 Mike Eruzione served as the
captain that led the 1980 United States Olympic Hockey
Team to its Gold Medal victory in Lake Placid,
NY.
The highlight of the games for Mike
Eruzione was scoring the game-winning goal against
the Soviet Union. The victory against the Soviets
advanced the U.S. Hockey Team to the Gold Medal Game
where they beat Finland to win the gold medal.
A native of Massachusetts, Mike
Eruzione was a well-know sports talent, who excelled in
all-scholastic baseball, football and hockey. Mike
Eruzione played on two U.S. National Teams and played
two years with the Toledo Goaldiggers of the
International Hockey League. The IHL rewarded him with
the McKenzie Award, which is annually presented
to the most outstanding American born player in the IHL.
The following year Mike Eruzione was chosen to join the
1980 Olympic Team. He was honored by being elected
captain by his Olympic teammates.
After the victory in Lake Placid,
Mike Eruzione spent several years in New York and New
Jersey as a sports commentator for Madison Square
Garden.
In 1984 Mike Eruzione joined ABC
and did broadcasting for the Winter Olympics in
Sarajevo, the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the
1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
For the past several years Mike
Eruzione has traveled throughout the country
representing major corporations as their spokesperson
and / or motivational speaker.
Presently he is employed by Boston
University as the Director of Development for Athletics.
Mike Eruzione is the Vice President of Business
Development for Gymamerica.com which is a health &
fitness website.
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