'Miracle on Ice' star Mark Pavelich killed himself, examiner rules

• Former player died at Minnesota treatment center aged 63
• Pavelich assisted on goal that beat USSR at 1980 Olympics

Last month's death of Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey player Mark Pavelich was ruled a suicide a Minnesota medical examiner said on Monday.

The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in Anoka county announced the ruling in a news release that Pavelich died of asphyxia. His body was found on 3 March at the Eagle's Healing Nest in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. He was 63.