LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (March 23, 2017) --- Fourteen of the 19 remaining 1980 USA Hockey team players will be back in Lake Placid, N.Y., Sunday through Wednesday, March 26-30, to participate in the third Annual Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp. Fifty-six “campers,” 30 of whom are returning from last year’s camp, will be treated to lodging at the High Peaks Resort, tournament games, a bobsled ride, home and away replica 1980 USA Hockey game jerseys, a highlight video and “inside” stories from each of the 1980 USA Hockey players as they remember their Olympic experiences 37 years ago.

WHAT: 3^rd Annual Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp. An opportunity for 56 hockey enthusiasts (known as “Campers”) to participate in a four-day long camp in which they participate in games and other activities alongside 14 members of the famed gold medal winning 1980 USA Hockey Team.

WHO: 56 “campers” from throughout the country, as well as 1980 USA Hockey gold medalists to include Bill Baker, Neal Broten, Dave Christian, Jim Craig, Mike Eruzione, John Harrington, Steve Janaszak, Mark Johnson, Ken Morrow, Mark Pavlich, Mike Ramsey, Buzz Schneider, Eric Stroebel and Mark Wells. Other members from the famed squad participating in the camp include the team’s assistant coach Craig Patrick and the team’s athletic trainer during the 1980 winter Games Gary Smith.

WHERE: The Lake Placid Olympic Center. This is where during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, the U.S. hockey team stunned the world, beating the favored former Soviet Union 4-3, in the game forever remembered worldwide as the “Miracle on Ice.” The team would eventually capture the Olympic tournament’s gold medal after topping Finland, just two days later, 4-2.

WHEN: Sunday, March 26, thru Wednesday, March 30. A complete copy of the Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp schedule can be found HERE.

Media planning on covering the Fantasy Camp, contact Jon Lundin, ORDA communications, Email: JLundin@orda.org, Tel: 518-523-1655.

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

Photos from the inaugural Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp can be found by logging onto https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitefacemountain/sets/72157651152976058. Photos courtesy ORDA/ Whiteface Lake Placid.

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