The Americans will always have 1980, and why not? The USSR was sending "amateur" players who for all intents and purposes were of NHL quality while the rest of the countries had to send true amateurs. Team Canada was never (to my knowledge) ever able to pull such an upset.
I take solace in the fact though that when Canada and USSR played in 'best-on-best' tournaments that it was typically Team Canada that prevailed.
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