By Pat Sweeney
Apr 5, 2021 3:54 PM
A Minnesota medical examiner says last month’s death of “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey player Mark Pavelich was ruled a suicide.
The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Anoka County says Pavelich died of asphyxia at age 63.
His body was found March 3 at the Eagle’s Healing Nest in Sauk Centre.
The Minnesota native was undergoing treatment there as part of a civil commitment for assaulting his neighbor in August 2019.
He was charged with felony assault but a judge found he was incompetent to stand trial because he was mentally ill and dangerous.
Pavelich was a member of the gold-medal winning 1980 U-S Olympic team.