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.
  • Bruce Lillyblad - 1992
Bruce Lillyblad is Mr. Hockey in Rice Lake and throughout northern Wisconsin. He was founder of the Indianhead and Nor-West Hockey leagues. These are two of the most successful youth hockey leagues in the state. He was co-founder of the Barron County Sports Center in Rice Lake, one of the first artificial rinks in northwestern Wisconsin. He was one of the leading fundraisers and contributors to this project.
 
He served on the WAHA board for ten years as a vice president and tournament director.