* On Feb. 27, 1960, at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California, the United States faced the Czechs for the final of the hockey Olympic games. During the finals, and after the first two periods, the United States were behind, 4-3. But in the last period, the United States scored six goals to win the game 9-4. This victory helped the United States to their first-ever Olympic gold medal in hockey.
* Jack Riley was the United States hockey team coach in 1960. Jack Riley also was the head hockey coach at West Point and was also a member of the 1948 United States Olympic hockey squad. Jack Riley and Herb Brooks both picked mostly college students for their Olympics. The 1960 team also included two pairs of brothers: Bill and Bob Cleary and Bill and Roger Christian.
* Bill Christian who was one of the two pairs of brothers on the Olympic team had a son, David, who was a member Herb Brook's 1980 Olympic squad.
* The last player cut from the 1960 U.S. squad was Herb Brooks. Herb Brooks then became coach for the 1980 Olympic hockey team that beat the Soviets and won the gold medal. That was two decades after the cut.
* The first time an American hockey team beat the Soviet Union (at Olympic competion) was when the United States faced the Soviet Union in the semi-final round on February 27. .
* Miracle on Ice and the United States' first ever Olympic gold medal in hockey, were both played in the United States at a very pivotal time in history.
* Jack Riley was the United States hockey team coach in 1960. Jack Riley also was the head hockey coach at West Point and was also a member of the 1948 United States Olympic hockey squad. Jack Riley and Herb Brooks both picked mostly college students for their Olympics. The 1960 team also included two pairs of brothers: Bill and Bob Cleary and Bill and Roger Christian.
* Bill Christian who was one of the two pairs of brothers on the Olympic team had a son, David, who was a member Herb Brook's 1980 Olympic squad.
* The last player cut from the 1960 U.S. squad was Herb Brooks. Herb Brooks then became coach for the 1980 Olympic hockey team that beat the Soviets and won the gold medal. That was two decades after the cut.
* The first time an American hockey team beat the Soviet Union (at Olympic competion) was when the United States faced the Soviet Union in the semi-final round on February 27. .
* Miracle on Ice and the United States' first ever Olympic gold medal in hockey, were both played in the United States at a very pivotal time in history.