Haden Frayne learned from some of the best.

The Stratford Hunter Steel Warriors captain was in the Allman Arena seats more than a decade ago when Trevor Sauder was averaging a point per game for the Cullitons while establishing himself as the league’s best defensive forward and a team leader.

Frayne was on the cusp of making his hometown Junior B club when Malcolm McLeod patrolled Stratford’s blue-line with a similar intensity, and Frayne was a 17-year-old rookie with the Warriors when Zac McCann led the squad to Game 7 of the Sutherland Cup final.

Now, Frayne is in charge of gatekeeping a tradition upheld by players and former captains like Sauder, McLeod and McCann.

“It’s a very cool very honour,” he said. “I’m a hometown kid. I’ve always been a leader growing up. I use my voice a lo

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