Osvaldo and Eddy Ancinas’ love story has spanned more than six decades, but it all began right here in Olympic Valley at the 1960 Winter Games at the former Squaw Valley ski resort.
NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe connects with 1960 U.S. Olympic champion
McCartan helped Americans win hockey gold in nearby Squaw Valley by Nicholas J. Cotsonika @cotsonika / NHL.com Columnist
STATELINE, Nev. One of the greatest moments in United States hockey history happened near Lake Tahoe.
It was in Squaw Valley, California just northwest of the lake, a 40-mile drive from where the NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe will be held on the south shore this weekend where the United States won its first gold medal in hockey at the 1960 Olympics. It was the miracle before the Miracle on Ice in Lake Placid, New York, 20 years later.