Welcome to the 2026
Hockey Wall Award presented by Call Sam!

Welcome to the 2026 Hockey Wall Award presented by Warrior Hockey!

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The 2025/26 High School Hockey Wall Award process:
 
The criteria that will be used to select the Hockey Wall Award:

30% – Performance Throughout Season
20% – Level of Competition
20% – Online Vote
15% – Big Game Performance
10% – Team Success
5% – Highly Recruited Prospect

Throughout the season, we will be updating player statistics and adding new candidates into the contest as their actual play and performance merits, with a goal of keeping the ten best players on the board. In mid-March we will close online voting and select our final four candidates. The final award selection and presentation will take place after the Hockey Finals with all of our friends at 1-800-CALL-SAM!
 

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We are thrilled to announce the final four nominees for the prestigious STATE CHAMPS! Mr. Football Award, delivered by Hungry Howie’s!
We’ll reveal the winner shortly after the conclusion of the 2024 Football State Finals. 
Stay tuned to see who will take home this incredible honor!  
 
 
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We are thrilled to announce the winner of the prestigious STATE CHAMPS! Hockey Wall Award, presented by Call Sam! Congratulations to Nick Kogut (Detroit Catholic Central), who has earned this incredible honor with his outstanding performance during the 2026 hockey season. Thank you to all the nominees for an amazing season!

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Hunter Clark
Flint Powers
(Class of 2026)
Jack Derksen
Saline
(Class of 2026)
Theo Dull
Trenton
(Class of 2026)
Jaden Pydyn
(Det. Catholic Central 6-2, 200 Sr. RB/LB/S)
Committed to Army for football and baseball, Pydyn is a force of nature on both sides of the ball on the gridiron, imposing his will rushing the rock and relentlessly chasing down ball carriers. Last season, he played quarterback. This fall, he's the Shamrocks No. 1 option in the run game and led undefeated CC (9-0) to a Catholic League title. During the spring, he plays centerfield for the Catholic Central diamond-cutters and is being scouted for the 2025 MLB Draft.

Catholic Central (12-1)
Last Week Results: Final 4; 17-14 loss to Cass Tech
Season Stats: 1,265 yards rushing, 25 TDs (82 tackles from safety)
Hunter Clark
Flint Powers
(Class of 2026)
Record: 23-5
GAA: 1.98
SV%: 0.891
Jack Derksen
Saline
(Class of 2026)
Season Stats Through 12/21/25 6-3 Record 3.40 GAA 0.888 SV %
Quinn Sall
Byron Center
(Class of 2026)
Record: 13-7-1
GAA: 2.17
SV%: 0.921
Theo Dull
Trenton
(Class of 2026)
Season Stats Through 12/21/25 8-5 Record 2.92 GAA 0.872 SV %
Theo Dull
Trenton
(Class of 2026)
Season Stats Through 12/21/25 8-5 Record 2.92 GAA 0.872 SV %
Sam Hoag
Caledonia
(Class of 2026)
Record: 20-4-1
GAA: 1.87
SV%: 0.942
Nicholas Kogut
Detroit Catholic Central
(Class of 2026)
Record: 18-1
GAA: 1.45
SV%: 0.923
Parker Nevenhoven
Marquette
(Class of 2026)
Record: 14-5-2
GAA: 2.13
SV%: 0.916
Ryder Owen
East Grand Rapids
(Class of 2026)
Record: 4-4
GAA: 1.98
SV%: 0.917
bonner upshaw
detroit country day
(Class of 2026)
Record: 14-7
GAA: 2.29
SV%: 0.924
Chase Rayburn
Howell
(Class of 2026)
Record: 24-1
GAA: 1.53
SV%: 0.919
Vinnie Sabala
Hartland
(Class of 2026)
Record: 13-4-1
GAA: 2.20
SV%: 0.905
ayden karas
grandville
(Class of 2026)
Record: 12-6-1
GAA: 2.13
SV%: 0.904
tyler boynton-fisher
bay reps
(Class of 2026)
Record: 12-9-1
GAA: 1.62
SV%: 0.929
Shaun Story
Cap City
(Class of 2026)
Record: 3-8
GAA: 3.59
SV%: 0.884
connor holmes
utica eisenhower
(Class of 2026)
Record: 18-0
GAA: 1.89
SV%: 0.925
Blake Tice
Cranbrook
(Class of 2026)
Record: 9-4
GAA: 2.29
SV%: 0.906
reese hutcheson
brighton
(Class of 2026)
Record: 14-5
GAA: 2.13
SV%: 0.920

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