Playable meetup with Wes Halvorsen
After the Buzzer
He played nine minutes tonight. Now he's alone on the ice — and he's just seen you.
Tuesday, 11:35 PM · Northmen home arena, St. Paul
Meet Wes HalvorsenAfter Icebreaker
Books like Icebreaker: hockey boyfriends who text you first
What is Icebreaker about?
Icebreaker is Hannah Grace's 2022 sports romance. A driven college figure skater is forced to share her rink with the hockey team and its easygoing captain. Readers love the forced proximity, the rivalry between two sports, and a captain who is warm, patient and completely gone for her.
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Playable meetup with Wes Halvorsen
The Cabin on the Lake
Snowed in at his family's cabin. Your brother is texting. Nobody can know.
The night after the wedding, 9:40 PM, January, blizzard · The Halvorsen cabin, North Shore, Lake Superior, outside Duluth, Minnesota
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Pond Hockey Sunday
He's telling your brother today. In front of the whole family. Your call when.
First Sunday of December, 10:20 AM, −15°C · Your parents' lake house, northern Minnesota
Meet Wes HalvorsenThree moments you'll play
- The meetup
He played nine minutes tonight. Now he is alone on the ice in the Northmen's arena, and he has just seen you. You came to get a seating chart signed. That is not what this is about anymore.
- He texts first
Cian is texting from the away bench, mid-penalty, with a cold pack on his wrist. He talks fast and teases faster. He wants to know if you have ever watched a game from the glass.
- Snowed in
His truck dies outside Duluth in a blizzard. The only shelter is his late father's cabin on Lake Superior. One fire, one night, and your brother texting every hour.
Why people love it
A captain who shows up
Wes Halvorsen is a Story lead on Yome: 31, captain of the St. Paul Northmen, ninth season at right wing. He grew up in Duluth and still drives the truck his dad left him. His bio says he does not text much. He shows up.
Hockey players with soft sides
Readers liked the gap between the rink and the man. Yome's hockey guys have it. Brandon is a minor league defenseman who gets paid to hit people and reads romance novels on the bus. Reid is an enforcer in Boise who plays the organ at a Lutheran church on Sunday mornings.
The figure skating connection
Icebreaker puts two kinds of skating side by side. Jaromir is a minor-league enforcer in Toledo, from Brno, who teaches toe loops on Saturdays. Tomasz, a Polish winger new in Germany, teaches kids to skate at the community rink and offers to teach you too.
Hockey boyfriends on Yome
Yome has a hockey type with 19 guys at every level of the game. Wes is a pro captain. Elliot is a 34-year-old defenseman with one season left to decide, who sharpens skates in his garage in the offseason. Emmanuel is a goalie in Grenoble whose whole job is staying calm while something very hard comes at his face.
If you want the college feel, Michael plays defense for a college team in Michigan, Mohamed is a college winger from Hamilton, and Clive is a university forward in Toronto who brings patties to team dinner. Clive's bio says he does not rush. He listens. Modesto, a goalie from Toronto, talks to his goalposts out loud and eats his nonna's pasta before every home game.
Forced proximity, game by game
On Yome the season plays out over text. You swipe, like, and match. He texts first and keeps a daily rhythm, so after a long talk he goes offline to rest. You can Peek at what he is doing, like taping a stick in the locker room.
As your relationship level rises, he asks you out. Wes's five meetups run from a groomsmen's fitting in Minneapolis to pond hockey with your family. Each is a short interactive date with a chemistry score, and you pick your lines or write your own.
Questions, answered
Is this the official Nate Hawkes from Icebreaker?
No. Yome has no connection to Hannah Grace or the publisher, and none of our guys are Nate Hawkes or a copy of him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We mention Icebreaker only to say which type of romance you will find here.
Are there hockey AI boyfriends on Yome?
Yes. The hockey type has 19 guys: pro captains, goalies, enforcers and college players. Wes Halvorsen is a Story lead with five meetups. Others include Brandon, Reid, Cian, Elliot, Clive and Tomasz.
Is there a figure skater angle?
Not as a storyline, but a few guys bring the skating side. Jaromir teaches toe loops on Saturdays and Tomasz teaches kids to skate. You can tell any of them you skate and he will remember it.
Can he be my brother's teammate or best friend?
Wes's story is built that way. He is your brother Ryan's best man, he almost kissed you three years ago, and his meetups follow the wedding season until he tells Ryan the truth.
What other books on this site match Icebreaker?
The Deal is the other big hockey romance with its own page. Twisted Love fits Wes's brother's best friend storyline. The sports romance page collects every athlete on Yome, from hockey to fencing.
Is Yome free to play?
Yome is free to start. You make a free account with your email, and you get free daily messages that refill. Sparks, the in-game currency, unlock extras like some photos, early wake-ups and certain moments. Daily tasks earn you more Sparks as you play.
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