Mathieu Schneider

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Mathieu Schneider
Date of birth June 12, 1969
place of birth New York City , New York , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 87 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 3rd lap, 44th position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1986-1989 Cornwall Royals
1989-1995 Canadiens de Montréal
1995-1996 New York Islanders
1996-1998 Toronto Maple Leafs
1998-2000 New York Rangers
2000-2003 Los Angeles Kings
2003-2007 Detroit Red Wings
2007-2008 Anaheim Ducks
2008-2009 Atlanta Thrashers
2009 Canadiens de Montréal
2009-2010 Vancouver Canucks
2010 Phoenix Coyotes

Mathieu David Schneider (born June 12, 1969 in New York City , New York ) is a former American ice hockey player of Jewish descent who played 1403 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , New York Islanders between 1986 and 2010 , Toronto Maple Leafs , New York Rangers , Los Angeles Kings , Detroit Red Wings , Anaheim Ducks , Atlanta Thrashers , Vancouver Canucks and Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League as defender . Schneider celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Canadiens de Montréal by winning the Stanley Cup in 1993 and in the jersey of the national team of the United States by winning the 1996 World Cup of Hockey . He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015 .

Career

Mathieu Schneider played for the Mount Saint Charles Academy , a high school in Woonsocket ( Rhode Island ) until 1986 , where he won three regional championships. He then moved to the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League and played there for three years for the Cornwall Royals . After his first year in the OHL, he was selected in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Canadiens de Montréal in the third round at position 44. In the 1987/88 season he was allowed to complete four games for Montréal in the National Hockey League parallel to his missions in the OHL . The season 1988/89 was his last year in the junior league and as in 1988 he was elected to the First All-Star Team of the OHL. Despite playing in the position of defender, his senior year earned him 73 points in 59 games.

In the 1989/90 season Schneider completed 44 games in the NHL and scored 21 points. Partly he spent the season with the farm team in the American Hockey League with the Canadiens de Sherbrooke . For the 1990/91 season he made the final jump to the NHL and was part of the permanent squad of Montréal. In the 1992/93 season he was able to win the Stanley Cup with the Canadiens . Two years later in April 1995 Schneider was transferred to the New York Islanders . In the spring of 1996 Mathieu Schneider took part in the NHL All-Star Game for the first time and only a little later he moved to a transfer business for the Toronto Maple Leafs . He stayed there for two and a half years before being transferred again, this time to the New York Rangers in the fall of 1998 .

In the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft he was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets , but he never played for the team and a few months later signed a contract with the Los Angeles Kings , where he played until 2003 and was assistant captain for almost two years . After his second participation in the NHL All-Star Game in 2003 , he was transferred to the Detroit Red Wings . At the Red Wings he achieved the best result of his career in the 2005/06 season with 59 points. In the 2006/07 season Schneider was again an important pillar in the defense of the Red Wings. However, he injured himself in the second round of the playoffs and was unable to intervene when the Red Wings were defeated by the Anaheim Ducks in the final of the Western Conference .

In the summer, his contract in Detroit expired and he moved to the Anaheim Ducks, which offered him a two-year contract with a total salary of $ 11.25 million. In Anaheim he could not quite build on the performances of the previous two years, but was able to play a good season with twelve goals and 27 assists. In autumn 2008 he had to leave the Ducks after only one year when he was transferred to the Atlanta Thrashers . In March 2010 he was transferred from the Vancouver Canucks to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Sean Zimmerman . At the end of the season he ended his playing career shortly before his 41st birthday.

Mathieu Schneider is the best scorer of all Jewish-born ice hockey players in NHL history with 743 points.

International

Mathieu Schneider won the World Cup of Hockey with the US ice hockey team in 1996 . In 1998 he took part in the Winter Olympics in Nagano . In 2002, however, he had to cancel his participation due to an injury. At the 2006 Winter Games in Turin , he played again for the USA, but was again unable to win a medal.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1986/87 Cornwall Royals OHL 63 7th 29 36 75 5 0 0 0 22nd
1987/88 Cornwall Royals OHL 48 21st 40 61 83 11 2 6th 8th 14th
1987/88 Canadiens de Sherbrooke AHL - - - - - 3 0 3 3 12
1988/89 Cornwall Royals OHL 59 16 57 73 96 18th 7th 20th 27 30th
1989/90 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 44 7th 14th 21st 25th 9 1 3 4th 31
1989/90 Canadiens de Sherbrooke AHL 28 6th 13 19th 20th - - - - -
1990/91 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 69 10 20th 30th 63 13 2 7th 9 18th
1991/92 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 78 8th 24 32 72 10 1 4th 5 6th
1992/93 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 60 13 31 44 91 11 1 2 3 16
1993/94 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 75 20th 32 52 62 1 0 0 0 0
1994/95 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 30th 5 15th 20th 49 - - - - -
1994/95 New York Islanders NHL 13 3 6th 9 30th - - - - -
1995/96 New York Islanders NHL 65 11 36 47 93 - - - - -
1995/96 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 13 2 5 7th 10 6th 0 4th 4th 8th
1996/97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 26th 5 7th 12 20th - - - - -
1997/98 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 11 26th 37 44 - - - - -
1998/99 New York Rangers NHL 75 10 24 34 71 - - - - -
1999/00 New York Rangers NHL 80 10 20th 30th 78 - - - - -
2000/01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 16 35 51 56 13 0 9 9 10
2001/02 Los Angeles Kings NHL 55 7th 23 30th 68 7th 0 1 1 18th
2002/03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 65 14th 29 43 57 - - - - -
2002/03 Detroit Red Wings NHL 13 2 5 7th 16 4th 0 0 0 6th
2003/04 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 14th 32 46 56 12 1 2 3 8th
2004/05 Detroit Red Wings NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Detroit Red Wings NHL 72 21st 38 59 86 6th 1 7th 8th 6th
2006/07 Detroit Red Wings NHL 68 11 41 52 66 11 2 4th 6th 16
2007/08 Anaheim Ducks NHL 65 12 27 39 50 6th 1 0 1 8th
2008/09 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 44 4th 11 15th 50 - - - - -
2008/09 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 23 5 12 17th 14th 2 0 0 0 4th
2009/10 Vancouver Canucks NHL 17th 2 3 5 12 - - - - -
2009/10 Manitoba mosses AHL 8th 3 2 5 8th - - - - -
2009/10 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 8th 0 4th 4th 4th 3 1 0 1 0
OHL total 170 44 126 170 289 34 9 29 38 66
AHL total 36 9 15th 24 28 3 0 3 3 12
NHL overall 1289 223 520 743 1245 114 11 43 54 155

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1988 United States June World Cup 6th place 7th 0 2 2 16
1996 United States World cup 1st place, gold 7th 2 0 2 8th
1998 United States Olympia 6th place 4th 0 0 0 6th
2004 United States World cup 4th Place Without any effort
2006 United States Olympia 8th place 6th 1 2 3 16
Juniors overall 7th 0 2 2 16
Men overall

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Mathieu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Mathieu David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York