The United States pulled off its biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ice, stunning Canada 5-3 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of an already mixed-up tournament.
I like this lead, it compared today U.S hockey victory against Canada to one of the best American memorized game in history, Miracle on Ice. The young American team defeated the Russians to win the men's ice hockey game of the 1980 Winter Olympics. By doing so, it got many audiences attention to read the story behind this victory. The writer thinks by using the Miracle on Ice comparison to today's game, could influence the audiences to read or unread the story. It was a smart idea to bring back the Miracle on Ice in comparison to what just happened. If the American team wins this year Olympic hockey tournament, I think the lead might be more in depth with the feelings people had in Lake Placid, New York where the Miracle on Ice happened.
I agree that I do this lead becuase I feel like it did a good job of capturing the reader's attention while still providing the necessary details. It was catchy and made the reader more interested in the story. It gave just enough detail to get the reader to want to complete the article without giving too much detail that the reader didn't even have to read the rest of the article to get the rest of the details.
I do agree that it was a good idea to bring up the Miracle on Ice becuase it brings back good memories and sets the tone for the article. I don't think that it would influence the readers decision to read the article though. I think it will just add some interest to the rest of the article.
I think if there was a follow up article on it, it would be nore in depth as well. I don't know if the lake where the miracle happened would be a good place. I don't think it would really make a difference and it may make the story seem irrelevant.
I completely agree with you Dee. I feel like the writer put all of the important information in one lead. It doesn't seem to be cluttered at all. He put the most important detail first and didn't add any extra information that was unnecessary. He cut it to the point and immediately. I felt that this grabbed my attention immediately and i feel by the attention grabbing lead most readers would be grabbed by it.
Overall i believe that this was a good lead and was a good attention grabber. It was precise and to the point.