Local Congresswoman Hopes to Award Gold Medals to “Miracle on Ice” Team

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Elise Stefanik joined Congressmen Pete Stauber (R-MN), Bill Keating (D-MA), and Mike Quigley (D-IL), in introducing the bipartisan Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act. The legislation would award three Congressional Gold Medals to members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team in recognition of their 1980 Olympic Winter Games victory against the Soviet Union’s hockey team.

“It is an honor to represent Lake Placid where our 1980 United States Olympic Hockey Team taught our nation how to believe in miracles when they defeated the dominant Soviet Union hockey team during the Cold War,” said Congresswoman Stefanik in a statement. “Our North Country community is proud to be home of this historic and inspiring event and as we work to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice” this legislation honors our Olympic victors for their legendary achievement.”

“We at the National Hockey League enthusiastically support the introduction of the Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act and look forward to its passage in Congress and eventual signing by the President,” said National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman.

The three Congressional Gold Medals will be given to three different locations: the Lake Placid Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York; the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, Minnesota; and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado.