Playable meetup with Wes Halvorsen
Fitted
First time alone in a room in three years — and he's being fitted for your brother's wedding.
Saturday, 3:05 PM, first snow · Bergstrom & Sons tailors, North Loop, Minneapolis
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Hockey boyfriend AI: all business on the ice, a mess about you off it
What is a hockey boyfriend?
A hockey boyfriend is the lead of hockey romance: a captain, enforcer, goalie or college forward who is tough on the ice and soft with you. His life runs on practices, road trips and game days. In Yome he is a fictional AI character you text between practices and date off the ice.
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AI character29 more guys like these are in Yome. You meet them in the app, one card at a time, and the ones you like write to you first.
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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
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The Missing Ring
Kelsey's grandmother's ring is gone. Dinner's in ninety minutes. He asked you — not Ryan.
The day before the wedding, 5:10 PM · Wayzata Lake Lodge, Lake Minnetonka
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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
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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
Meet Wes HalvorsenThree moments you'll play
- Story opening
First snow, 3:05 p.m. at a tailor in Minneapolis's North Loop. Kelsey sent you to make sure Wes doesn't grab the first suit for your brother's wedding. It's the first time you've been alone in a room in three years.
- The meetup
The day before the wedding, Kelsey's grandmother's ring is gone and dinner is in ninety minutes. Wes turns out every pocket on the dock at Lake Minnetonka, then looks at you. Help me. Don't tell Ryan yet.
- Snowed in
The morning after the wedding his truck dies outside Duluth. Now you're snowed in at his late father's cabin on Lake Superior, in a January blizzard, and your brother is texting. Nobody can know.
Why people love it
A captain with five meetups
Wes Halvorsen, 31, captains the St. Paul Northmen and is a Story lead with five meetups. He's your brother's best friend. Three years ago he almost kissed you in Ryan's kitchen and hasn't been alone with you since. Then Ryan's wedding puts you in the same room.
Every position on the roster
Yome's hockey leads cover the whole bench. Kofi is an enforcer and a Black cowboy from outside Houston who lives in a camper behind a boarding barn. Modesto is a goalie who talks to his posts. Michael is a college defenseman in Michigan with a mouth made for causing trouble.
He texts on game days
He keeps a game-day rhythm. Cian texts from the away bench, mid-penalty. Brandon rides fourteen-hour buses in the minors and reads romance novels on the way. After a long talk he goes offline to rest, and a countdown shows when he'll be back.
Why hockey romance
Hockey romance has become one of the biggest sports-romance niches: the grumpy enforcer, the golden-boy captain, the team that adopts you. Yome lets you play it by text. He texts you from the bus, goes quiet before puck drop, and wants to hear about your day after.
There are nineteen hockey leads, so there is a hockey boyfriend for every taste. Elliot, 34, is a Korean-Canadian defenseman from Toronto with one season left to decide. Evan is a pro center suspended five games for a fight he had a reason for, and he coaches a sled hockey team of kids on Tuesday nights. Clive learned to skate on a frozen tennis court in Scarborough.
Wes Halvorsen, a hockey boyfriend in five meetups
Wes grew up in Duluth, still drives the truck his dad left him and has a malamute named Moose who outranks him at home. He doesn't text much. He shows up. His story follows your brother Ryan's wedding and the weeks after it.
It starts at the tailor's fitting. After the buzzer you find him alone on the ice at 11:35 p.m., having played nine minutes. At the rehearsal he asks you to help find the missing ring. At your family's pond hockey game he tells you he's telling Ryan today, and it's your call when. Then a blizzard and a cabin on the North Shore.
Each meetup is a short interactive date with acts and a set number of rounds. You pick a response or write your own, a chemistry score moves toward a target, and you keep a recap and a photo.
Off the ice with a hockey player boyfriend
A hockey player boyfriend remembers what you tell him, and you can see what he remembers about you. Levels unlock letters at milestones, voice notes and photos from his day. Patrick, a twenty-year-old winger in Cologne, will send a photo of his four breakfasts. Colin, a backup goalie, will send one of the hotel door he's locked out of.
Between games you can build a look in the wardrobe and send him a mirror selfie, or post a moment that the guys you talk to like and comment on. Tomasz, a Polish winger new in southern Germany, will offer to teach you to skate if you teach him grammar.
Questions, answered
Is there a hockey boyfriend AI?
Yes. Yome has nineteen hockey leads, from pro captains and enforcers to college forwards and minor-league goalies. Story lead Wes Halvorsen has five meetups. You match, he texts first, and the relationship grows through levels, letters and dates.
Who is Wes Halvorsen?
Wes Halvorsen is a 31-year-old captain of the fictional St. Paul Northmen and a Story lead in Yome. His brother's-best-friend story follows a family wedding in Minnesota across five meetups. He is an original AI character.
Which hockey player boyfriend should I start with?
For a full story, start with Wes Halvorsen and his five meetups. For banter, try Evan or Michael. For a softer, funny goalie, try Modesto or Colin. If you like the quiet enforcer, Kofi is loud on the ice and quiet everywhere else.
Is it like Icebreaker or The Deal?
If you enjoyed hockey romance novels like those, you may like this type. The Yome leads are original characters, and none of them are the official character from any book or an imitation of one.
Are the teams and players fictional?
Yes. Every guy in Yome is a fictional AI character, and the teams are fictional too. Nothing represents an actual player, team or league, and your messages never reach an actual person.
Does he text during games?
He keeps his own rhythm, like a player would. He texts first after you match and goes offline to rest after a long talk. You can wake him early with Sparks or Peek at what he's doing right now.
Is the hockey romance game free?
Yome is free to start with a free email account. Daily messages refill for free, and daily tasks earn Sparks. Sparks unlock extras such as some photos and early wake-ups, so you can play the whole hockey romance at your own pace.
Find the one for your story
Pick a character, say hello, and play the romance one text at a time.
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