The Soviet national ice hockey team was the national men's ice hockey team of the Soviet Union. From 1954 to 1991, the team won at least one medal each year at either the Ice Hockey World Championship
Vsevolod Bobrov during the 1956 Winter Olympics, the Soviet Union's first appearance at the Olympics.
75th anniversary Russian postage stamp
Boris Petrovich Mikhailov Panini 1979
Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov Panini 1979
Miracle on Ice
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The "Miracle on Ice" was an ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. It was played between the hosting United States and the Soviet Union on February 22, 1980, during
Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
…the Soviets also had one of their most notable losses. Playing the United States in the medal round, the Soviets lost 4–3. This match, later dubbed the Miracle on Ice, was notable because it had the Soviets, recognized as the top international team in the world, against an American team composed largely of university-level…
United States against Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics
The Soviet team's Vladislav Tretiak (pictured here in 2008) was considered the world's best goaltender in ice hockey in 1980. The Americans scored two goals against him before he was pulled from the game by Viktor Tikhonov at the end of the first period.
Jim Craig's gear from 1980, at the Hockey Hall of Fame
The March 3, 1980, cover of Sports Illustrated ran without any accompanying captions or headlines.