Finger Lakes business helping Olympic history in Lake Placid
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — “Do you believe in miracles?” For one local winery owner, that answer is yes. Randy Agness is one of just two corporate sponsors fundraising to build a monument dedicated to the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. “It’s going to have all the players on the podium, with them in the USA jackets, medals on, hands in the air,” Agness described. “It’s all bronze.” The statue will greet visitors to the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, which is named after the coach


Monument to a Miracle lauds 1980 USA Hockey
LAKE PLACID | Interest and support to install a monument to the 1980 Miracle on Ice U.S.A. Hockey Team is gaining traction from small business enterprises. Much like the famed 1980 Winter Olympians who made the historic hockey win against Russia, players are coming together from around the country. The idea to build a monument in honor of the legendary gold medal team first emerged about six years ago. Jeff Potter, recently retired corporate development director at the Olympi

