KEEP SENDING IN YOUR PICTURES,
USING HASH TAG MY MORNING.
THANKS KIM AND RILEY.
HARD TO BELIEVE BURT IT'S BEEN
40 YEARS SINCE WHAT IS
CONSIDERED THE GREATEST UPSET IN
SPORTS.
SATURDAY MARKS THE 40TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIRACLE ON
ICE WHEN THE U.S. MEN'S HOCKEY
TEAM SHOCKED THE SOVIET UNION
AND THE HOCKEY WORLD AND REST OF
THE WORLD.
EVERYBODY JUST AMAZED BY THAT
MOMENT.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE
DAVE CHRISTIAN WITH US HERE IN
STUD DWROE, A MEMBER OF THE TEAM
AND ALSO A MINNESOTANS.
NOW LIVES IN MINNESOTA, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING, WELCOME.
GREAT TO BE HERE.
40 YEARS AGO HARD TO BELIEVE
BUT DO YOU THINK THAT YOU AS A
TEAM REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE
MAGNITUDE OF THAT MOMENT?
I DON'T THINK WE DID.
WE STILL ARE AMAZED THAT THE
STORY LIVES ON AND IT'S BEEN
THIS LONG.
PEOPLE WANT TO RELATE WHERE THEY
ARE AND HOW IT MADE THEM FEEL
AND WHAT IT MEANT TO THEM
IT WAS SUCH A DIFFERENT TIME.
THE GAME ITSELF WAS AN AMAZING
GAME IN AND OF ITSELF.
YOU HAVE TO PUT YOURSELF IN
1980.
THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR.
NO GREATER VILLAIN THAN THE
U.S.SR.
THIS WAS THIS MOMENT FRANKLY
JUST TO SEE AMERICANS AND
SOVIETS ON THE SAME SHEET OF ICE
WAS REMARKABLE.
IT WAS.
I THINK WE OBVIOUSLY KNEW AND
FELT THE SUPPORT WE HAD OF THE
COUNTRY AT THAT TIME.
EVERYBODY WAS GOING THROUGH THE
SAME THING.
NOT A GREAT FEELING, NOT REALLY
A LOT OF PRIDE AT BEING AN
AMERICAN.
WE COME ALONG AND THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GAME, SO
MUCH WAS PLACED ON IT
YOU HAD TO WIN THE GOLD.
WE HAD TO COME DOWN ARE THE THAT
BEATING SEF YET UNION WHICH IS
HARD TO DO.
THE ONE TIME IN THE WHOLE
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE WE REALLY
WERE FOCUSED ON WINNING.
WE HAD TO WIN AT THAT POINT.
HIGHS AND LOWS, WHAT A DISASTER
IT WOULD BE IF YOU LOST IN THE
GOLD METAL GANL.
RIGHT AND HER BY REMINDED US
OF THAT BEFORE THE GAME
I BET HE DID.
HOW DID THIS MOMENT CHANGE THE
COURSE OF YOUR LIFE AND SO MANY
TEAMMATES?
I THINK RIGHT AT THE MOMENT
RIGHT AFTER IT FINISHED IT GAVE
A LOT OF US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PLAY IN THE NHL RIGHT WAY.
YOU WERE DRAFTED THE WEEK
AFTER?
YOU PLAYED MY FIRST GAME A
WEEK AFTER THAT FINAL GAME
AGAINST FINLAND WITH THE
WINNIPEG JETS
HOW QUICKLY DID YOU SCORE THAT
GOAL?
VERY GOOD, SEVEN SECONDS INTO
THE FIRST SHIFT.
STILL AN NHL RECORD
IT IS.
I'LL JUST SHOW UP HERE.
BUT A GREAT MOMENT, YOU PLAYED
FOR FIVE DIFFERENT TEAMS?
YEAH, I PLAYED WITH FIVE
TEAMS IN THE NHL FOR 15 YEARS.
TELL US WHAT YOU'RE UP TO
TODAY.
I WORK WITH CARDINAL GLASS
INDUSTRIES, WHERE YOU DO THE
INSULATING GLASS UNITS FOR ALL
OF THEM.
MARVIN AND PELLA.
THIS WEEKEND YOU GET TO SPEND
IT WITH YOUR TEAMMATES IN LAS
VEGAS.
WHAT ARE THE PLANS THERE.
I THINK THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS
ARE HOSTING US AND WE'RE GOING
TO BE INVOLVED WITH SOME SEASON
TICKET HOLDER EVENTS WITH THEM.
WE'LL ATTEND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS
GAME ON SATURDAY NIGHT PLAYING
AGAINST FLORIDA.
TWO TEAMS THAT WEREN'T IN THE
LEAGUE PLAYING.
NO KIDDING.
YEAH, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO
SERVE AS GRAND MARSHALLS ON
SUNDAY FOR THE PENZOIL 400 LAS
VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
AMAZING.
DO YOU THINK THE MOVIE THE
MIRACLE ON ICE MOVIE HAS DONE A
LOT TO KEEP THE STORY GOING?
IT DOES.
IT BROUGHT THE STORY TO ANOTHER
GENERATION AND WE FIND OUT THAT
PEOPLE SAY I WASN'T BORN WHEN
THAT HAPPENED.
OF COURSE, YEAH.
MAKES US FEEL REALLY OLD.
I KNOW.
IS THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT SAY?
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WE'LL HEAR IT A LOT.
CON GRAJ LAGSS AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
THANKS ALLEY.
MAKE SURE YOUR TEAMMATE WHO
DIDN'T SHOW UP KNOWS HE'S ON OUR
LIST HERE.
ARE WE CALLING HIM OUT RIGHT
NOW?
WE SPENT THE WHOLE SHOW
TEASING HE WOULD BE HERE.
JUST ANOTHER REASON TO HATE
BLAKE I THINK RIGHT THERE.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU SAID IT.
BIG CELEBRATION IN ST. PAUL
ON SATURDAY.