Game On Magazine 2017 February 2017 | Page 31

We weren ’ t producing as much so you have to shake things up . But our second line is really good . It ’ s like we have two first lines and our third line is like a second line . We have lots of skill and plenty of speed
Magne , 21 , grew up with Hunter in St , Malo . He went on to play with the Southeast Jets in bantam and then played City Triple A Midget with the Eastman Selects and then played a year of Provincial Triple A midget , also with Eastman . He ’ s a Faculty of Kinesiology student at the University of Manitoba and is also a Wild Land firefighter in Thompson from April to September .
We weren ’ t producing as much so you have to shake things up . But our second line is really good . It ’ s like we have two first lines and our third line is like a second line . We have lots of skill and plenty of speed
This year , Hunter , Magne and teammates Jordy Hill ( third season in St . Malo ) and Jonathan Kostek ( second season with the Warriors ), are the 21-year-olds on a team that has a tremendous chance to win the KJHL title . In their final seasons , Hunter , Magne , Hill and Kostek have helped make the Warriors 20-4-0-0 ( at press time ) and the No . 1 team in the league . This year , the Top 6 players on this St . Malo team could all be
ST . MALO , MB . – Riley Hunter wishes that Jared Magne had also been named a KJHL All-Star . After all , Hunter and Magne grew up together in St . Malo , Man ., and have played together virtually every year since they were five years old . “ It ’ s a big deal to be an all-star , it ’ s nice to be recognized ,” Hunter said graciously . “ But I would have liked it if Magne could have been an all-star , too . He ’ s having a great year and I really like playing on a line with him . It would have been nice if he could have been an all-star .” Hunter and his friend Magne aren ’ t related , but it ’ s almost as if they were brothers . Magne is in his fifth full season with the Warriors while Hunter , who played a couple of seasons of Jr . C in Grunthal , has played three full years in St . Malo . However , their relationship goes even deeper than that . Hunter is 21 and grew up in St . Malo . He started playing novice at five and played all of his minor hockey in the small-town home of NHL stars Travis Hamonic and Danny Lambert . His dad was a player who played college hockey at Bottineau , N . D . He might be small at 5-foot-7 , but with 34 goals and 69 points in 23 games this season , it ’ s pretty obvious he can score .