Miracle on Ice jersey fetches high price at auction
Posted: 02.24.2013 at 9:59 AM
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LAKE PLACID (AP) -- The jersey worn by hockey great Mike Eruzione (uh-roo-zee-OAN'-ee) in the U.S. Miracle on Ice victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics has been auctioned in New York for almost $660,000.

Chris Ivy of Heritage Auctions said the No. 21 jersey went for $657,250 on Saturday. The stick Eruzione used to score the winning goal sold for $262,900, more than five times its pre-sale estimate.  The buyers' names were not immediately available.

Eruzione wore the jersey when he scored the win in the come-from-behind 4-3 victory. The outcome in Lake Placid, N.Y., was surprising because the U.S. team was largely made up of amateurs playing against a Soviet team of professionals widely considered unbeatable.

The 33rd anniversary of the historic game was Friday.

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