
The Boys of Winter
The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
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Narrated by:
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Kirby Heyborne
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By:
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Wayne Coffey
Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century. Their "Miracle on Ice" has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after. It is still unbelievable.
The Boys of Winter is an evocative account of the improbable American adventure in Lake Placid, New York. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, Wayne Coffey explores the untold stories of the US upstarts, their Soviet opponents, and the forces that brought them together.
©2005 Wayne Coffey; foreword copyright 2005 by Jim Craig; afterword copyright 2005 by Wayne Coffey (P)2017 TantorListeners also enjoyed...




















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Great insight
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great story but not the right narrator
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Exemplifies brilliant nonfiction
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An incredible tale for those wanting to know more
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A Great American Story
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You have to listen to this book!
A must listen!
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I was a sophomore in high school and was the only female who dared to play ice hockey with my brothers and their friends on “the pit”. This book brought back fond memories of those times. We watched In February 1980 on a Friday night with as many friends of ours that could fit into our living room the “Miracle on Ice.”
Coffey does a wonderful job of weaving the stories of all the players and coaches lives both before and after the “miracle.” He glides in and out of the details of each person’s life as though he were a skater on the ice handling the puck and directing the story where he wants it to go.
It is heart warming and at times heart wrenching to learn of those details. In 1980 we took pride in the boys of the 1980 Olympic Hockey team. After reading this book, I gained an even deeper appreciation for all that they endured both on and off the ice before, during, and after 1980.
Do You Believe in Excellence? Yes!
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The one bad part (and this might just be nitpicking) is the narrator mispronounces just about every hockey term, and Russian name throughout the entirety of the book.
Great, but...
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Great story, legendary
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Wouldn't take a miracle to find a better narrator
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