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It’ll be strange not seeing Corey Hallman in some sorta official capacity with the K-W Braves this summer, but the former water boy, player, coach, GM and one of the biggest supporters of the game in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, has stepped down from his position as the Braves GM, ending a history with the team that has spanned three decades.

Hallman, who was recently brought on board as an assistant coach with the Boston Blazers, told the Waterloo Area Record, “It’s a tough decision but I think the right one for my family and the team. I loved my time with the Braves. They’ve been a part of my family almost since the day I was born.”

After serving as a scout with the New York Titans last season, Hallman will be joining Tom Ryan’s bench staff with the expansion Blazers, who have been making a lot of noise so far this off-season. The increased role in the NLL, which will have him in Boston from Friday to Sunday most weeks, along with growing family and regular work commitments, would not allow him to remain with the Braves and do his job to the best of his ability.

“The National Lacrosse League is the pinnacle, like the NHL is to the (Kitchener) Rangers,” Hallman told the Record. “I couldn’t do it and put forth the effort to be a good GM.”

Hallman also just finished serving a two-year term as the Chairman of the Junior A Board of Governors. A replacement for the Braves GM position and new Junior A Chairman have yet been named.

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