The team hoping to channel the spirits of the 1980 United States Olympic men's hockey team fell victim to an upset the ultimate Olympic underdogs would have been proud of if it didn't happen to the Americans.
The American team full of college and AHL players lost to Slovenia, a team that lost in the quarterfinals in 2014 in its only Olympic appearance, in overtime to kick off its Olympic campaign in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Rebounding from defeat in a game they were supposed to win will be the first true test for the Americans, who didn't expect this much of a challenge until the final game of pool play versus the Olympic Athletes from Russia.