HSS Olympic Hockey Bulletin
From Historically Speaking Sports by Sports History Network
February 23, 2026 · 10 min · Season 6 · Episode 6
About this episode
The episode discusses the recent gold medal win by the United States Hockey team and reflects on past Olympic victories.
The United States Hockey team just won its first gold medal in Men's Olympic Hockey in 46 years. Almost to the day that team USA pulled off one of the greatest upsets in history, beating the Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid New York. In this short podcast bulletin, Historically Speaking Sports Podcast co-host Dana Auguster talks about the other two instances that team USA had won the gold in Olympic Hockey. Please like and subscribe and to contact the show, please write to us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com
People in this episode
Host: Dana Auguster
Topics covered
- Olympic Hockey
- sports history
- Team USA
- gold medal
- 1980 Winter Olympics
- upsets in sports
Keywords
- Olympic Hockey
- Team USA
- gold medal
- Dana Auguster
- 1980 Winter Olympics
- sports history
- hockey
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: United States Hockey team
Places: Lake Placid New York
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