'Miracle on Ice' Ring Sells at Auction, Given to HC Herb Brooks After USA's 1980 Olympic Gold Medal

The ring that head coach Herb Brooks received after he led the United States men's hockey team to a gold medal in the 1980 Olympics reportedly sold for $549,000, per ESPN's Dan Hajducky.

Hajducky reported the ring was 10-karat gold and featured five diamonds, Brooks' name, the 1980 Winter Olympics logo, and the final scores from the "Miracle on Ice" semifinal win over the Soviet Union and final win over Finland.

Coaches do not receive Olympic medals, so the ring was the award Brooks—who died in 2003—received for his coaching efforts for one of the most famous hockey teams in the sport's history.

According to Hajducky, the coach's family consigned the ring to Heritage in 2015 when his brother, David, purchased it for more than $113,000. However, David consigned the ring with the family's letter of authenticity back to Heritage this year.

The sale of more than a half-million dollars was through Heritage Auctions.

Brooks is most famous for his coaching during the "Miracle on Ice" Olympics, but he also played on the 1964 and 1968 U.S. Olympic men's hockey teams and coached the University of Minnesota to three national championships.

He was previously inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Yet his most famous accomplishment came in those Lake Placid Games, where the underdog Americans composed primarily of amateur players shocked a Soviet Union powerhouse that won hockey gold in the 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984 and 1988 Olympics.

The United States won 4-3 and then defeated Finland in the gold-medal game.