Remembering Jim, a 'Super Fan'

There was nothing Jim Hagen enjoyed more than going to a Lumberjacks game - unless it was spending time with family. Hagen was all about local athletics, even earning the Lumberjack Super Fan of the Year Award at the annual athletic banquet in 2011.

Jim died unexpectedly in February 2016 at the age of 70. His obituary noted that he was known as the "Boss of the back door" at the Cloquet Senior High gym where he collected tickets for Cloquet boys and girls basketball games.

So it seemed fitting to his younger brother, Ernie Hagen, that he donate funds raised by a golf tournament held in Jim's honor to both Lumberjack athletics and the Wilderness hockey team. Each team received $1,800 from the tournament proceeds, and Ernie dropped the puck (pictured, while Jim's daughter Amy Kolodge and granddaughters Camden and Aydann Kolodge watch) in Jim's memory at the Wilderness home opener earlier this year.