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PFT CommenterHome ice advantage does not exist in the NHL playoffs
You know what I don't like about playoff hockey is that there's basically no home ice advantage. It doesn't exist. The ice is the same everywhere you go.
Statistically, home teams do still win slightly more often in the NHL playoffs, but it's famously more volatile than other sports.
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PFT CommenterPeople forget that the 1980 US Olympic hockey win over the USSR was not the gold medal game
People forget that when the United States beat the USSR hockey team, that wasn't the gold medal game. [That was the medal round.] I would say actually 60% of America would forget that.
The 'Miracle on Ice' was a medal-round game; the U.S. had to defeat Finland in their final game to secure the gold.