Eric Springer
4  Eric Springer
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Wrightstown, Wis.

High School:
Wrightstown

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 195

Position:
D

02/15/2012

The Wrightstown Stuff

Wisconsin's lone senior, Eric Springer, has gone from a small-town skater to a leader at UW

11/27/2011

Zengerle, Schultz shine in sweep over Mercyhurst

Mark Zengerle and Justin Schultz both collect three points Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Lakers

11/26/2011

Postgame quotes: Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst, Nov. 26

Postgame quotes from Head Coach Mike Eaves and Players

11/25/2011

Offense explodes in 7-2 win over Mercyhurst

Zengerle, Schultz and Mersch all have big nights as the Badgers put together best offensive performance of the season

10/21/2011

Badgers score big, topple No. 5 North Dakota

Goals from five different Wisconsin skaters propelled the Badgers to a 5-3 victory and their first WCHA victory of the season

02/11/2011

Eric Springer

Junior defenseman Eric Springer

Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born in January of 1989 ... parents are Pat and Errol ... has a brother, Evan (19) ... father, Errol, played football for Dartmouth ... attended Wrightstown High School ... major is consumer affairs

2011-12 /Senior Season
Lone senior on squad ... Recorded two assists against Mercyhurst (Nov. 25) ... Scored second career goal, and first since freshman season, against Mercyhurst (Nov. 26) ... Collected a career-high three points in Mercyhurst series (Nov. 25-26) ... set new career highs in ever statistical category except goals, in which he tied previous season high

2010-11 / Junior Season
Skated in 28 games, a new career high ... tallied two assists, against Holy Cross (Oct. 10) and Massachusetts (Dec. 30) ... Academic All-WCHA and Academic All-Big Ten

2009-10 / Sophomore Season
Saw action in two games, including a game against Colorado College (Oct. 17) and at Michigan (Nov. 28) ... Academic All-WCHA

2008-09 / Freshman Season
Scored in his first career game at Boston College (Oct. 10) ... first career assist set up goal at Minnesota Duluth (Nov. 15) ... played in 19 games, including seven consecutive contests (Dec. 6-Jan. 10)

Before Springer Was a Badger
Played for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL ... a USHL All-Star ... named second-team All-USHL ... a USHL Defensive Player of the Week ... led team's defensemen with eight goals and 31 points in 58 games played ... ranked sixth in the league in scoring among defensemen ... led team with a plus-20 and 94 penalty minutes ... spent 2006-07 with Team Illinois ... played 2005-06 with Green Bay Junior Gamblers ... was first-team all-conference during four years of varsity baseball ... played football as a freshman

Overall Statistics
Season GP G A Pts. SOG P-PIM PPG SHG GWG
2008-09 19 1 2 3 18 8-16 0 0 0
2009-10 2 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0
2010-11 28 0 2 2 21 8-16 0 0 0
2011-12 35 1 4 5 31 16-32 0 0 1
Totals 82 2 8 10 70 32-64 0 0 1
WCHA Statistics
Season GP G A Pts. SOG P-PIM PPG SHG GWG
2008-09 12 0 2 2 8 6-12 0 0 0
2009-10 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0
2010-11 18 0 0 0 11 3-6 0 0 0
2011-12 27 0 2 2 24 14-28 0 0 0
Totals 57 0 4 4 43 23-46 0 0 0
CAREER HIGHS
GAME
Goals: 1 (2x); lastvs. Mercyhurst, 11/26/11
Assists: 2 vs. Mercyhurst, 11/25/11
Points: 2 vs. Mercyhurst, 11/25/11
Point Streak: 2, 11/25-11/26
Multi-point Games: 1
Overtime Goals: None

SERIES
Goals: 1 (2x); last vs. Mercyhurst,11/26/11
Assists: 2 vs. Mercyhurst, 11/25-26/11
Points: 3 vs. Mercyhurst, 11/25-26/11