Saw it this weekend. Itโs a truly great sports movie. Itโs a wonderful portrayal of driven leadership in the person of Herb Brooks. (One of my favorite bits: a skeptic early on says of Brooksโ plans for the Olympic team, โThatโs a pretty lofty goal, Herb.โ Brooks responds, โWell, yeah, thatโs why I want to achieve it.โ) Two little factual questions for any hockey fanatics out there. The movie seemed very faithful to reality, but I wonder if the entire team really went out on the ice to celebrate the go-ahead goal in the third period against the Soviets, and if Brooks really gave the team that on-ice pep talk before the third period of that game.

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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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