United States, a team of amateur players hand-picked by Herb Brooks upset the former Soviet Union, a team which won four consecutive Olympic gold medals and was composed of well-traveled, hyper-talented, and imposing professionals, in the semifinal round of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Recall broadcaster All Michaels’ words as the final seconds ticked away.

“Eleven seconds. You've got ten seconds.