President Signs Legislation To Create Congressional Gold Medals Marking Miracle On Ice

President Donald Trump, surrounded by the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik, in the Oval Office signed legislation Friday directing the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to create three Congressional Gold Medals recognizing the “Miracle on Ice” hockey team. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the medals will commemorate the hockey team’s historic win in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid when the underdog team of mostly amateur collegiate players defeated the Soviet Union team 4-3 at the height of the Cold War between the two nations.