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You might\u2019ve seen The Hockey Guys on social media \u2014 rollerblading through a mall, traveling to different cities or trying out the latest TikTok trend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former collegiate hockey players are taking the internet by storm, recently hitting 1.4 million TikTok followers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The group, originally 10 in number, met after joining the same hockey team at the University of Wisconsin\u2014Superior<\/a> years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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When some of the players graduated and went on to play professional hockey,<\/a> the group became five.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Austin Friesen, Will Blake, Lawson McDonald, Martan Yelle and Levi Cudmore are The Hockey Guys.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Hockey Guys’ CEO Lawson McDonald, 25, and content producer Martan Yelle, 24, both located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, spoke with Fox News Digital about how their friendship has turned into a full-blown business.<\/a> (SEE THE VIDEO<\/strong> at the top of this article.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

McDonald said that every one of them came to college to play hockey \u2014 and they credit their friendships to the beloved sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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He said the group is one he feels “really related to,” and it “happens to be a lot of the guys that I became super close friends with.”<\/p>\n

Although McDonald knew a few players before joining, Yelle said he came to the team without knowing anyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Calling the guys on the team “solid, great people,” he said “it was easy to make friends right away.”<\/p>\n

With their busy hockey schedules, the creators said balancing school and hockey was challenging at times \u2014 and they leaned on each other for support.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the COVID pandemic<\/a> hit in March 2020, Yelle said he didn\u2019t feel too isolated as he was living with nine other teammates at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It still felt like it had some normalcy to it,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But after McDonald started making funny TikTok videos<\/a> of the group on his personal account, he noticed that people were taking a liking to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“We just messed around and had fun,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That video did really well, and people liked to see [the friends] in my videos \u2026 [We were] even having kind of a fan base off my account.”<\/p>\n

McDonald decided to create a separate TikTok page \u2014 naming it “The Hockey Guys.”<\/p>\n

From there it snowballed, McDonald said.<\/p>\n

The Hockey Guys have so far amassed 1.4 million followers on the platform.<\/p>\n

With degrees in exercise physiology and transportation logistics, respectively, McDonald and Yelle had to convince some of the others that this content creation would be a good use of their time.<\/p>\n

But after months of growing a following and gaining deals and partnerships \u2014 one of those with the NHL \u2014 McDonald said his parents finally realized their efforts had the potential to become an actual business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“We were like, \u2018We\u2019re going to be together still, and this is fun for us, so [we] might as well continue to do it.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Yelle said the organic nature of the account is what brings viewers in \u2014 and keeps them coming back for more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just us showcasing our friendships, everyday life as not only hockey players, but just friends going through this part of our lives together,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/tiktok-sensations-hockey-guys-former-collegiate-hockey-players-making-it-big-social-media <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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