Miracle on Ice Olympic hockey standout Mark Pavelich, 63, killed himself at mental health treatment center after being committed for beating his neighbor with a metal pipe
The Midwest Medical Examiner´s Office in Anoka County ruled that 63-year-old Pavelich died of asphyxia due to a plastic bag over his head
Pavelich s body was found last month at the Eagle s Healing Nest in Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Pavelich was committed to the mental health treatment center for beating his neighbor with a metal pipe in 2019 after he believed he spiked his drink
Pavelich was best known for playing center and assisting on the game-winning goal on the legendary Olympic gold-medal winning Miracle on Ice team
Death of Miracle on Ice skater Mark Pavelich ruled suicide
Pavelich died March 4 at the Eagle’s Healing Nest, where he was undergoing treatment as part of a civil commitment for allegedly assaulting his neighbor.
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo, Jack O Callahan (left) and Mark Pavelich (right) of the 1980 U.S. ice hockey team talk during a Relive the Miracle reunion at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y. Pavelich died at a treatment center for mental illness. Officials in Anoka County, Minnesota, confirmed Friday, March 5, 2021, that Pavelich, 63, died at the Eagle s Healing Nest in Sauk Centre, Minn.(AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
In October 2018, the 29-year-old New Mexico resident took on the challenge of winter camping by himself in northern Minnesota. How he died there remains a mystery.
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