Striking Silver: The Untold Story of America's Forgotten Hockey Team

Title: Striking Silver: The Untold Story of America's Forgotten Hockey Team
Author: Tom Caraccioli
ISBN: 9781596700789
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Published: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 256
Publisher Description: The accomplishment of the United States Olympic Hockey team during the 1972 Olympic Winter Games has seemingly been one of hockey's most well-kept secrets in this country. This is the story of Striking Silver and its members, which included schoolboy heroes and college All-Americans as well as those plucked from the jungles of Vietnam: Ahearn, Bader, Boucha, Brown, Christiansen, Curran, Ftorek, Howe, Irving, McElmury, McGlynn, McIntosh, Mellor, Naslund, Olds, Regan, Sanders, Sarner, Sheehy, and Sears ? the Silver Medalwinning 1972 United States Olympic Hockey team.