The Miracle on Ice

Do you remember the story of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York? The underdog American hockey team beat the Soviets and then the Finns to win their first gold medal since the 1960 Squaw Lake Games.

It was an exciting moment during one of the frostiest times of the Cold War.

This hockey season hasn't been terribly rewarding for Gus. As of Saturday morning, the Predators had a 0-9-3 record.

But yesterday afternoon, that record fell. With a 3-0 victory over the Rangers, they chalked one into the win column.

At last. The sweet smell of victory!

Perhaps coincidentally, the win came on Gus's hockey patron's birthday, his Uncle John Cobus...