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.

Karyn Bye

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.

Sis Paulsen

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.

Terry Watkins

2023 Inductee
Terry Watkins was born and raised in St. Paul, Minn., where he played youth hockey followed by high school hockey at Cretin High School.

Paul Doud

2024 Inductee
Paul Doud was born in Houghton, Mich., and played youth hockey in the Copper Country Youth Hockey program in Houghton.

Molly Engstrom

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.

Sue Pope

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.

  • Pat Weber - 2009

Pat Weber was born in Phelps, Wis., and played his youth and high school hockey in Eagle River. After making his home in Eagle River, he continued to play hockey on the senior men’s team and even now in the adult no-check league.

Though Weber continues to play, for countless years his strong suit has been his support of everything hockey in his community and in the State of Wisconsin. He served nine years as the president of the Eagle River Recreation Association, and many more years on the ERRA Board of Directors. He has spent many years as a youth hockey coach for Eagle River, and has served numerous terms as a member of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame. Weber has always been and continues to be a hands-on type of person when it comes to the promotion of ice hockey. Whether it’s resurfacing the ice, performing mechanical or electrical repairs or serving on a committee to promote hockey, Weber is always one of the first to volunteer.

Weber continues to organize and run youth tournaments, and can be found running the clock at high school games. He helped raise the money and construct the new high school and youth locker rooms, chaired the ERRA Auction Committee for many years and is active with the organization and operation of the Northland Pines 3-on-3 Tournament. Not limiting his time to boys hockey, Weber’s service on a committee and the respect he enjoys in his community helped encourage the Eagle River School District to start the Northland Pines Girls WIAA varsity program.

When USA Hockey awarded Eagle River the site selection for its USA Hockey Adult Classic Pond Hockey Tournament, Weber stepped up to the plate to serve as a director for this event. He helped turn this event from something small into a national tournament with more than 18 rinks being used by almost 200 teams from across the United States. From laying out the rinks, to organizing local support and plowing snow off the rinks with his fellow fire fighters, Weber is often the first volunteer to arrive in the morning and the last to leave at night.

Weber serves as the Fire Chief in Eagle River, and also helps organize and run the youth baseball program. He and his wife Lori have two children, Julia and Evan.