LAKE PLACID, NY - FEB 22: Team USA celebrates their 4-3 victory over the Soviet Union in the semi-final Men's Ice Hockey event at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York on February 22, 1980. The game was dubbed "the Miracle on Ice". The USA went on to win the gold medal by defeating Finland 4-2 in the gold medal game. (Photo by Steve Powell /Getty Images)
USA Team celebrates
22 Feb 1980: The USA Team celebrates their 4-3 victory over Russia in the semi-final of the Ice Hockey competition of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, USA. The game was dubbed "The Miracle on Ice", and the USA went on to win the gold medal
22 Feb 1980
22 Feb 1980: General view of teams from the United States and the Soviet Union shaking hands after the semifinal hockey game during the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The United States won the game 4-3. The game was dubbed The Miracle On Ice.
Mike Ramsey #5
LAKE PLACID, NY - FEBRUARY 22: Mike Ramsey #5 of the United States checks Valeri Kharlamov #17 of the Soviet Union during the Winter Olympic Games on February 22, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York. The United States won 4-3. (Photo by Tony Duffy/Getty Images)
Mike Ramsey #5
LAKE PLACID, NY - FEBRUARY 22: Mike Ramsey #5 of the United States stands over Valeri Kharlamov #17 of the Soviet Union during the Winter Olympic Games on February 22, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York. The United States won 4-3. (Photo by Tony Duffy/Getty Images)
The USA Team celebrates
22 Feb 1980: The USA Team celebrates their 4-3 victory over Russia in the semi-final of the Ice Hockey event at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, USA. The game was dubbed "The Miracle on Ice". The USA went on to win the gold medal by defeat
OLY Opening Ceremony
SALT LAKE CITY - FEBRUARY 8: Mike Eruzione, captain of the 1980 'Miracle on Ice' US Hockey Team and the rest of the gold medal hockey squad prepare to light the Olympic Cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games on February 8, 2002 at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Coach Herb Brooks
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - FEBRUARY 24, 2002: (FILE PHOTO) Coach Herb Brooks of the USA stands behind his team during the mens ice hockey gold medal game at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic at the E Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Canada won the gold medal 5-2. Brooks was killed in a car accident on August 11, 2003 near Forest Lake, Minnesota. He was 66 years old. Brooks was coach of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic hockey team. He also guided the U.S. to a silver medal in the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Jim Craig
Jim Craig, goalie of the 1980 USA "Miracle on Ice" Olympic gold medalist hockey team attends the Men's preliminary Ice Hockey match Canada against USA at the XXI Winter Olympic games in Vancouver's Canada Hockey Place on February 21, 2010. USA won 5-3. AFP PHOTO / LUIS ACOSTA (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)
Jim Craig
Some of the items from the US Olympic 'Miracle on Ice' from the 1980 US Winter Olympic games belonging to goalie Jim Craig are seen during a press preview May 24, 2016 in New York.
Craig, part of the team that shocked the Soviet Union on the way to winning the gold medal in Lake Placid, is putting 17 items up for auction, including the gold medal. The Lelands Miracle Auction, which is in progress, concludes on June 17, 2016. New York sports auctioneers Lelands hopes to sell the collection, which also includeds the jerseys he wore in the Soviet and Finland games and the iconic American flag that was draped over his shoulders after the gold medal win for more than 5 million USD. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
US Olympic 'Miracle on Ice' gold medal
US Olympic 'Miracle on Ice' gold medal from the 1980 US Winter Olympic games belonging to goalie Jim Craig is seen May 24, 2016 In New York.
Craig, part of the team that shocked the Soviet Union on the way to winning the gold medal in Lake Placid, is putting 17 items up for auction, including the gold medal. The Lelands Miracle Auction, which is in progress, concludes on June 17, 2016. New York sports auctioneers Lelands hopes to sell the collection, which also includeds the jerseys he wore in the Soviet and Finland games and the iconic American flag that was draped over his shoulders after the gold medal win for more than 5 million USD. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
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