Brendan James Flaherty
Brendan James Flaherty was born on January 14th, 1964 in Duluth, Minnesota and passed away surrounded by family on June 24th, 2021 at the age of 57 after a three-year-long battle with cancer. Brendan was larger than life and touched so many lives within the community in which he remained throughout his life. He leaves a legacy with the hundreds of players he coached over more than 25 years of coaching high school hockey. He also took great pride in the business he helped build from the ground up from 1999-2018, The Mars Lakeview Arena.
Through his time coaching, he led eight teams to the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament. He was also awarded the 3M Excellence In Coaching Award in 2006 and 2009 and the Minnesota Section Head Coach of the Year in 1996, 2005, and 2007. In 2018, Brendan was also awarded the James Padgett Memorial Award from the Minnesota Ice Arena Managers Association for The Achievement of Excellence in Ice Arena Management and