Striking Silver: The Untold Story of America's Forgotten Hockey Team
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Book Description
The accomplishment of the United States Olympic Hockey team during the 1972 Olympic Winter Games has seemingly been one of hockey's most well-kept secrets in this country. This is the story of Striking Silver and its members, which included schoolboy heroes and college All-Americans as well as those plucked from the jungles of Vietnam: Ahearn, Bader, Boucha, Brown, Christiansen, Curran, Ftorek, Howe, Irving, McElmury, McGlynn, McIntosh, Mellor, Naslund, Olds, Regan, Sanders, Sarner, Sheehy, and Sears ? the Silver Medalwinning 1972 United States Olympic Hockey team.
About the Author
Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli are identical twin brothers who work in the NBC Universal/USA Network's Entertainment Division and CBS Television Network's Sports Division, respectively. Each is an executive in the Communications Department for their network and has been working in some capacity in sports communications for the past 18 years. They grew up in upstate Oswego, New York, where they played hockey in the minor hockey association, high school, and then at Oswego State University for a year.
Tom has worked for the Boston Red Sox, was the Director of Sports Information at Merrimack College in Andover, Massachusetts, and a managing editor at Professional Sports Publications in New York City before working at NBC/USA for the past five years, where he has worked on events such as the Masters, Ryder Cup, U.S. Open Tennis Championships, and 2004 Olympic Summer Games.
Jerry has worked for the California Angels and Oakland Athletics, as well as Major League Baseball International as the Director of Media Relations for the Australian Baseball League. He has worked for CBS Sports for the past nine years on some of the biggest events in sports, including the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Japan, Super Bowls XXXV and XXXVIII, the NCAA Championship and Final Four, as well as the U.S. Open Tennis Championships and the Masters and PGA Championship.
Striking Silver: The Untold Story of America's Forgotten Hockey Team,Tom Caraccioli,Jerry Caraccioli,Sports Publishing,1596700785,(11th :,1972 :,20th century,History,Hockey - General,Hockey teams,Olympic Winter Games,Olympics,Sapporo-shi, Japan),Sports,Sports & Recreation,United States,Sports & Recreation / Hockey,Sports & Recreation/History,Sports & Recreation/Olympics
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