Meet the Velocity Hockey Center Team of Instructors

Noel Rahn brings 25 years of hockey experience to the Velocity Hockey Center. He has owned the Velocity Hockey Center for 3 years. Under his ownership he has designed and developed one of the country’s Top Hockey Training Facility. It is suited for all levels of athletes for both on and off ice training.

Rahn grew up playing his youth hockey in Edina where he played all 3 years of Varsity hockey. During his junior season his Edina hornets won the Minnesota State High School Hockey Title in 1988. Following high school, Rahn went on to play at the University of Wisconsin where he won the National Championship his freshman season. His final two years of WCHA hockey he played for the St. Cloud State Huskies. During that time, Rahn was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

After his playing days, Rahn became a player agent with his brother-in-law Brian Lawton who currently is the GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. Rahn’s duties as an agent for Lawton Sport and Financial included recruiting and identifying talent at all levels around the world. During Noel’s employment many of the young prospects he represented are currently playing or played in the NHL. Noel was monumental in developing the agency which was later sold to Octagon.

Most recently, as an NHL amateur scout for the Phoenix Coyotes and Minnesota Wild, Rahn focused on scouting prospects in the High School, Major Junior, and College ranks around the world. Coach Rahn is currently very active in the Eden Prairie Hockey Association.

Noel has a variety of experiences instructing as well as coaching all levels of hockey ranging from youth hockey to High School Hockey to College Hockey all the way to the NHL. In the year of 2006 he led his Eden Prairie Peewee “A” team to the 2006 State Tournament Title with a 55-2 record.

Ken brings over 15 years of professional hockey knowledge and hockey training skills both as a player and coach to the Velocity Hockey center.

Ken has played all levels of hockey: Minnesota High School Hockey, USHL Junior A, Division I and Division III college hockey. Ken won a National Championship while playing with UW-River Falls and also received a degree in Health and Human Performance with a minor in Coaching.

Ken played professionally in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), United Hockey League (UHL), and Central Hockey League (CHL) for six years and overseas for six years in Sweden, Demark, France and Germany.Ken has coached at the Junior level in Sweden.

After completing his playing and coaching overseas, Ken returned to Minnesota and coached Minnesota High School Hockey as an assistant coach at Orono where he was voted Coach of the Year twice and was behind the bench for two State Tournament appearances. He is now an assistant with the Faribault Falcons High School in Southern Minnesota where he was Section 1A assistant coach of the year in '08-'09. Ken is also the Director of Player Developmment for the Eden Prairie Hockey Association.

He has instructed at many U.S.A. camps and worked with NHL players, both on and off the ice.

Jayme has entered his third year with the Velocity Hockey team after 10 years experience in Division I athletics. He has been under the tutelage of some of the most respected coaches in the field of training athletes through strength/speed/conditioning and performance enhancement. He has also trained with and coached a plethora of Professional, Olympic and USA Champions.

Jayme’s passion is learning and teaching about athleticism through the hundreds of articles, journals, and books that his knowledge as a successful coach is based. As a successful DI Decathlete at The University of Minnesota, his personal experiences have helped in the building process of educating others on the areas of importance when gaining athleticism.

In the last 5 years Jayme has completed a double master’s degree: in exercise physiology and cardiac physiology at Minnesota State University, Mankato, while serving as an assistant strength coach for the Maverick’s Men’s and Women’s hockey teams. It was in this time period that Jayme explored and implemented his knowledge and developed the application process to the personal education. His Bachelors of Science was completed through the school of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota.

Kevin is recognized as one of the top sports performance coaches for Ice Hockey in the world. He travels exclusively throughout the U.S. and Canada for Octagon Hockey. Octagon is one of the largest sports representation companies in the world for hockey. Kevin specializes in health and fitness status as it relates to human power.

Over the past 17 years Kevin has worked with some of the top NHL, college, high school, and youth athletes in the field of Strength and Conditioning, as well as performance enhancement. Kevin has a Masters Degree in Physiology from Iowa State University and is certified from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the American College of Sports Medicine.

Kevin is also the former Strength and Conditioning Coach, and Director of Strength & Conditioning for the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes. Kevin has also consulted with several NHL teams including the NY Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers. Kevin has also conducted testing for the NHL Central Scouting Service.

Kevin was one of the first Strength Coaches in the U.S. to open his own sports training center devoted totally to athletic performance enhancement in 1990. The variety of athletes that Kevin has worked with has won World Championships, World Series Championships, National Championships, and the Stanley Cup.

In 2001, Kevin turned down an offer to coach the Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL and reunite with Head Coach John Tortorella who he worked with in Phoenix. Since then Kevin has turned down four other offers to coach in the NHL to stay in Minnesota and work as a firefighter for the city of Minneapolis.

