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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
by Wayne Coffey
from Three Rivers Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Just a great book
  I picked this book up on a whim because it looked interesting and I'm glad I did, it has to be one of my favorite books I've read in the past few years. I quickly finished it and it definitely deserves 5 stars. The book is very well written with the game versus the russians interspersed with mini-biographies of the members of the U.S. team. You really develop an emotional connection with the individual members. While the movie "Miracle" is great it missed so much about the history of the players, which this... more info

• Greatest Olympic Moment Ever
  The book mainly covers the U.S. hockey team's amazing upset of the powerful USSR team, but also provides the background story of just about everybody involved. I'll never forget that game, and reading about it brought back the excitement of that night. I found myself almost cheering outloud when I read about the great plays.
  There will never be another Olympic story like this, because now the games are dominated by pro teams. We have "dream teams" instead of teams full of kids who would dream of doing... more info

• A must read for all hockey fans
  Gave this book to my husband for his birthday he read it in 2 days. He said it was one of the best written books about the USA 1980 Team.

• Left Wanting More
  The book is 288 pages with extremely wide margins. To tell this story properly the book should be in the 400-500 page range. I wanted to know more about the American players, the ones who brought home the gold as well as those who, like Her Brooks in 1960, were among the last cuts. What were their feelings after "The Miracle" knowing that they had been that close to being a part of it. I wanted to know more about Brooks himself. His relationship with his wife and kids, did he ever get tired of talking about... more info

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