{"id":51775,"date":"2013-04-18T08:19:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T13:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=51775"},"modified":"2013-04-18T08:19:28","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T13:19:28","slug":"st-cloud-state-renames-home-rink-in-honor-of-herb-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2013\/04\/18\/st-cloud-state-renames-home-rink-in-honor-of-herb-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Cloud State renames home rink in honor of Herb Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"
St. Cloud State announced Wednesday that the National Hockey and Event Center has been renamed the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.<\/p>\n
According to a school-issued news release, the university is working with sponsors on commercial naming rights and naming opportunities within the arena.<\/p>\n
“Just as Herb Brooks saw Division I hockey as important to the state of Minnesota, St. Cloud State University sees this facility as important to Central Minnesota,” said St. Cloud State president Earl H. Potter II in a statement.<\/p>\n
“He wasn’t a flashy guy,” added Herb Brooks’ son, Dan. “He wasn’t a materialistic guy. It wasn’t about the money for him. He was grass roots, build the game from the ground.<\/p>\n
“He looked at the opportunity at St. Cloud, to turn that into a Division I hockey program, and he took it on 110 percent. He was his happiest when he was in St. Cloud.”<\/p>\n
Brooks coached the 1986-87 Huskies to a 25-10-1 record and to third-place at the NCAA Division III tournament. He also worked with St. Cloud State officials to elevate the program to NCAA Division I status. <\/p>\n
Two assistants from Brooks’ 1986-87 team, former coach Craig Dahl and current coach Bob Motzko, have guided the SCSU program in the Division I era, with nine NCAA tournament berths in that span.<\/p>\n
The SCSU news release noted that While the word “event” is no longer in the arena name, the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center will host events “of all kinds.”<\/p>\n
The $14.7 million renovation and expansion, including a four-story atrium, expanded suites and club-level seating, is expected to be complete by mid-June. A campaign to fund remodeled locker rooms and a training area for both the men’s and women’s programs is underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
St. Cloud State announced Wednesday that the National Hockey and Event Center has been renamed the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. According to a school-issued news release, the university is working with sponsors on commercial naming rights and naming opportunities within the arena. “Just as Herb Brooks saw Division I hockey as important to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n