Ken Morrow was a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team that produced one of the biggest upsets in American sports history when they defeated the Russians in the "Miracle On Ice" game and went on to beat Finland for the gold medal. Morrow continued his hockey career and played in the National Hockey League for ten years for the New York Islanders and was a member of four Stanley Cup-winning teams from 1980-1983. With his first title in 1980, he became the first person to win an NHL title and Olympic gold medal in the same season.

After retiring from playing, Morrow worked briefly as a coach in the IHL before rejoining the Islanders and moving to the front office as the team's director of pro scouting, a job he's held since 1993. He became a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Islanders Hall of Fame in 2011. Morrow was born on October 17, 1956 in Flint, Michigan and played college hockey at Bowling Green. In 1978, he played for Team USA at the Ice Hockey World Championships. The next year, he was named the Player of the Year in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.