LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - The woman had been waiting for her opportunity for more than an hour, which was no big deal because, technically, she had been waiting 40 years. She went to the Lake Placid Center for the Arts on a frigid night earlier this week with a folder containing a stack of perfectly preserved photographs and news clippings. And finally, she was going to get Buzz Schneider - who scored the first U.S. goal of the hockey game that would become forever known as the Miracle on Ice - to sign them. He obliged, happily signing everything the overjoyed woman needed. `Personally, I canīt believe itīs resonated this long,` Schneider said. Oh, but it has. Feb. 22, 1980. USA 4, USSR 3....
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