Trump to honor USA 'Miracle on Ice' team during Congressional Gold Medal Act signing

President Donald Trump volition grant the 1980 United States men's Olympic hockey squad that famously defeated the Soviet Union connected their mode to earning a golden medal successful Lake Placid during the Congressional Gold Medal Act signing connected Friday.

The team, which featured players caller retired of college, completed the "Miracle connected Ice" successful a stunning upset implicit the Soviets, who were considered the favorites and an planetary powerhouse for years.

The triumph catapulted the Americans into the gold-medal game, wherever the Stars and Stripes defeated Finland to gain gold.

Mike Eruzione, Jim Craig, Buzz Schneider and the precocious Herb Brooks' widow and children are slated to beryllium successful attendance.

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