Morgan Hackman is now certified Bronco Tough.
The Vernon hockey player has earned himself a permanent spot on the Humboldt Broncos’ social media feeds for a glass-shattering hit in a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game Feb. 3 against the hometown Battlefords North Stars.
The clean bodycheck between B.C. boys came early in the first period of what would be a 3-2 Broncos loss to the Stars. Hackman puts Battlefords defenceman Alex Coventry, from Burnaby, through the glass.
Coventry was not injured on the play, though it took some time for him to return to the game as he had to make sure all of the glass was removed from his equipment.
Hackman was not assessed a penalty for the check.
The game was delayed about 15 minutes as rink staff replaced the pane of glass.
Hackman, 18, was acquired by the Broncos Jan. 8 in a trade with the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Lloydminster Bobcats.
He has one goal, four assists, and 14 penalty minutes in 14 games with Humboldt, and was held off the scoresheet in a 3-2, home-ice overtime win against the Kindersley Klippers Tuesday, Feb. 10.
The win pulled the Broncos to within one point of the second-place Klippers in the SJHL’s Nutrien Division.