In 2006 Kevin accepted a position as Director of Strength & Conditioning with the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL working alongside good friend Kevin Hartzell. In 2006 the Stampede won the Anderson Cup and in 2007 his team won the Clark Cup, USHL’s National Champion...in 2007- 21 out of 23 of his Stampede players received D1 Scholarships.

Currently, Kevin is a consultant to the Head Strength Coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning Chuck Lobe. 

Tommy was a 5 sport athlete at Forest City High School. He was a 3 sport captain and a state champion in powerlifting. After high school he went on to play football at Waldorf College where he lettered twice and was a co-captain.

After a two year stint at Waldorf, he transferred to Minnesota State University, Mankato where he lettered twice. While finishing up his degree in Human Performance Tommy did an internship with now Tampa Bay Lightening Strength Coach Chuck Lobe. After Tommy graduated he was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Since Tommy's return to the states he has been working in the strength and conditioning department at the University of Minnesota where he works with Men's and Women's Hockey. Tommy has coached over 50 All-American athletes and dozens of Professional Athletes. Tommy has published mulitple articles and workouts on the XLAthlete website.

He is Certified by USA Weightlifting as a Sports Performance Coach, as well as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Tommy is also pursuing his Master's degree in Applied Exercise Science at the University of Minnesota.

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Brooke brings a successful track record for developing student /athletes to the Velocity Hockey Center. Brooke directs the on and off ice programs for women’s hockey.

After 10 years of pursuing an Olympic dream Brooke is igniting that spirit in a new generation of young female hockey players at Velocity Hockey Center. Brooke brings a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm to her students.

A U.S. National Team member, Brooke played under Olympic coach Ben Smith in Lake Placid, New York. Brook played her college hockey at Northeastern University in Boston and has a B.A. in Psychology.

Brooke is also the Co-Founder for the MN Whitecaps Women’s National-Level, Post-College hockey team.

Brooke is also certified in Strength & Conditioning, specializing in performance and personalized nutrition programs for athletes.

Bryan Schoen brings a true “career” of hockey experience to The Velocity Hockey Center.

Bryan played 8 years in Eden Prairie’s Hockey Association as a youth, finishing up his high school career at Minnetonka High School. His senior year, Bryan was named All Metro, All State, Goaltender of the Year and a finalist for Minnesota’s prestigious “Mr. Hockey “ award in 1989. He was also drafted 96^th overall by The Minnesota North Stars in the 1989 Amateur Draft.

“Schoeny” then went on to start for 4 years at Denver University. His senior campaign highlighted by an All-WCHA Selection, after leading the league in wins by a goaltender. His expansive international experience includes stints with USA Hockey’s Select 16, 17 and 18 programs. He was also a member of Team USA at The World University Games in Sapporo, Japan and has Team USA international tournament experience on 3 continents.

Bryan’s professional career spans 9 seasons in the NHL, IHL, AHL, ECHL, CHL, WPHL, UHL and The Swedish Elite League. He has more than 400 games played and was named an All Star 3 times in his professional career.

Bryan brings 18 years of coaching experience to Velocity, most recently spending 3 seasons with Eden Prairie’s Pee Wee A Team. Bryan will be working with the Velocity AAA Teams as well as attending the Velocity Hockey Session III this summer to work with the goalies.

Cort comes to Velocity Hockey Center with a vast knowledge of hockey skill development, a revered passion for the game and a winning tradition.

Tony brings over 15 years of officiating experience to the Velocity Officials School.

After graduating from Harvard University in 1993, Lancette continued his officiating career in District 8 through USA Hockey. He has worked several state tournaments at the youth levels, most recently the 2007 A-Bantam state tournament in Alexandria. In 2001, Tony was selected to officiate the National Tier I Bantam Tournament.

Lancette began his high school officiating career in 1996 with the Minneapolis Hockey Officials Association.

He has worked four boys' high school state tournaments, in 2002 and 2003 as a linesman and a referee for the 2005 and 2006 tournaments.

His experience also includes section finals for both the boys and girls. Lancette joined the collegiate ranks in 2000 at the D-III level. Within two seasons, he was selected to the playoff staff. In 2005, he refereed the NCHA Final Four in DePere, WI.

This upcoming season, Tony will be entering his fourth season as
an Assistant Referee on the Men's WCHA staff.

In 2005, he worked the Sunshine Classic in Estero, FL that included Cornell, Northeastern, Maine and UMD. Last season, Lancette worked the CHA Final Five Championship in Des Moines, IA.

Brooks played in the Eden Prairie Youth Hockey Association, played for Academy of Holy Angels in high school, won the Minnesota Boys Hockey State Championship in 2005 went on to play two years of Jr. Hockey.

 Currently seeking an entrepreneur and communication study degree at the University of Minnesota. Looking forward to owning his own business in the future. Brooks has been an employee at Velocity Hockey Center for the past two years.