‘The Idea Is To Grow The Game': Winter Classic Bringing New Hockey Training Facility To The Metro

CBS Minnesota

January 1, 2022

As part of the Winter Classic, the NHL and Minnesota Wild’s Legacy Project is installing a dry-land training facility in the upper level of the Northeast Ice Arena.

“There’ll be a lot of kids from diverse backgrounds from the Northeast Arena that will benefit from it most,” said Wayne Peterson, the Wild’s director of community relations and hockey partnerships.

“We chose Northeast Ice Arena because they have not had the facilities like Edina, Stillwater, Woodbury, Eden Prairie, like they have,” Peterson said. “It’s gonna level the playing ground a little bit.”

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