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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Michael McGivern, Communications Intern
Phone 952-826-0396 • CommIntern@EdinaMN.gov • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Coaches Resource Room To Be Dedicated At Braemar Arena
Edina, Minn., Jan. 29, 2014 – A new home to Edina’s rich hockey heritage is coming to Braemar Arena.
The Braemar Arena Coaches Resource Center, 7501 Ikola Way, is the new home of the vast collection of
Bob O’Conner.
O’Connor, who served as USA Hockey’s Coach-in-Chief from 1994-2006 and is one of the games legendary
figures, his life has been consumed by hockey and to fuel his knowledge of the sport, he has collected
everything he could find about hockey, from books to magazines to videos and paintings.
Thanks to a grant from the USA Hockey Foundation, the Resource Center is a hockey information utopia.
There are materials covering topics from anatomy and sports medicine to conditioning and the history of
hockey. There are drill books for various age levels and books on Russian hockey basics and Czech defensive
strategies. And that’s just a small taste of the depth of material available.
Currently O’Connor’s collections are also available at the USA Hockey national headquarters in Ann Arbor,
Mich. and Providence University where O’Connor played Division I hockey.
The Braemar Arena Coaches Resource Center will be open daily from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Please feel free to read
books, scan/copy pages and watch videos while utilizing the space. All items are to remain in the Coaches
Resource Center for everyone to enjoy!
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