Mark Pavelich was ruled mentally ill and dangerous by a Minnesota district judge on Wednesday, according to Pam Louwagie of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
A member of the iconic American “Miracle on Ice” hockey team that won gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Pavelich was ordered to be committed to a secure treatment facility, per Louwagie.
The 61-year-old was charged with multiple accounts of assault after attacking a friend of 20 years — James T. Miller — with a long metal pole following a day of fishing in August. The incident left Miller with cracked ribs, a bruised kidney, a vertebrae fracture and many bruises, according to Louwagie.