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Golden lighters: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on February 8 had its share of memorable moments, including the entrance of the tattered World Trade Center flag that survived the September 11 terrorist attack, a tribute to America's greatest living Olympians, and the appearance of President George W. Bush. But none of the festivities hit home in the Boston area more than the lighting of the Olympic torch by members of the 1980 U.S. gold-medal-winning hockey team, including captain Mike Eruzione (SED'77), Jack O'Callahan (CAS'79), Jim Craig (SED'79), and Dave Silk (CAS'80, GSM'93). Eruzione, who accepted the torch from skier Picabo Street and current U.S. women's hockey team captain Cammi Granato, invited his teammates to join him in lighting the 117-foot-tall cauldron. "It's hard to imagine being an Olympic athlete and winning a gold medal, and then 22 years go by and you carry the torch and light the Olympic flame," says Eruzione, director of development for BU athletics, who scored the winning goal against the heavily favored Russian team in the semifinal game that year. AP Photo/Laura Rauch

15 February 2002
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