The Miracle On Ice took place a remarkable 40 years ago today. That is a moment in hockey history that is celebrated as much as any moment in the history of the sport. The New Jersey Devils were one of many teams that benefited from that historic group of American college players taking down the machine that was the Soviet Union’s men’s ice hockey team.
When you think about it, that victory really was a miracle. A comparison would be if today’s college all stars went on to defeat a team comprised of Artemi Panarin, Nikita Kucherov, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, and Vladimir Tarasenko among others.