Wally Akervik

2022 Inductee
Wally Akervik was born in Duluth, Minn., and was a four-sport athlete at Duluth Central High School, helping his Trojan team reach the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament.

Ann Ninnemann

2022 Inductee
Ann Ninnemann was born in St. Paul, Minn., and began playing ringette at the age of four.  By her own admission, she played ringette through the sixth game and then hesitantly transitioned to ice hockey in the seventh grade.

Pat "Duffy" Dyer

2022 Inductee
Pat “Duffy” Dyer was born in Virginia, Minn., and played youth hockey in that Iron Range community.  After high school, he graduated from UW-Superior with a bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology and would go on to a long career at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth.

Rebecca Hamilton-Hildebrandt

2022 Inductee
Rebecca Hamilton-Hildebrandt (or “Coach Becky” as she is better known locally) was born and raised in Sauk Prairie and began playing hockey in 1982, the first year that Sauk Prairie had a hockey association.
  • Dean Desotell - 1999

A life-long resident of Green Bay, Dean Desotell played high school hockey in Green Bay’s city recreation league in the 1940s and went on to play for the Green Bay Hornets in the Fox Valley League before serving in the United States Army from 1952-1953.

After military service, Desotell returned to his home town and began over 40 years of active service to the sport of ice hockey by serving as a Hockey Supervisor for the Green Bay Park and Recreation Department at various outdoor rinks in the city. With more than 30 years in this position at Colburn Park, Desotell directly affected over 250 kids per year, passing on skills, knowledge, and, most of all, a love of the game in which he has been involved most of his life. His job included instruction, supervision, organization, promotion, publicity, officiating, statistics keeping and teaching. During his tenure, he had most of all a direct effect on many youngsters through his coaching.

Desotell was instrumental in the formation of organized hockey in Brown County in 1972 and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Brown County Youth Hockey Association. This organization was responsible for the effort which resulted in an indoor ice facility for the county.

Desotell was active in the formation of the West Side Hockey Club in 1973 and served as a member of its advisory board for 10 years. During this time, he also coached the West Side Bantam B All-Star Traveling Team and took a number of these teams to state tournaments. He went on to coach the Premontre High School junior varsity team from 1977-1978.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Desotell continued on as the Hockey Supervisor at Colburn Park, putting in approximately 25 hours per week working with youngsters of all ages, while still working his full-time job as a foreman at Green Bay Structural Steel, as well as serving as the recording secretary for his local union for more than 25 years. Desotell was also active with his church and with the Boy Scouts of America during this time.