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.
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.
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.
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.
2023 Inductee
Karyn Bye was born and raised in River Falls where she played youth hockey in a generation where she needed to hide her gender to play, and, in fact, used her initials K.L. Bye as an identity, rather then her first name.
2023 Inductee
Sis Paulsen was born and raised in Eau Claire. She played youth hockey for the Eau Claire Youth Hockey Association, and high school hockey for Eau Claire North High School.
2024 Inductee
Molly Engstrom was born and raised in the small northwestern town of Siren, Wis., and played youth hockey from the ages of six to twelve in nearby Webster.
2024 Inductee
Sue Pope from Madison has been an “influencer” when it comes to girls’ and women’s hockey long before that term became popular on social media.
Johnson, of Rice Lake, served as the president and vice president of the Rice Lake Hockey Association and as a member of numerous committees while a member of the Rice Lake Board. Johnson was also the rink scheduler for 10 years, and served Rice Lake as an informal consultant even when not on the Board of Directors. Always willing to get his hands dirty, Johnson was not afraid to roll up his sleeves whether it involved rink maintenance or helping to make ice inside or outside. For 19 seasons, Johnson served as the public address announcer for the Rice Lake high school hockey team, as well as the official scorekeeper for six of those 19 years.
Johnson was instrumental and generous in many of the fundraising projects for Rice Lake that helped keep player costs down while improving the facilities the hockey associations uses. Johnson spent numerous years as a coach, assistant coach, team manager and team tournament director at all age levels.
From 1987 to 1993, Johnson served as a Regional Director from Region One of the Wisconsin Amateur Hockey Association Board of Directors, with four of those years spent as a WAHA Vice-president. Johnson has been a successful businessman, working as an agent for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for more than 30 years. In October 2005, Johnson will be inducted into the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Hall of Fame.
Johnson, of Rice Lake, served as the president and vice president of the Rice Lake Hockey Association and as a member of numerous committees while a member of the Rice Lake Board. Johnson was also the rink scheduler for 10 years, and served Rice Lake as an informal consultant even when not on the Board of Directors. Always willing to get his hands dirty, Johnson was not afraid to roll up his sleeves whether it involved rink maintenance or helping to make ice inside or outside. For 19 seasons, Johnson served as the public address announcer for the Rice Lake high school hockey team, as well as the official scorekeeper for six of those 19 years.
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