Herb Brooks

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Olympic coach human ice hockey coach

Herb Brooks was an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the underdog U.S. men's team to a historic gold medal at the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Winter Olympics.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic coach → human → ice hockey coach →
causeOfDeath	car accident →
coachedAtEvent	1980 Winter Olympics → 2002 Winter Olympics →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1937-08-05 →
dateOfDeath	2003-08-11 →
describedAs	coach of the "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic hockey team →
educatedAt	University of Minnesota →
familyName	Brooks →
fullName	Herbert Paul Brooks Jr. →
givenName	Herbert →
hallOfFameInduction	Hockey Hall of Fame → International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame → Lester Patrick Trophy recipient → United States Hockey Hall of Fame →
hasHonor	Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid named in his honor → Herb Brooks National Hockey Center at St. Cloud State University named in his honor →
headCoachOf	Minnesota North Stars → New Jersey Devils → New York Rangers → Pittsburgh Penguins → United States men's national ice hockey team → University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team →
ledTeamToChampionship	NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship 1974 with University of Minnesota → NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship 1976 with University of Minnesota → NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship 1979 with University of Minnesota →
medal	Olympic gold medal in ice hockey at 1980 Winter Olympics as coach →
memberOfSportsTeam	University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey →
nationality	American →
notableAchievement	defeated Soviet Union men's ice hockey team in 1980 Winter Olympics "Miracle on Ice" game → led United States men's ice hockey team to gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics →
notableWork	coaching the 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team →
occupation	ice hockey coach → ice hockey player →
placeOfBirth	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States →
portrayedBy	Kurt Russell →
portrayedIn	film "Miracle" (2004) →
positionPlayed	right wing →
representedCountry	United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	ice hockey →
yearOfHallOfFameInduction	Hockey Hall of Fame 2006 → IIHF Hall of Fame 1999 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Olympic Center (Lake Placid) →	associatedWith
IIHF Hall of Fame →	hasInductee
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team →	headCoach
Kurt Russell →	portrayed