Andy Schneider (ice hockey player, 1981)

Andy Schneider
Date of birth	July 31, 1981
place of birth	Grand Forks , North Dakota , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 5th lap, 156th position Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1998-2001	Lincoln Stars
2001-2005	University of North Dakota
2005-2006	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2007-2008	Portland Pirates
2008-2009	Toronto Marlies
2009	Adler Mannheim
2009-2010	Iserlohn Roosters

Andrew "Andy" Schneider (* 31 July 1981 in Grand Forks , North Dakota ) is a retired American ice hockey player and current - scout , who during his playing career, among others, at the Adler Mannheim and Iserlohn Roosters of the German Ice Hockey League play Has.

Career

Andy Schneider played from 1998 for three years with the Lincoln Stars in the US junior league United States Hockey League . There he won the Anderson Cup twice . In the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , the Pittsburgh Penguins selected him in the fifth round in 156th place. He then moved to the University of North Dakota , for which he went on the ice during his four years of college in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .

After completing his studies, the left-handed shooter signed a contract with the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , the farm team of the Pittsburgh Penguins from the American Hockey League . There he scored 16 points in 50 games and also played four games in the ECHL for the Wheeling Nailers , who are also a farm team of the Penguins. The 2007/08 season spent Schneider at the Portland Pirates . The next season he started with the Toronto Marlies and finally moved to Germany in January 2009, where he was signed by Adler Mannheim from the German Ice Hockey League .

For the 2009/10 season he moved, also on the recommendation of Teal Fowler , to the Iserlohn Roosters to stabilize the defensive there. At the side of first Stefan Langwieder , later Jon Insana , this also succeeded, in the first half of the season only four teams conceded fewer goals. Schneider scored his first DEL goal in December 2009 in the game against the Kölner Haie . In the final phase of the season he sat in some games as a surplus contingent player in the stands, his contract was not extended.

In November 2010 Schneider returned to the Lincoln Stars in the United States Hockey League, where he started his career. There he became an assistant coach under Chad Johnson . The Canadian has been working as an amateur scout for the NHL team Columbus Blue Jackets since the 2012/13 season .

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 Anderson Cup win with the Lincoln Stars
• 2001 Anderson Cup win with the Lincoln Stars

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1998/99	Lincoln Stars	USHL		9	0	4th	4th	8th		4th	0	0	0	2
1999/00	Lincoln Stars	USHL		46	7th	10	17th	102		10	6th	4th	10	27
2000/01	Lincoln Stars	USHL		54	12	24	36	134		10	3	7th	10	17th
2001/02	University of North Dakota	NCAA		35	3	11	14th	65
2002/03	University of North Dakota	NCAA		43	11	30th	41	52
2003/04	University of North Dakota	NCAA		39	2	10	12	54
2004/05	University of North Dakota	NCAA		40	2	8th	10	56
2005/06	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		50	3	13	16	54		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Wheeling Nailers	ECHL		4th	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Portland Pirates	AHL		57	3	8th	11	81		11	2	3	5	6th
2008/09	Toronto Marlies	AHL		32	0	5	5	42		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Adler Mannheim	DEL		7th	0	1	1	10		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		50	2	9	11	79		-	-	-	-	-
USHL total				109	19th	38	57	244		24	9	11	20th	46
NCAA overall				157	18th	59	77	227
AHL total				139	6th	26th	32	177		11	2	3	5	6th
DEL total				57	2	10	12	89		-	-	-	-	-

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Andy Schneider at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Andy Schneider at hockeydb.com (English)
• Andy Schneider at eurohockey.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bluejackets.nhl.com Columbus Blue Jackets add Rob Riley, Andy Schneider to Amateur Scouting Staff