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He vividly describes the tension leading up to the victory, recalling Herb Brooks's fiery motivation before the decisive third period. Michaels' own emotions flood the narrative, especially when describing the moment he saw the puck exit the Soviet zone in the final seconds—an instant that, in real-time, seemed utterly miraculous and impossible to capture fully in words. That culmination, he admits, was so unexpected that he didn't have a set backup call for "Do you believe in miracles?"—a phrase that has since become legendary.