Player's Profile
- Name: Cory Schneider
- Position: G
- Catches: Left
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 195 lbs
- Birthdate: 1986-03-18
- Eligible for Draft: 2004
- Drafted:
- Hometown: Marblehead, Mass.
- Acquired: Drafted in the first round (26th overall) in 2004 by the Vancouver Canucks
- Playing In: Pro
Cory Schneider
Prospect Grade: 8.0 B (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: Matt MacInnis
History
Drafted in the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by Vancouver, Schneider made it known his intentions to play in Boston College for the 2004-05 season. “Boston College is a great program, great league, a lot of good teams so I’m looking forward to going to school and playing there,” he said at the draft.
Schneider completed a near perfect rookie season at Boston College going 13-1-4 in 19 appearances, despite missing time due to the IHHF U-20 WJC and a knee injury. His only loss of the season came in the NCAA Tournament East Regional Final versus North Dakota. Schneider finished first in the nation with a .833 winning percentage. His 1.90 goals against average ranked sixth in the nation while his .916 save percentage ranked tied for 24th.
Schneider’s outstanding freshman campaign culminated with a selection to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team. He garnered two Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week honors as well as one Hockey East Rookie of the Week honor this season. He also was named the recipient of Boston College’s Bernie Burke Award for Outstanding Freshman of the Year. He was a member of Team USA’s 2005 WJC squad and was recently invited to Team USA’s Junior Evaluation Camp for the 2006 IIHF U-20 WJC in Vancouver.
Cory Schneider leaves Boston College as one of the school’s most successful goaltenders. This season, he helped guide the Eagles to their seventh Hockey East title as well as their second consecutive NCAA National Championship game appearance. The Marblehead, MA native set two school records this season - career shutouts (15) and single-season saves (1,111). The workhorse and backbone of the excellent Boston College defense, Schneider played and started in all 42 games this season, compiling a 29-12-1 record that included six shutouts. No goaltender in Men’s D-I played more games this season than Schneider did. His 2.15 goals against average, .925 save percentage and .702 winning percentage all ranked in the top ten nationally. His 2,516:33 minutes played ranked second in the nation. Among the many accolades that Schneider captured this season included selections to the Hockey East and NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament teams and being named co-recipient of Boston College’s Norman F. Dailey Award as the team’s MVP. Schneider, whose is also an excellent student, also earned his third consecutive selection to the Hockey East All-Academic Team. Most recently, Schneider was a member of the U.S. National Team that competed at IIHF World Championships in Russia back in May.
Talent Analysis
Schneider is a fundamentally sound goaltender with superb quickness and agility. He has demonstrated that he can step up in big games. Nowhere was that more evident this past season than in Hockey East play. Schneider plays with a tremendous amount of focus and confidence and gives his team a chance to win on most nights. He isn’t one to get rattled easily either. The book on Schneider is to “take away his eyes” because if he sees it, more often than not he’s going to stop it. Schneider is excellent positionally. He does an outstanding job of taking away the lower portion of the net, moves extremely well laterally and with his 6’2 frame covers a lot of the top half of the net as well. He will aggressively challenge shooters. His possesses a quick glove and has little trouble playing the puck. The most notable improvement that Schneider made in his collegiate career is his ability to control rebounds. It isn’t often that he will give up rebounds and when he does, he does an excellent job of steering loose pucks away from the crease area.
Future
Schneider has the technique, skill, and attitude to become an NHL starting goaltender some day.
Stats
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Profile Last Updated: April, 16th 2008
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