Eric Werner

Class:
Junior
Position:
D
Height:
5-10
Weight:
170
Hometown:
Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.
S/C:
R

Senior (2004-05)... 92 career points place him 10th on U-M's all-time defenseman scoring list ... Two-time CCHA Defenseman of the Week (Nov. 22, March 7) ... Led U-M defensemen in points (31), goals (8) and assists (23) ... Recorded career highs in assists (23), points (31) and plus/minus (+21) ... Tied career-high three points on two occasions (1-2-3 vs. St. Lawrence on Oct. 16, 0-3-3 vs. Bowling Green on March 5) ... Three assists vs. Bowling Green tied career high (March 5) ... Career-best 8-game point streak, 2-11-13, (Feb. 11-March 12) and career-best 7-game assist streak, 1-11-12, (Feb. 11-March 11) ... Notched three game-winning goals, including CCHA First Round series-clinching goal in overtime vs. Notre Dame (March 12) ... Earned career-best six multi-point games, totalling 18 in his career ... Earned plus/minus rating of +3 or better four times, including season-best +4 vs. Notre Dame on March 11 ... Notched 50th career assist vs. Michigan State (Nov. 20) ... Preseason All-CCHA honorable mention ... Roy H. Ziegler Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.

Junior (2003-04)... All-Great Lakes Invitational team ... Led team with four game-winning goals ... Led Michigan defensemen in points (23) and goals (9) ... Set career bests for goals (9), power-play tallies(4) and game winners (4) ... Had season-high two assists twice (at Western Michigan on Jan. 23 and vs. Bowling Green Feb. 20) ... Scored only career hat trick with a three-goal performance against Michigan Tech (Dec. 28) in the Great Lakes Invitational, also tied career-high for points in a game ... Posted season-best five-game point streak, 2-4-6, (Oct. 24-Nov. 8) ... Had five multi-point games ... Played first career game as a forward against Michigan State (Dec. 5) on a line with Andrew Ebbett and Jeff Tambellini. Played right wing for four games before returning to the blue line ... Harry and Ruth MacDuff Scholarship for Men's Ice Hockey.

Sophomore (2002-03)... Was declared academically ineligible in the second half of the season by the Big Ten Conference, causing him to miss the final 23 games of the 2002-03 campaign ... Ranked second on the team with two shorthanded goals ... Posted four multi-point games ... Dekers Blue Line Club Scholarship for Ice Hockey.

Freshman (2001-02)... Named to the Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie Team ... Led all CCHA defensemen in assists (20) ... Led freshman class and all blueliners with 20 assists ... Ranked second on U-M in scoring (5-20-25) among freshmen and defensemen ... Ranked seventh on the team and third among blueliners with a +20 rating ... Tallied career-high three assists vs. Lake Superior State (Jan. 31) ... Enjoyed a season-best three-game assist streak, 0-3–3, (Dec. 15-29) ... Also tallied a three-game point streak, 1-3-4, (Nov. 24-Dec. 1) ... Netted first career goal vs. Ferris State (Dec. 1), scoring on the power play ... Assisted on the overtime game-winning goal against Ohio State in the CCHA Super Six semifinals (March 16) ... Harry and Ruth MacDuff Scholarship for Ice Hockey.

Club/Junior Team... Played for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League during the 2000-01 campaign ... Recorded six goals and 36 assists for 42 points to rank second among defensemen on the squad ... Picked to play in the USHL's Top Prospects Tournament and participated in the USHL's All-Star game ... Skated with the U.S. National Team Development Program's Under-17 Team in 1999-2000, tallying eight goals and eight assists in 21 games ... Teammate of fellow seniors Eric Nystrom (1999-2000) and Jason Ryznar (1999-2000) ... Played in the NAHL's All-Star game and was selected to skate in the U.S. Under-18 Friendship Tournament ... Helped the 1997-98 Compuware Ambassadors to the Bantam major AAA national championship.

Personal... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in general studies ... Graduated from Grosse Pointe North High School (2001) ... Father, Frank, played at Michigan from 1972-75, earning four letters.