Eric John Weinrich (born December 19, 1966 in Roanoke, Virginia) was an American ice hockey defenceman.. Weinrich was drafted 32nd overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft He played 1,157 career NHL games, scoring 70 goals and 318 assists for 388 points. He grew up in the small town of Gardiner, Maine, went to high school at North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine, and played his college hockey at the University of Maine, where he studied archeology and anthropology.