Monument to a Miracle congratulated the U.S. men\u2019s and women\u2019s Olympic hockey teams on capturing gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan\/Cortina, adding to the legacy of American hockey and adding new meaning to one of the sport\u2019s most historic dates: Feb. 22.<\/p>\n
On Feb. 22 in 1980, the U.S. men\u2019s Olympic team delivered the famous \u201cMiracle on Ice\u201d in Lake Placid, defeating the heavily favored Soviet Union. Four and a half decades later, the spirit of that victory carried forward as the U.S. women\u2019s team won gold in PyeongChang in 2018.<\/p>\n
Now, in 2026, the U.S. women\u2019s team added a third Olympic gold medal to their remarkable legacy while the U.S. men\u2019s team delivered a decisive overtime victory against Canada in the gold medal final, the first time the men\u2019s team has won gold since the 1980 Olympics Miracle.<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether, these victories showcase the strength of American hockey, past, present and future, and reaffirm the values first demonstrated by the 1980 team: belief, teamwork and courage under pressure,\u201d read a statement by Monument to a Miracle.<\/p>\n
The Monument to a Miracle project aims to create a life-size, bronze tribute statue in Lake Placid recognizing all 20 players of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, enshrining their legacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese gold medals remind us that the Miracle was never just one moment in time. It was the beginning of a legacy that continues to inspire every generation that follows,\u201d said Monument to a Miracle President Jeff Potter. \u201cThe achievements of the 2026 teams stand on the shoulders of the heroes of 1980, whose impact still resonates across the hockey world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monument to a Miracle congratulated the U.S. men\u2019s and women\u2019s Olympic hockey teams on capturing gold medals at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[57050,57051,5,2602],"class_list":{"0":"post-471657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-1980-olympics","9":"tag-adirondack-almanack","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-olympics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116132905474884391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}