on ice
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Canada are favourites but the Americans are desperate for their first Olympic men's gold since the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" in Lake Placid.
From Barron's
Every Olympic Games puffs and exhales at the turn, and we are here, through the opening week, entering the homestretch, exit season, knockout stage, medal round, and whatever you want to call speedskating’s climax, the mass start race, a chaotic, risky multi-skater marathon which is basically a potluck knife fight on ice.
The biggest moment in American hockey since the Miracle on Ice had nothing to do with actual hockey.
To be sure, weird things happen on ice and snow when athletes are ripping down mountains and carving around sharp turns—and glory is decided by fractions of a second.
In particular, they have demanded curtailed patrols, a ban on ICE agents wearing face masks during operations and the requirement that they obtain a judicial warrant to enter private property.
From Barron's
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