NSC IN THE NEWS
With eye on the future, Thunder goes back to NSC
The soccer team will leave James Griffin Stadium immediately and has plans to upgrade the Blaine facility.
By David La Vaque, Star Tribune, May 13, 2008
Cyclocross: Mud, Sweat and Gears
Above the pool of filth, but still within the shadow of the ditch, my bike skidded sideways in muck. “Heads up!” yelled a fellow racer, elbow out, body a blur.
By Stephen Regenold, New York Times, November 30, 2007
Developer revives, expands Blaine retail-hotel center
The developer said the 30-acre SportsTown complex would focus on recreation and sports - and could eventually employ about 2,000 people.
By Susan Feyder, Star Tribune, November 7, 2007
Minnesota youth toss the pigskin at football tournament
The National Sports Center (NSC) Football Classic was an educational experience for players, coaches and officials. It was also pure football because it was played outdoors - under pouring rain, at times.
By Eric Hagen, Sun Newspapers, August 30, 2007
Ultrafit: Riding High
At the steeply banked NSC Velodrome in Blaine, the bikes have fixed gears and no brakes, and riders have to pedal like mad if they want to avoid a tumble.
By Stephen Regenold, Star Tribune, August 28, 2007
Track Season Kickoff at Blaine Velodrome
On a brisk Saturday night, track racers opened their season at the National Sports Center (NSC) Velodrome. Sponsored by Chili's Restaurant and Summit Beer and DJ'd by "Millions-Billions" the evening was a rousing success for the 50+ racers and 200+ fans in attendance.
By Andrew Kruse, SkinnySki.com, May 20, 2007
Hockey players take on breast cancer
Female hockey players making up 74 teams from the metro area competed against one another and one bigger opponent - breast cancer - in a hockey tournament last weekend in Blaine.
By Eric Hagen, Sun Newspapers, April 25, 2007
Stick-It to Cancer this weekend in Blaine
Women's hockey teams playing at the Schwan's Super Rink this weekend will face more than one opponent. All teams are fighting a common opponent and that is breast cancer.
By Eric Hagen, Sun Newspapers, April 18, 2007
NSC’s new skating coaches add international experience
A professionally placed coaching query has paid off handsomely for the figure skating training center staff at the National Sports Center.
By Tim Hennigar, ABC Newspapers, April 18, 2007
One-stop skater training site launched
Much of the graceful twisting, turning and leaping in figure skating is honed in a dance studio, with feet planted on the ground -- not on the ice, where the separation line between staying upright and succumbing to gravity is as thin as a skate blade.
By Michael Rand, Star Tribune, April 13, 2007
NSC opens new figure skating center at Schwan Super Rink
One of Minnesota’s largest skating schools finally has training space it can call its very own at the expanded Schwan Super Rink in Blaine.
By Tim Hennigar, ABC Newspapers, March 29, 2007
Figure skating mecca in works, National Sports Center will house training facility
Hockey schmockey. Let's get some more Olympic figure skaters from the state that spawned Herb Brooks and Bemidji-based curling powerhouses. That's the thinking of the National Sports Center in Blaine.
By Dave Orrick, Pioneer Press, January 24, 2007
More than 300 attend Super Rink, Herb Brooks Center dedication in Blaine
Herb Brooks, coaching architect of the 1980 Olympics’ “Miracle on Ice” hockey triumph, had a unique vision about training young players.
By Tim Hennigar, ABC Newspapers, January 23, 2007
Brooks gets his training center
Minnesota hockey icon Herb Brooks no doubt would be beaming with pride. His dream of creating a hockey training mecca in Minnesota has come to fruition with an expansion of the National Sports Center that includes four indoor rinks and a 12,500-square-foot dryland training facility that will bear the name of the famed former University of Minnesota men's hockey coach and architect of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice'' Olympic team.
By Tim Leighton, Pioneer Press, January 19,2007
College coaches praise hockey facility improvements
A Bethel versus St. John’s men’s hockey game will provide a fitting end to this week’s Schwan Super Rink and Herb Brooks Training Center dedication. The Jan. 19 contest will feature two coaches with close ties to a festivity-filled afternoon and early evening.
By Tim Hennigar, ABC Newspapers, January 17, 2007
High-tech hockey training center opens at Schwan Super Rink
Visitors to the 12,500 square-foot Herb Brooks Training Center at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine quickly learn the high-tech tools that fill the floor embody a philosophy as much as a facility.
By Tim Hennigar, ABC Newspapers, January 17, 2007
Blaine ice palace expands into winter sports wonderland
Now boasting eight ice sheets, Blaine's Super Rink has exceeded expectations as a venue for hockey and figure skating.
By Roman Augustoviz, Star Tribune, December 25, 2006
New ice sheets open at Schwan Super Rink in Blaine
Players and coaches from two area youth hockey associations skated into ice arena history early Saturday morning inside the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine.
By Tim Hennigar, ABC Newspapers, December 21, 2006
A minor miracle?
Herb Brooks' vision of a youth hockey program that values fundamentals and playing for fun is taking shape.
By Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, November 12, 2006
Broomball championships bring the ‘bling’ to Blaine
Minnesota’s “State of Hockey” moniker received a serious challenge last week courtesy of the 2006 World Broomball Championships at the Schwan Super Rink.
By by Tim Hennagir, ABC Newspapers, November 9, 2006