What sport does Dave Silk and Miracle on Ice have in common?
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Dave Silk David Mark "Silky" Silk (born January 1, 1958 in Scituate, Massachusetts) and raised in Scituate and Cohasset, Massachusetts is a retired professional American ice hockey player. His professional career, which spanned 13 years, included 249 NHL regular season games with the Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers. Silk is arguably most famous for being a member of the 1980 US Men's hockey team that won the gold medal at the Olympics in Lake Placid. He is the cousin of former NHL and Boston Bruins player Mike Milbury.
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Miracle on Ice The "Miracle on Ice" refers to a medal-round game during the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, played between the hosting United States, and the defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union.
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Dave Brown (ice hockey) David James Brown (born October 12, 1962) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks. He was primarily known as an enforcer throughout his career. He is currently the Flyers' head of pro scouting.
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Derek Sanderson Derek Michael Sanderson, nicknamed "Turk", (born June 16, 1946), is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who is now a financial adviser to athletes.
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The Ice Dream with Roy and HG The Ice Dream with Roy and HG was a sports/comedy talk show, broadcast every night during the Salt Lake 2002, presented by Australian comedy duo Roy and HG.
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David Hanson (ice hockey) David J. "Dave" Hanson (born April 12, 1954 in Cumberland, Wisconsin) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. He played 33 games in the National Hockey League, and a total of 103 games in the World Hockey Association.
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Neil Armstrong (ice hockey) Neil Armstrong (born December 20, 1932) is a former professional ice hockey linesman, and is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Underwater ice hockey Underwater Ice Hockey (also called Sub-aqua Ice Hockey) is a minor extreme sport that is a variant of Ice Hockey. It is played upside-down underneath frozen pools or ponds. Participants wear diving masks, fins and wetsuits and use the underside of the frozen surface as the playing area for a floating puck. Competitors do not use any breathing apparatuses, but instead surface for air every 30 seconds or so.
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Darrell Griffith Darrell Steven Griffith (born June 16, 1958), also known by his nickname Dr. Dunkenstein, is a retired American basketball player who spent his entire professional career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.
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Rare Silk Rare Silk was an American vocal jazz group that was active during the 1980s.
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Andre Gill (ice hockey) André Marcel "Cannon" Gill (September 19, 1941 – December 2, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Gill played most of his career in the American Hockey League for the Boston Bruins farm team of the time, the Hershey Bears, being recalled to the Bruins once for a five-game stand. He played two seasons with the Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association late in his career. He died in 2014.
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It's a Miracle (Crashdïet song) "It's a Miracle" is a 2005 single by Swedish glam metal band Crashdïet. This was the last single to feature the band's original lead singer Dave Lepard. He died in January 2006. A music video was shot for the song. This song appears on the band's 2005 album, "Rest in Sleaze". The song did not chart.
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Dennis Ververgaert Dennis Andrew Ververgaert (born March 30, 1953) is a retired professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League from 1973 until 1981. He is best known for his time with the Vancouver Canucks, where he was one of the club's top players in their first decade of existence. He was selected to play in the NHL All-Star Game in 1976 and 1978.
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Daryl Reaugh Daryl "Razor" Reaugh (pronounced "Ray") (born February 13, 1965 in Prince George, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender and now a broadcaster for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL), "NHL on NBC" and "Hockey Night in Canada". With his exaggerated facial features, including his large chin and forehead, Reaugh is sometimes referred to as a "Caricature of a Man".
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Dave Steckel David Steckel (born March 15, 1982) is an American professional ice hockey center who is currently playing for the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He has played in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, the New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks. He is known for his faceoff proficiency.
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David Krejčí David Krejčí (] , born 28 April 1986) is a Czech professional ice hockey center/right wing currently serving as an alternate captain for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was part of the Bruins Stanley Cup win in 2011. He was named to the Czech national team for the 2010 and 2014 Olympic teams.
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Don Gallinger Donald Calvin "Gabby" Gallinger (April 16, 1925 – February 3, 2000) was a professional ice hockey player who played 222 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Port Colborne, Ontario, he played for the Boston Bruins. Gallinger was one of the league's youngest players when he broke into the NHL, playing on the "Sprout Line" of Boston with Bill Shill and Bep Guidolin. Gallinger's career was cut short, when in 1948 Gallinger and former team-mate Billy Taylor were discovered gambling on their own teams and banned for life by the NHL. They were reinstated in 1970 and these are the longest suspensions in NHL history. Prior to the suspension, Gallinger had established himself an effective offensive NHL player and, as an excellent multi-sport athlete, had even been sought after to play professional baseball.
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Gordon Christian Gordon Eugene "Gordy" Christian (November 21, 1927 – June 2, 2017) was an American ice hockey player. He played with the University of North Dakota from 1947 to 1950, tying for scoring leader on the team in both the 1947–48 and 1948–49 seasons. He was a member of the silver medal winning 1956 United States Olympic ice hockey team. He was born in Warroad, Minnesota.
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Taylor Lipsett Andrew "Taylor" Lipsett (born January 2, 1987) is an ice sledge hockey player and Paralympic Gold and bronze medalist. He graduated from Southern Methodist University and is married. He is also a member of the charity "Team for Tomorrow" and has Osteogenesis imperfecta.
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Dave Reid (ice hockey, born 1934) David Sidney Reid (born January 11, 1934) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played seven games in the National Hockey League, over three seasons (1952–53 to 1955–56), with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Dave Trottier David Thomas Trottier (June 25, 1906 – November 14, 1956) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played in the 1928 Olympic Games, winning a gold medal, and played in the National Hockey League for 11 seasons. He won the Stanley Cup in 1935 with the Montreal Maroons and was the Maroons' leading scorer in the 1931–32 NHL season. He was born in Pembroke, Ontario.
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Mike Green (ice hockey, born 1985) Michael David Green (born October 12, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Best known for his hard slapshot, Green put up impressive offensive statistics for a defenceman from 2007 to 2010. He was given the nickname "Game Over Green" during the 2007–08 season when he displayed a propensity for scoring game-winning goals in the last minutes of the third period or overtime.