Lake Placid 1980

New York Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer announced this week that the Senate has approved legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 1980 hockey team that captured Olympic glory.

The group spearheading a project to honor the Miracle on Ice Hockey team with a permanent monument accepted its first fundraising check today in Lake Placid.

Lake Placid is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympics. A number of athletes who competed are returning to the village to reminisce…

It’s 1980 in Lake Placid. A cauldron is lit and from February 13th to the 24th more than a thousand athletes from 37 countries compete in 38 events during…