The Miracle On Ice 45 Years Later | Better Bad Ideas w/Sean O'Brien | Ep. 7

This week on Better Bad Ideas, three legends from the 1980 Men's Hockey Gold Medal Olympic Team! Jack O'Callahan, Dave Silk, and Mike Eurozione talk about the iconic moment beating the Russians as a rag tag group of college kids, what happened after, and how the game of hockey has changed over the last 45 years.  New episodes of Better Bad Ideas drop every Wednesday! Subscribe and hit the bell to be notified when they go live! Also available where ever you download podcasts! Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:01 - Mike on Winthrop and meeting Jack Parker 00:03:58 - Dave Growing up in Scituate MA 00:08:05 - Jack O'Callahan Growing Up In Charlestown 00:12:18 - Jack's Story About Jack Parker 00:14:10 - Mike's First Impression of Dave at BU 00:18:41 - The Olympic Team Selection Process 00:32:49 - Mike's Winning Goal 00:34:40 - After beating the Russians 00:36:55 - What Was Life Like After the Gold Medal? 00:40:56 - First NHL Contract 00:43:43 - What Were The Downsides? 00:49:19 - How Politics Plays A Role 00:52:35 - Visiting The White House 00:56:33 - Did You Experience Jealousy? 01:01:36 - Statue at Lake Placid 01:04:16 - Hockey Now Vs Hockey Then 01:09:00 - Are Hockey Players Underpaid? Pensions? 01:18:28 - What's Next? Better Bad Ideas • https://www.instagram.com/betterbadideas • https://www.tiktok.com/@betterbadideas • https://x.com/betterbadideas  Subscribe to Better Bad Ideas on Spotify & Apple! • https://open.spotify.com/show/5Br4YZ6h20M6VZGBtIsaBs?si=eaa75a585c7f4ccd • https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-bad-ideas-with-sean-obrien/id1786675550 This is a 7EQUIS Network Show http://www.7equis.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices