About Mike Ramsey (ice hockey)
Michael Allen Ramsey (born December 3, 1960) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 1,070 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Detroit Red Wings between 1980 and 1997, after helping the United States men's national ice hockey team win the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. A proficient defender who played seventeen seasons in the NHL, most prominently for the Buffalo Sabres, Ramsey was subsequently inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. After his playing career ended, he served as an assistant coach with the Buffalo Sabres and Minnesota Wild from 1997 to 2010. == Early life == Ramsey attended Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. He was considered the top high school defenseman in Minnesota as a senior in the 1977–78 season. He subsequently was inducted into the athletic Hall of Fame. He also attended the U.S. National Junior training camp in summer of 1978 and participated in the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships while playing at the University of Minnesota. == International career == Ramsey was the youngest member of the U.S. team that upset the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, in an event known as the Miracle on Ice. The American team, which went on to defeat Finland for the gold medal, was coached by Herb Brooks, who was Ramsey's coach at the University of Minnesota. Ramsey's abilities to move the puck and defend endeared him to the team.
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