Hunt debut as Stags make 10 changes for Lincoln visit
Boss Steve Evans had promised wholesale changes, though it was still a strong side comprising first team squad players and no youngsters to blood on a very strong bench.
There was also a first start of the season for George Taft in the centre of defence and Jack Thomas in midfield.
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Hide AdWinger Alex MacDonald made a welcome return from a knee injury for his first outing of the season.
Lincoln made six changes from the side that beat Carlisle at the weekend with starts for ex-Stags Ollie Palmer and Luke Waterfall and another three former Stags on their bench in Matt Green, Nathan Arnold and Matt Rhead.
STAGS: Olejnik, White, Taft, Pearce, Hunt, Potter, Thomas, Digby, MacDonald, Sterling-James, Spencer. Subs: Logan, Bennett, Benning, Atkinson, Hamilton, Byrom, Rose.
LINCOLN: Farman, Long, Habergham, Whitehouse, Waterfall, Palmer, Knott, Maguire-Drew, Dickie, Anderson, Woodyard. Subs:Vickers, Rhead, Green, Bostwick, Eardley, Raggett, Arnold.
REFEREE: David Webb of Lancashire.