University of Wisconsin All-American blueliner and Westside Warriors product Justin Schultz, who produced seven points and earned a +4 rating while boosting the Badgers to a two-game non-conference sweep over visiting Mercyhurst last weekend, has been named Red Baron® WCHA Defensive Player of the Week for Nov. 29.
A 6-2, 185-pound junior from West Kelowna, B.C., Schultz scored three goals and four assists for seven points in Wisconsin’s 7-2 and 5-2 sweep against Atlantic Hockey Association-leading Mercyhurst over the American Thanksgiving weekend at the Kohl Center. He scored two goals and set up two others last Friday (Nov. 25) for a four-point game, which included the game-winning goal, a shorthanded assist and a power-play goal. Last Saturday (Nov. 26), Schultz added a power-play goal and two assists to finish his seven-point weekend. He also took three shots and was plus-1 in the game.
An Anaheim Ducks draftee, Schultz’s 25 points (7g, 18a) this season tie him for the national scoring lead, as well as a 1.56 points-per-game scoring average, with teammate Mark Zengerle and Minnesota’s Nick Bjugstad.
Zengerle, a Salmon Arm SilverBacks alum, was an honourable mention for the WCHA offensive player of the week award.
