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Mark Pavelich, a member of the USA’s 1980 Olympic Gold medal winning men’s Ice Hockey team that pulled-off the ‘Miracle On Ice’, was recently found unresponsive at a mental health facility where he had been receiving treatment.
“Pav loved the game of hockey, loved playing with his teammates, and embraced everything that came with that, he was the consummate teammate through and through”, says former USA teammate Rob McClanahan. “Great teammate and better friend, he’d give you the shirt off his back.