Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp Features Practice/Evaluations, Olympic Museum Tour and Draft

Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp Features Practice/Evaluations, Olympic Museum Tour and Draft

DATE: April 4, 2016 CONTACT: Jon Lundin, ORDA director of communications, ([email protected]) at (518) 523-1655 ext. 5313 *** VIDEO/PHOTO RELEASE *** Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp Features Practice/Evaluations, Olympic Museum Tour and Draft LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- Day Two of the second annual Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp got underway in Lake Placid, N.Y., today, Monday, April 4. Today, the 60 “campers” and several players from the famed 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team took to the Olympic Center’s Herb Brooks Arena ice to participate in team practice and evaluations. In addition to the practices and evaluations, the campers also toured the Lake Placid Olympic Museum, where many sat in front of the museum’s television to watch the “Miracle on Ice Game,” which can be viewed every day while the Museum is open. Today’s camp also included the draft, where players were broken into four teams (Red, White, Blue and Gold), Brock Waller (Westfield, Ind.) was the first player selected. The “campers” were not the only players drafted. The draft’s second round included players from the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, who will play alongside the campers Tuesday and Wednesday. Games begin Tuesday, tomorrow, at 9 a.m. The medal round begins Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. To learn more about the Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp visit www.MiracleonIceFantasyCamp.com. Follow the camp on Twitter, @1980HockeyCamp and on Facebook, MiracleonIceFantasyCamp. VIDEO (Courtesy of ORDA/ Whiteface Lake Placid) contains interviews of camper Brock Waller (Westfield Ind.) and Buzz Schneider (1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team player). The video also contains video of the Lake Placid Olympic Museum tour and draft. PHOTOS (Courtesy of ORDA/ Whiteface Lake Placid) are from the Opening Ceremony yesterday and today’s Fantasy Camp’s activities and events. To download videos and photos from WeTransfer, click HERE. To download from DropBox click HERE. MEDIA ADVISORY: Media planning on covering any portion of the camp can be credentialed by contacting Jon Lundin, ORDA’s communications director, Email: [email protected], phone: 518-523-2655 ext. 5313. ### .

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