I thought I was good enough to get chosen in the Bantam Draft but it just didn ’ t happen , so now , getting my Mechanical Engineering degree is my big goal .
has become a major contributor on a team that could win its second Jack MacKenzie Trophy since 2013 . For Mazinke , playing for the Twisters runs in the family , a family tat farms 4,000 acres not far from the rink in Morris . The son of grain farmers -- the main crops the family grows vary from year to year , but it ’ s usually wheat , canola and corn – Mazinke has four siblings , including an older sister and older brother Matt who also played with the Twisters , a younger brother as well as a younger sister from Ethiopia who was adopted a few years ago . “ We are a Christian family and I was fortunate enough to assist our church when I was in high school ,” Mazinke said . “ We were on a mission in Mexico and we built two homes for underprivileged people . Being a Christian is a big part of my life .” Mazinke grew up playing all his minor hockey -- Squirt , Novice and Atom – in Morris , although did play some spring and summer hockey with the Manitoba Mustangs and Winnipeg Junior Jets . He went on to play Bantam Double A in Oak Bluff and was part of a Provincial championship team . However , he went undrafted in the 2009 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft so he decided to play Triple A midget with the Pembina Valley Hawks . “ I thought I was good enough to get chosen in the Bantam Draft but it just didn ’ t happen ,” he said . “ So now , getting my Mechanical Engineering degree is my big goal .” Corey and the Twisters had a difficult championship round last spring , losing in four
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