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Brody Hinz, the team’s volunteer statistician, died in the crash.

“He had an amazing mind for stats and he was a huge asset to the coaching staff,” Humboldt Broncos president Kevin Garinger said, noting that Hinz travelled with the Junior A hockey team “on a regular basis.”

“That just speaks volumes to who this young man is. He will be sadly missed,” the club president added in an interview early Saturday afternoon.

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Also among the fatalities was Broncos assistant coach Mark Cross. Cross, a native of Strasbourg, Sask., was “passionate about the game” — and inspired that same passion in the kids he mentored.

He played for the midget AA Lumsden Bethune Lions. Years later, he coached the same team in the 2016-17 season, before moving on to Humboldt. Lions head coach Scott Frizzell remembers him as a “great leader.”

“He made an impression… that won’t soon be forgotten,” said Frizzell.

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Bolt FM personality and play-by-play broadcaster for the Humboldt Broncos Tyler Bieber was on the bus and died in the crash.

In a post on Facebook, his brother Brandon said, “I don’t know what to do or say right now but I know one thing is you will always be true in my heart, RIP my sweet brother, I miss you and love you dearly.”

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Postmedia News initially learned from an extended family member that defenceman Logan Boulet, 21, died in the crash. On Saturday, he was said to be on life support so his organs can be donated.

“He was very caring, that’s the best way to describe him,” said Tyson Brouwer, who grew up with Boulet in Lethbridge. “He had a lot of friends. Nobody ever said anything bad about him — he was a really kind-hearted kid.”