Team USA Men’s Hockey Champions Doing Donuts in Putin’s Front Yard
Posted: February 15, 2014 Filed under: Breaking News, Diplomacy, Entertainment, Global | Tags: Jonathan Quick, Miracle on Ice, Russians, Sochi, St. Louis, T. J. Oshie, United States, Vladimir Putin 1 Comment
Breitbart Sports reports: The United States men’s hockey team beat the Russians in a thrilling, riveting, and classic contest in front of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Sochi Games 34 years after the US’s “Miracle on Ice” win at Lake Placcid.
The Americans won 3-2 on Saturday after the eighth round of the overtime shootout that saw Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stonewall the Russians while St. Louis’s T.J. Oshie, selected in part because of his skills in the shootout, took six of the eight shootout attempts in overtime, converting on four, including the game winner. Oshe took all five shots for the U.S. when the shootout when into extra rounds.
