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I recorded this Sunday night and watched it last night. If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it. Great story, and well produced. I can assure you that you will learn something watching this. It's not your typical Disney Miracle (on ice) story. Set your DVR for Friday Feb 13th 12 AM on ESPN2. Rebroadcasting Feb, 16, 21, 22. The so-called bad guys from America's ideological adversary were in reality good men and outstanding players, forged into the Big Red Machine by the genius and passion of Anatoli Tarasov. There was a reason they seemed unbeatable, especially after routing the Americans in an exhibition the week before the Winter Games began. And there was a certain shame in them having to live the rest of their lives with the results of Feb. 22, 1980. In the 30 for 30 film "Of Miracles and Men," director Jonathan Hock ("The Best That Never Was" and "Survive and Advance") explores the scope of the "Miracle on Ice" through the Soviet lens. His intense focus on the game itself gives it renewed suspense and a fresh perspective. But the journey of the stunned Soviet team didn't begin -- or end -- in Lake Placid.