Mike Eruzione Ice hockey player

Michael "Ritz, Rizzo" Eruzione (/ɨˌruːziˈoʊni/, Italian pronunciation: [eruˈtsjone]); born October 25, 1954, in Winthrop, Massachusetts, is an American former ice hockey player.Eruzione is best known as the captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous "Miracle on Ice" game, in which he scored the game-winning goal.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 25, 1954
Birth place
Winthrop Massachusetts , Massachusetts , United States
Height (meters)1.778
Weight (Kilograms)81.648

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Ice hockey player

Career start1977
Career end1980
former team
Philadelphia Firebirds (ice hockey)
Toledo Goaldiggers
position
Winger (ice hockey)
shootsLeft

Athlete

WHA draft28th overall
WHA draft team
Hartford Whalers

Mike Eruzione on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-02-19-hockey-advice-usat_x.htm
  2. http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_590.htm