Mike Eruzione said he received about 15 to 20 requests to speak at sales meetings in the four days after the 2026 gold medals.
“I think I probably, in the last four days, had 15 to 20 requests for sales meetings.”
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Mike Eruzione said he spoke to the US men's team before their gold-medal game and to the women's team the night before theirs.
“I did get a chance to speak to the men's team before the game and the night before, and then I did speak to the women's team, uh, the night before their game.”
Mike Eruzione said that, apart from serving as a police officer, firefighter or soldier, wearing a USA jersey is the greatest feeling.
“other than being a police officer or firefighter or somebody in the military who protects and serves our country, there's no greater feeling than putting a USA jersey on.”
Mike Eruzione said about fifty to sixty people gathered at a nine-hole golf course in his hometown to watch the Netflix documentary on the 1980 team.
“I had, I think, about fifty f- fifty to sixty people at a little 9 hole golf course where I'm a member at in my hometown.”
Mike Eruzione said the Netflix documentary includes Ken Morrow talking about his father.
“Kenny Morrow talking about his dad and what his dad meant to him.”
Mike Eruzione said people at Netflix told him the Miracle on Ice documentary might be the best one they have made.
“people at Netflix have told me it might have been the best one they've ever done”
Mike Eruzione said he won $150,000 on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
“I did Who Wants to Be a Millionaire a long time ago, and I got $150,000 on the show”
Mike Eruzione named his charity, Winthrop Charities, after his mother and father.
“I kind of named it after my mother and father”
Mike Eruzione said his charity buys Thanksgiving meals and turkeys, along with Christmas gifts, for families who cannot afford them.
“It's fun at Thanksgiving to buy meals and turkeys for families who can't afford it.”
Mike Eruzione said Winthrop Charities has raised about $350,000 to $400,000 over the years.
“we probably raised around 350 to $400,000 over the years”
Mike Eruzione said he kept his skates, his stick from the Finland game and his gold medal, and may sell the medal.
“I have my skates left and my stick from the Finland game and actually my gold medal, which I am in a in the process of probably selling at some point.”
Mike Eruzione said he received about $1.6 million for his memorabilia and used part of it to endow a scholarship at Boston University in his parents' names.
“I got, like, $1.6 million for all my stuff, uh, and I endowed a scholarship in my mother and father's name at Boston University.”
Mike Eruzione said his parents taught him to give back.
“the thing that my parents taught me is to give back.”
Mike Eruzione said the US women's team had played Canada six times during the season and largely dominated them before the Olympic final.
“they had played Canada six times already during the year and pretty well dominated them.”
Mike Eruzione said he told the men's team that young players should look to them as heroes instead of the 1980 team.
“we need this country, young little hockey players, young men and women, uh, young boys to to look at your team and you are the heroes.”
Mike Eruzione said the mother of the goal-scorer from the New Jersey Devils served as director of player personnel for the US women's team.
“She was, I think, uh, uh, the director of player personnel for the women's team.”
Mike Eruzione noted that Jack Hughes scored the winning goal with missing teeth.
“it was pretty ironic for a hockey player to score a goal with no teeth”