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i.r:,in::.1 Wife and three adult chiidren, Leighann, Michaeland Paul
lrAln*-i"ir ;::,.lii1i Team captain of United States HockeyTeam for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NewYork. Scored the winning goal to defeat the Soviet Union4-3 in the famous "Miracle on lce" hockey game. Chosento light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremonies ofthe 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
i'fr:'.ii-1j:l.t lli..i1i *:.14.';ii'ii: ::;*.,:i't;:1i; "The atmosphere in the lOck-
er room with my teammates after winning. Sharing that joyof victory and having it happen in your own country. The
whole buiiding was electric."
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Mike's stint as a Nutrisystem
spokesperson, the Olympians
weren't Paid to join - they
bought in, just like everv IBO."I take a1l the products," Mike
says. "Breakfast every day is a
shake. Ten out of 14 days my
lunch is a shake or a bar. I love the
Essentials - I take three ofthosea day. And I believe the Probiotic
is one of the best on the market."
Although Mike has tasted suc-
cess throughout his 1ife, he doesn't
take himself too seriously.
"What I did as an athlete it one
thing, but life goes on," he says.
"It's nice to know I had that ex-
perience and that opportuniry butjust because I did somerhing big
in hockey doesn't make me differ-ent than anybody else."
However. being an O11 mpic-leve1 athlete isnt without its high-lights. Mike knows what it means
to work hard, work as a team and
work to win. Those qualities made
him successful as an athlete, and
he brings those skills to Qvana.'A 1ot ofpeople get into direct
sales because they want to make
monev. but our approach is op-posite,"Mike says. "The financialgain is obviously great. But more
important than that, Qvana offers
great products. It's a win-win."And if there is one thing Mike
Eruzione iarow. about, it's win-ning. And miracles.
rcffiKffi PlayetBY NATALIE HOLLINGSHEAD AND JEANETTE BENNETT I ]NSTUDIO BY KENNET-H LINGE
rMiraclet hockey player Mike Erazione knows therets no 'ItIt's been more than three de-
cades since Mike Eruzione scored
the winning goal to defeat the
Soviet Union in the 1980 WinterOlympics'famed "Miraclc on lce"hockey game. But this UnitedStates team captain sti1l gets
stopped by people who want to
thare their memorie, of thc magic
moment."Everyone will te11 me the story
of where they were when it hap-
pened,"Mike says. "They'll say,
'I remember where I was when
Kennedy was assassinated or
when Challenger exploded, and
then they will say,'I remember
where I was when you guys won.'
It's fun to hear."
Mike': winning goal duringthat Lake Placid game is one ofthe mo.t played highlighrs in
American sports and was voted
the greatest highlight of all time
by trSPN viewers in March 2008.
Despite his all-star status, Mikei. an approachable. sr raight
shooting guy. He retired fromhockey after rhe 1qBO Olvmpics
- "What better way to get out of
the game than winning," he says.
Since then he has worked as a
TV sports commentator and a
motivational speaker. Mike is di-rector of Special Outreach at Bos-
ton Universiry where he played
hockey for four years as a student.
The Olympics have continued
to open doors for Mike year
after year, including a recent op-
porruniry Mike wasn't expecting:
becoming an independent busi-
ness owner for Qvana. Mike firstheard of the company in early
2011 when a woman in his home-
town left him a message about the
opportunity.
'l thought,'Here we go again,"'
he confesses. "I can't tell you over
the yelrs htrw many companies
have called me, and I've basically
shicd away."
But Mike's own personal rule
is to return every phone cal1, so
he called her back and listened.
She invited Mike to her house to
trv the products, and despite his
skepticism he was impressed -
so
much so that he called friends and
fellow Olympians Dan Jansen and
Bonnie Blair to pass along the
opportunity. After all these years,
Mike still prefers to be part of a
team.
"When I talked to Bonnie and
Dan I said one of three things i5
going to happen," he remembers.
"First, this company is going to
take off and we're going to do
well. The seeond possible scenario
is that the products are good and
at least we will benefit from that.
Third, at the very least we will get
to see each other a lot."Mike, Dan and Bonnie all came
on board with Qvana. Unlike
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