Throughout the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the U.S. men’s hockey team received telegrams from fans from across the country — telegrams they would then paste to the wall on the way onto the rink. As Team USA prepared to play the Soviet Union in the semifinals, a game in which the Americans were considered big underdogs, the players found inspiration in the many notes they received ahead of the Games. “They were so emotional,” recalled Jim Craig, the team’s goalie. The game was