13 Facts About Mike Eruzione

Michael Anthony "Rizz, Rizzo" Mike Eruzione is an American former ice hockey player.

Mike Eruzione was born on October 25,1954, to an Italian-American family in Winthrop, Massachusetts.

Mike Eruzione'sfather was a bartender and worked in a sewage plant, and he grew up with many of his relatives living in the same home.

Mike Eruzione played for Team USA at the 1975 and 1976 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.

Mike Eruzione's winning goal against the Soviet Union has become one of the most played highlights in American sports, and was chosen by Sports Illustrated in 1999 as the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century.

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Mike Eruzione was one of five players on the US Olympic team not drafted by an NHL team.

Mike Eruzione returned to be the assistant coach for the hockey team for three seasons at his alma mater Boston University, where he currently works as Director of Special Outreach.

In 2002, Mike Eruzione reunited with his 1980 Olympic teammates to light the Olympic cauldron for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On January 19,2007, Mike Eruzione appeared on the new version of the game show I've Got a Secret.

Mike Eruzione'ssecret was that he was the captain of the 1980 U S Men's Olympic hockey team, but he failed to stump the panel, as his secret was guessed by Billy Bean.

In 2012, Mike Eruzione appeared at the Republican National Convention, and he gave a short speech in support of nominee Mitt Romney.

Mike Eruzione has said he wanted to write the book so that his grandchildren would know there was more to his life than scoring one goal in Lake Placid.

Mike Eruzione was the presenter in the 1981 pilot of Starcade, a game show featuring video games.