OTM: 1980 U.S. hockey team member Mike Ramsey and Northern Iowa assistant Tolly Thompson

Mike Ramsey and Tolly Thompson will go “On the Mat” this Wednesday, October 12.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Central on AM 1650, The Fan.

E-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show.

During the months of August and September the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum will conducted “champions” interviews with champions outside the sport of wrestling.

This week’s show includes a bonus “champion” interview with Mike Ramsey. Ramsey was a member of the “Miracle” hockey team that won at gold medal at the 1980 Olympics. He was the youngest member of the team. Ramsey played in 1070 regular season games in the NHL during his career.

Thompson is an assistant wrestling coach at the University of Northern Iowa. He was an NCAA champion for Nebraska in 1995 and a World bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling in 2005.