U.S. just upset the Canadians, 5-3.
I was 10 years old when the Miracle happened. And if you remember, the game was not shown live on ABC. It was shown on tape delay...the game was over at about 7:40, and the broadcast started at 8:00. I remember seeing a crawl on the TV that the U.S. had beaten the Soviets, twenty minutes before the broadcast.
Nonetheless, my dad, mom, brother and I watched the whole game. We wanted to witness history.
And I remember Johnny Carson mentioning it at the start of his monologue that night.