Petoskey hockey rakes in All-Big North honors from league
The 2025-26 hockey season might be closed for Petoskey, but the Northmen continue to add to a memorable campaign with All-BNC honors.
Big North Conference hockey games aren’t the kind of matchups typically used to pad stats. It’s a conference filled with challenges throughout the league slate, making for 12 games players know will be a grind. While it was Alpena again flexing its muscle at the season’s end for the BNC championship, right there with the Wildcats in a historic campaign was Petoskey.
A record 22-win season accompanied the Northmen thanks to a roster packed full of talented scorers, defensemen and goalies, while leading to a runner-up finish within the BNC. Much of that group was recently highlighted on the 2025-26 All-Big North Conference hockey teams, led by a pair from Petoskey on the first team. The Northmen had six players recognized overall, including two more on the second team.
Petoskey senior Madden Pateman earned first team from the league’s coaches after setting records for points and goals in a single game this season. Pateman also eclipsed the 100-point mark during his career and finished the season with a team-high 31 goals, to go with 24 assists. Petoskey-area Softball: The 28 Petoskey-area softball players to know in 2026 season Gaylord-area Softball: Gaylord-area high school softball players to watch in 2026 season Anderson Ward, a junior from Boyne City, also joined Pateman on the first team.
Ward eclipsed the 100-points mark as well this season, with a year to add to it. He closed his campaign with 13 goals as a defensemen, along with a team-high 35 assists. On the second team for the Northmen were seniors Chase LaFaive and Evan Williams.