Nov. 7, 2011
Offensive Player of the Week
Chris Ritter, Northwestern
M – Jr. – Winnetka, Ill. – New Trier
- Scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute to give Northwestern a 1-0 win over Michigan and its first-ever Big Ten title
- The Wildcats have a nine-game unbeaten streak (7-0-2), the third-longest in school history, and finished Big Ten play with a 4-0-2 mark
- Earns his second weekly award of the season and of his career
- Last Northwestern Offensive Player of the Week: Oliver Kupe (Oct. 31, 2011)
Defensive Player of the Week
Jeremy Clark, Michigan State
GK – Sr. – Sterling Heights, Mich. – Henry Ford
- Recorded six saves in Michigan State’s 1-0 shutout win at No. 6 Akron, which snapped the Zips’ 48-game home unbeaten streak
- Has posted four shutouts, a 0.58 goals-against average and an .868 save percentage in the Spartans’ last eight games in which they have gone 5-1-2
- Earns his second weekly award of the season and of his career
- Last Michigan State Defensive Player of the Week: Jeremy Clark (Oct. 31, 2011)
2011 Big Ten Players of the Week
Aug. 29
O: Minh Vu, Jr., PSU
O: Kyle McCrudden, Jr., WIS
D: Luis Soffner, Jr., IND
Sept. 5
O: Eriq Zavaleta, Fr., IND
O: Parnell Hegngi, Sr., OSU
D: Tyler Miller, Fr., NU
Sept. 12
O: Alec Purdie, Sr., IND
D: Andrew Wolverton, Fr., PSU
Sept. 19
O: Chris Ritter, Jr., NU
D: Tommy Meyer, Sr., IND
Sept. 26
O: Alec Purdie, Sr., IND
O: Chris Hegngi, Jr., OSU
D: Luis Soffner, Jr., IND
Oct. 3O: Nick Janus, So., WIS
D: Max Jentsch, So., WIS
Oct. 10
O: Oliver Kupe, Sr., NU
D: Mark Barrone, Sr., MSU
Oct. 17
O: Eriq Zavaleta, Fr., IND
D: Nikko Boxall, Fr., NU
D: Max Jentsch, So., WIS
Oct. 24
O: Nick Gendron, Jr., NU
D: Tyler Miller, Fr., NU
D: Matt Lampson, Jr., OSU
Oct. 31
O: Oliver Kupe, Sr., NU
D: Jeremy Clark, Sr., MSU
D: Matt Lampson, Jr., OSU
Nov. 7
O: Chris Ritter, Jr., NU
D: Jeremy Clark, Sr., MSU
