@panzade,
Which brings us to the question:
Why isn't dogsledding in the Winter Olympics?
But to return to topic. Mike Eruzione is a local guy. Well, local to my Orient
Heights - Winthrop - Beachmont stomping grounds of yore. I saw him again
at my cousin's daughter's wedding. He does motivational speaking these days
using the Miracle on Ice as his primary "you can do it" example.