'Miracle on Ice' hero Mike Eruzione on national anthem boos at 4 Nations: 'I was very disappointed'

1980 USA Olympic gold medal champion Michael Eruzione and former NHL players Mike Modano and Joe Pavelski discuss the 4 Nations final between the U.S. and Canada on ‘The Will Cain Show.’

If former Olympic gold medalist Mike Eruzione were still playing hockey, he might have found himself in one of those fights between Team USA and Team Canada during their 4 Nations Face-Off game on Saturday in Montreal.

Three fights occurred in nine seconds at the start of the game between the longtime rivals, which occurred shortly after many in the Bell Centre crowd booed "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Of course, the fights didn't occur as a result of the booing — Team USA's Matthew Tkachuk, who took part in the first fight, admitted they were planned by himself, his brother Brady and J.T. Miller well before the game.

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Players and fans stand for the U.S. national anthem prior to the first period of 4 Nations Face-Off game between Canada and the U.S. at Bell Centre in Montreal on Saturday.  (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

But, at the very least, the players have since said that the boos got their juices flowing — and it did the same for Eruzione.

"I was very disappointed in that situation. It’s a hockey game, it has no political ramifications," Eruzione said on "The Will Cain Show" hours before the 4 Nations Face-Off final between the two teams on Thursday.

The "Miracle on Ice," which turns 45 years old on Saturday, was when Eruzione's game-winning goal put the U.S. team, a heavy underdog full of college players, over the top against the Soviets, who had dominated international hockey for years. Eruzione was the captain of that team, which would go on to win the gold medal