MANITOBA MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
During an interview with Mike Lorange , captain of the Charleswood Hawks , in the Holiday Edition of Game On Magazine , Lorange called Pembina Valley Twisters forward Corey Mazinke , “ One of the best players in the MMJHL .” It ’ s hard to argue with Lorange ’ s assessment . Mazinke has come off the family farm near Morris and become one of the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League ’ s leading scorers on a team that has a legitimate chance to hoist the Jack MacKenzie Trophy this spring .
MORRIS MAN . – Corey Mazinke makes no bones about the fact that he ’ s a farm boy . In fact , even though he ’ s a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Manitoba , Mazinke says he ’ ll always be connected to the farm , “ In some way .” Mazinke is also a hockey player . A good one , too . In fact , he ’ s among the leading scorers in the Manitoba Major Hockey League with 16 goals and 33 points in his first 26 games . He ’ s the Twisters leading scorer and at press time , he was fourth in the league Playing in his fourth and final year in the MMJHL , the 21-year-old Mazinke has almost matched his scoring output from last season . In 2015-16 , he had 19 goals and 33 points in 27 games . This year , he ’ s going to surpass those numbers by the end of January . In his first year in the loop , back in 2013-14 , he played all 42 league games as an 18-year-old . During the past two seasons , however , he ’ s never been able to play more than 28 . Now , as a third-year Mechanical Engineering student , he hopes to play more . In fact , he ’ s already played 20 of his team ’ s 23 games and
Corey Mazinke :
Farm Boy on Ice
By John Ploszay Photos by Bruce Fedyck
22 GAME ON 2016 - 17 ROSTER DEADLINE EDITION