Life & Style On this day in history, February 22, 1980, US Olympic men's hockey team shocks Soviets in 'Miracle on Ice' The United States men’s hockey team, mostly amateur college stars, shocked the fearsomely talented Soviet Union 4-3 in the Winter Olympics on this day in history, Feb. 22, 1980. It’s gone down in sports lore — and entered wider American culture — February 22, 2024