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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.

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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.

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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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