(above) DU Alum Greg Woods is DU's all-time points leader for a defenseman [51 goals & 125 assists]From: Denver Post
by Irv Moss
As an American player at a time when Canada, the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia were considered the hockey capitals of the world, it might be difficult to understand why Greg Woods would have bittersweet thoughts about the Miracle on Ice.
Woods had just completed a brilliant career as a defenseman on the University of Denver hockey team. In 1980, a year after his final season for the Pioneers, the underdog U.S. Olympic team captured an improbable gold medal at Lake Placid, N.Y., which became the sports story of the century for many fans [read rest of story].
Woods had just completed a brilliant career as a defenseman on the University of Denver hockey team. In 1980, a year after his final season for the Pioneers, the underdog U.S. Olympic team captured an improbable gold medal at Lake Placid, N.Y., which became the sports story of the century for many fans [read rest of story].
