Overview
- The Oval Office event concluded with the president signing an order to confer Congressional Gold Medals on all members of the team.
- Trump hailed the squad as one of the greatest in American sports during brief remarks before the signing.
- Captain Mike Eruzione, defenseman Jack O’Callahan, and forward Rob McClanahan attended, along with coach Herb Brooks’s widow, son, and daughter.
- Congress authorized the honor in September as a 45th‑anniversary recognition, granting one of the nation’s highest civilian awards.
- Reporters earlier noted the public ceremony started more than an hour and a half later than scheduled.