LAKE PLACID, N.Y. –This year’s group of Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp participants have been good boys and girls this year. Santa checked his list, checking it twice, and found that none were naughty and all were nice and left four new coaches under the tree for the April 3-7, 2016, in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Santa’s little helpers added 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey gold medalists Bill Baker, Rob McClanahan, Mark Pavelich and team assistant coach Craig Patrick to the coaching staff that already featured 11 players from the historic team. These four join the staff which also includes Neal Broton, Dave Christian, Mike Eruzione, John Harrington, Steve Janaszak, Mark Johnson, Ken Morrow, Mike Ramsey, Buzz Schneider, Dave Silk and Mark Wells.

Following the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, in which he scored the game-tying goal against Team Sweden, Baker went on to play for the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers. Today, Baker lives in Brainerd, Minn. where he works as an oral surgeon and maxillofacial specialist.

McClanahan scored five goals during the Olympic hockey tournament, including the game winner against Team Finland. That win secured the improbable Olympic gold medal. McClanahan later went on to play in 224 games with the NHL’s Buffalo, Hartford and the New York Rangers.

Many on the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team regarded Pavelich as the team’s top playmaker. After all, he was involved in many of the squad’s most significant goals during the Olympic tournament, including Eruzione’s game winner against the Russians. Pavelich played in 355 NHL games with the New York Rangers, where his coach was Herb Brooks, the Minnesota North Stars and the San Jose Sharks.

Patrick, the U.S. team’s assistant general manager and coach during the 1980 Games, is best known as the architect of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins that went on to win back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992. He also played a significant role in the drafting and signing of some players that would later win a Stanley Cup title for the Penguins in 2009.

All of the players from the famed 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team are eager to share their Olympic experiences and well as their experiences after the Games with each of the campers, but a limited number of spots remain available (must be 21 and over).

 All Fantasy Campers will be picked up at Albany (N.Y.) International Airport and transported to and from Lake Placid via motor coach. While in Lake Placid, they will receive hockey instruction and play games, on the famed Herb Brooks Arena 1980 Rink, while spending four nights at the High Peaks Resort. There they will enjoy dining, socialize with the 1980 players, receive a gift bag including practice and home and away replica1980 USA Hockey game jerseys, hockey helmet, gloves, socks, pants, camp apparel, and other surprises throughout the Camp. Participants will also receive a camp highlight video and be a part of those “inside” stories 35 years in the making.

To register or learn more about the Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp visit www.MiracleonIceFantasyCamp.com. Follow the camp on Twitter, @1980HockeyCamp and on Facebook, Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp.

Photos (Courtesy of ORDA/ Whiteface Lake Placid) from the inaugural Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp can be found HERE.

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