By The Foundation for a Better Life Miraculous wins bring out miraculous stories we wouldn’t have known otherwise. Stories of perseverance, courage, sacrifice and love among teammates that cannot be properly understood unless you have bled together. The more physically demanding, the deeper the sacrifice, the more transcendent the wins are. And that is the story of USA Hockey. Toiling away in the shadow of the big three sports in America – basketball, baseball, football – hockey draws passionate fans who bypass the glitz for the sheer competition. Hockey in America is an import of sorts. Ice-covered countries like Canada, Finland and Russia have dominated the sport for decades. Even the rules of Olympic hockey long seemed unfair, excluding professional players to preserve the amateur status of the games. But odds are meant to be overcome. First, it was the Miracle on Ice in the 1980 Winter Olympics, when a collection of college kids wrote their way into history with a gold medal. And then, the drought.…