Miracle

[Weltall]

Canada makes TV movies often about Hockey game history , I cant see why this movie waisnt made for tv too?

yes the Russians are horrible cheats and they now realize that they cant fool the Refurees.

That's because Canada has an extensive hockey history. America really doesn't. Quantitatively this game wasn't that important, we lost the next round anyway. But it is probably one of the few hockey-related moments any non-fan (who is old enough) would be able to recall offhand. Qualitatively though, we were incredible underdogs and we pulled off the impossible. It's both national pride and sports pride, we beat our largest enemy at something they were much better at.

See, this sort of thing only works when it's an underdog-come-overachiever story, one very rare to boot (who remembers any US Olympic hockey teams before or after 1980?). That's why it's a feature release and not a TV docudrama.