On February 22, 1980, the United States Olympic hockey team — assembled from college players and amateurs by coach Herb Brooks — defeats the dominant Soviet national team 4–3 at Lake Placid, stunning a country exhausted by the Iran hostage crisis and Cold War anxiety. Al Michaels's call — 'Do you believe in miracles? Yes!' — became one of the most famous moments in sports broadcasting; the film dramatizes the month of grueling preparation that made it possible.
