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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