Tom Kuklinski

2014 Inductee
Tom Kuklinski, now of Hayward, grew up playing youth hockey in Mosinee, but, unlike them, Tom pursued hockey as a way of  life, in the form of coaching.  He played on nine State Championship youth teams, and participated in the 1965 National Bantam Tournament in Detroit.....
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Jeff Kuklinski

2014 Inductee
Jeff Kuklinski, the youngest of the brothers carried on the family tradition of hockey including a number of State Championships at the youth level.  He was a member of the first varsity high school team in Mosinee and led the Indians twice to the WIAA State Tournament.....
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Gary Kuklinski

2014 Inductee
Gary Kuklinski, along with his brothers, was raised in Mosinee where he played his youth hockey, contributing to State Championships at the Peewee and Bantam levels.  He went on to play for the Wisconsin Badgers under “Badger” Bob Johnson, winning a full scholarship after making the varsity lineup.
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John Hack

2015 Inductee
John Hack was born, raised and spent his entire working life in Superior, and, by his own admission, came late to the party of ice hockey.  Though he comes from a basketball family, he was influenced into the Hockey Family by his brother, whose own son played amateur hockey in Spokane, Washington, and by friends in Superior, whose own children grew up in the Superior hockey tradition.
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Joe Baldarotta

2015 Inductee
Joe Baldarotta is originally from Madison, and played youth hockey for the Westmoreland Hockey Club.  He played high school hockey at Madison West High School, from where he graduated in 1974.  Following college, Baldarotta returned to Madison West as an assistant coach.  He went on to be the head coach for four seasons, compiling a record of 59-25-2.
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Steve Freeman

2016 Inductee
Steve Freeman was born and raised in New Brighton, Minn., where he played his youth hockey, followed by high school hockey at tradition-rich Irondale High School.  Following graduation, Freeman went on to play junior hockey with the Minneapolis Junior Bruins, and then on to UW-Stevens Point for college hockey.
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Bill McCoshen

2016 Inductee
Bill McCoshen was born and raised in Superior.  He played youth hockey for the Superior Amateur Hockey Association, and was a starting defenseman for three years for the Superior Senior High School Spartan hockey team.  Each of those three years resulted in Superior competing in the WIAA High School Hockey Championship Game, ...
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  • Ken Brod - 1999

Ken Brod was born in Wausau and spent most of his life in Mosinee, first as a player and later in the  promotion and building of the sport of hockey in his community.  His love of the sport includes playing with the Mosinee Papermakers on four state championship teams in 1949, 1957, 1960 and 1965.

From 1976-1986, Brod served on committees to help with the fund raising and  construction of the Mosinee Rec Center and the installation of artificial ice in the facility.  Brod than served nine years on the board of directors of the Mosinee Hockey Club and six years as the club’s president, overseeing all aspects of the hockey program in Mosinee, as well as the operation of the Rec Center during the winter months

Brod formed the Mosinee Rec Center Building Fund in 1992 and became the original chairman of this committee. The building fund committee was responsible for $600,000 of improvements to the Rec Center, including enclosure of the building and an addition to the facility which includes locker rooms and a mechanical room, as well as  enlargement modernization of the concession area.

Promoting the sport of hockey by keeping the cost down for all players has been one of Brod’s accomplishments.  He formed a group of senior citizens to clean and do minor maintenance in the building which has allowed the Mosinee Hockey Club to keep the cost of skating and playing hockey at one of the lowest levels in the State of Wisconsin.

Brod was instrumental in keeping hockey together in Mosinee and has passed the tradition of hockey down in his own family, with his son and son-in-law playing youth and senior hockey, and now with two grandsons in the program.  His contribution to the sport of ice hockey also includes playing a key role in the addition of the junior varsity program to Mosinee High School.