CAPTION: Hundreds of people turned out on Saturday for the funeral of 18-year-old Humboldt Broncos statistician Brody Hinz. (April 14, 2018) 1.

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SOUNDBITE: Michelle Ackerman PLACELINE: Humboldt, Saskatchewan CREDIT: The Canadian Press STORYLINE: Brody Hinz was such a sports fan that, in Grade 8, he made a special request to his principal — so special, he wrote it down in a letter. "The letter said please consider shutting down the school tomorrow," family friend Cory Popoff recalled. "Tomorrow is the NHL trade deadline ... no one will be able to concentrate in class." Hinz, 18, was one of 16 people who died after the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team bus and a semi-truck collided last week on the way to a playoff game in northeastern Saskatchewan.