Velocity Hockey Center

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.

Currently Coach Rahn is the Head High School Coach at Holy Family Catholic School.

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 is currently in his third year with the Velocity Hockey Team after 10 years of 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.

Tommy brings an incredibly broad spectrum of knowledge for our Strength and Conditioning program at the Velocity Hockey Center.

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DeRick O'Connell was a multi sport athlete in high school. He was the captain of the football team, a two way starter as well as playing all special teams. After high school, he attended UW-Stout for two years where he was a collegiate athlete before moving to the Twin Cities to focus on his education. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree as a Health and Fitness Specialist and is currently working on his Master's degree in Human Performance with a minor focus on Injury Prevention.

Though young in the field, he has worked with some of the best possible coaches both on the high school and collegiate level. DeRick spent two years working at Wayzata High School with strength and conditioning coach Ryan Johnson. Coach Johnson is one of the most well-respected high school strength coaches in Minnesota. During this time DeRick worked with over 600 athletes ranging in age from 13 to 19.

After leaving Wayzata, he then took a position in the strength and conditioning department at the University of Minnesota. While in this position DeRick worked with men's and women's Olympic sports under the guidance of strength coaches Sara Wiley and Cal Dietz. Sara Wiley was the 2008 National Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year and Cal Dietz is a frequent presenter at local and national conferences, a nationally renowned strength and conditioning coach, as well as the owner of XLathlete.com. DeRick has taken a role in coaching All-Americans, Olympians, National Champions, Big 10 Champions and Professional level athletes. He is also actively coaching a 2010 National Olympic Weightlifting competitor. 

Brooke brings a successful track record for developing student athletes at Velocity Hockey Center. Brooke is the lead On-Ice Instructor for all of the Velocity Hockey Women’s Programs. She also is involved in the Velocity’s Learn to Skate program, Session I, II and III Programs.

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.

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.