William "Buzz" Schneider (born September 14, 1954 at Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is an American ice hockey player best remembered for his role on the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at Lake Placid. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grand Rapids is a city located in Itasca County, Minnesota. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. ...

After attending the University of Minnesota, where he played for Herb Brooks, Schneider was drafted into both the NHL and WHA. UMN redirects here. ... Brooks calms his players nerves during the Miracle on Ice game against the Soviet Union. ... NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... WHA is also an abbreviation for World Hockey Association WHA (970 AM) is one of the oldest radio stations in the United States, currently part of the Wisconsin Public Radio network. ...

Maintaining his amateur status, Schneider played for the United States National Team in 1974-75 before turning professional. He played in a variety of minor leagues before playing four games for the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA during the 1976-77 season. The Birmingham Bulls were a hockey team based out of Birmingham, Alabama that played in the World Hockey Association. ...

Schneider returned to the minor leagues in 1977. He played two seasons in the International Hockey League before regaining his amateur status to play in the 1980 Olympics. The International Hockey League (IHL) was a professional hockey league in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001. ...

During the 1979-80 season, the left wing played 62 games for the National team scoring 27 goals. During the Miracle on Ice run in the Olympics, he scored five goals and notched three assists in seven games en route to the gold medal. After the Olympics he retired to his home in Minnesota. The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team celebrates the goal that led them to victory over the USSR. The Miracle on Ice is the popular nickname for the ice hockey game in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, in which a team of amateur and collegiate players from the United States...

Buzz's son Billy played his father in the 2004 movie Miracle [1]. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miracle (2004) is an American biographical sports film about an event that took place during the 1980 Winter Olympics, dubbed the Miracle on Ice, involving the United States mens hockey team, which was largely made up of college hockey players, lead by player-turned-head coach, Herb Brooks, that...