Mathieu Schneider
Mathieu Schneider
Mathieu David Schneideris an American former professional ice hockey player. Considered an offensive defenseman, Schneider played 1289 games in the National Hockey League with ten different teams, scoring 233 goals and totalling 743 points. He won the Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Montreal Canadiens...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth12 June 1969
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No, it's because we don't consider them real threats.
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I always use Patty Roy as an example just because I played with him when he was breaking in,
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Guys were upset over some of the things that were going on off the ice. But the timing of it, it sounded like sour grapes after losing.
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He could be the toughest guy I've ever played with. He was in definite pain the last few days. I for one never thought he was going to play tonight and he goes out and continues to amaze.
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That was a Minnesota (Wild) type of game, where they laid back in the neutral zone. Those aren't the most exciting games to watch and certainly not the most exciting to play. But we played into their hands at times, turning the puck over, instead of getting it deep.
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That's great. These guys, they've been bugging me all year. It's all in good clean fun. Just as long as they are pulling for me in the Olympics.
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That was a neat trick he did there, where he pretended he was going to drop his stick. It was all I could do not to break out laughing on the ice there.
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It's been a lot of fun, obviously, playing on this team and with this organization. Everything feels so easy right now, everything is rolling.
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That's a defenseman, no matter how you slice it. A defenseman on a breakaway is still a defenseman.
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This is the first time in my career in the NHL that I've played four games in five nights. It's just another part of the schedule that we have to deal with. The travel's terrible, but there are plenty of excuses. I think this team has done the same thing every night -- work hard.
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A lot of times we get caught by that because we play such a close-checking game. We like to stand up in the neutral zone and not let teams get the dump necessarily. We have been caught several times by that in the past, but the closer you get to the playoffs, the more attention you pay to details like that.
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Absolutely. I don't expect to pay for anything when I walk into that place.
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For me, I really felt it gave my body a nice rest. I feel great, and I'm extremely excited to start the year.
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The only thing that was going to make this a successful season was winning the Stanley Cup. We didn't live up to our expectations.