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<br />f NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />For immediate release, December 24,2006 <br /> <br />For more information: <br /> <br />Barclay Kruse, NSC Media Director <br />763.785.5634 (office) <br />763.458.6615 (cell) <br />bkruse@mnsports.org <br /> <br />Skip Peltier, Executive Director <br />Herb Brooks Foundation <br />651.226.7171 <br />skippeltier@gmail.com <br /> <br />Pete Carlson, Schwan Super Rink Ice Operations Director <br />763.717.3881 (office) <br />763.458.6630 (cell) <br />pcarlson@superrink.org <br /> <br />Dedication of expanded Schwan Super Rink and opening of new Herb Brooks Center scheduled <br />for Friday, January 19, 2007 <br /> <br />Public is invited to ceremonies at the National Sports Center in Blaine <br /> <br />Blaine, Minn. (December 15,2006) - The National Sports Center (NSC) announced that the official <br />dedication of the newly expanded Schwan Super Rink will be held on Friday, January 19,2007. <br /> <br />Two sheets of ice wer,e opened on October 1 and the final two sheets came on line on December 16. The <br />addition ofthe four new rinks, called rinks 5-8, bring the Schwan Super Rink's capacity to eight sheets <br />of ice in a single facility, making it the largest ice arena of its kind in the world. <br /> <br />The Herb Brooks Training Center is a year-round state-of-the-art 12,500 square foot training center <br />made possible by the work ofthe Herb Brooks Foundation and will utilize the Total Hockey Training <br />System, featuring strength trainil).g and goaltending development. <br /> <br />Here is the time schedule for the dedication ceremony: <br /> <br />4:30 pm: Ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Herb Brooks Training Center, adjacent to the Herb Brooks <br />Rink (rink #6). <br /> <br />5:00 - 6:00 pm: Tours, refreshments, figure skating exhibition, Bethel University Rink (rink #5). Book <br />signing by Ross Bernstein, author of America's Coach. <br /> <br />6:00 -7:00 pm: Free public skating, Herb Brooks Rink. <br /> <br />7:00 - 9:30 pm: Bethel vs. St. John's men's college hockey game, Rink #5. <br />The public is encouraged to attend. <br />