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Hockey stick from missing for 39 years resurfaces in Michigan

(Photo: Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press)

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. — A hockey stick used by a 1980 Team USA hockey player from Michigan has resurfaced nearly four decades after it disappeared.

The Macomb Daily reports the stick belonged to Mark Wells who won an Olympic gold medal. He gave the stick to the St. Clair Shores Civic Arena that year, the last time it was seen.

Mayor Kip Walby announced this month that the stick had been returned. He declined to give details.

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He says he's happy to have it back and he plans to display it at the Civic Arena as was intended 39 years ago.