Notre Dame Men's Hockey vs North Dakota 11-23-2012.
Earned his first monogram in his rookie year with the Irish in 2011-12 ... hard-working player who has outstanding potential ... started slowly as he adapted to Division I hockey but came on strong in the second half of the season ... strong skater with a great shot ... has great hands and instincts around the goal ... excellent one-on-one player who can make a play and find the open man ... has all the tools to be a top-level collegiate player ... becomes the first Austrian-born player and third European player to play at Notre Dame, joining Calle Ridderwall `11 (Sweden) and Robin Bergman (Sweden) ... played in 23 games as a freshman scoring two goals with four assists for six points ... joined the Irish after spending one season (2010-11) with the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... one of 17 Notre Dame players to play in the USHL ... signed national letter-of-intent in the early-signing period (Nov. `10) along with Eric Johnson, Robbie Russo and Andy Ryan.
AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in 23 of Notre Dame's 40 games ... scored two goals with four assists for six points ... whistled for three penalties, resulting in six penalty minutes ... was +3 on the season ... picked up first collegiate point with an assist in 3-1 win at Bowling Green (Oct. 28) ... followed that with a second assist the following night in a 3-2 Irish victory ... recorded first multiple-point game of career as he helped set up a pair of goals in 5-2 Notre Dame win versus Boston University (Dec. 31) ... scored first collegiate goal at 9:54 of the third period in the 2-0 shutout of Michigan State (Feb. 24) ... had Notre Dame's only goal in the 3-1 loss to Michigan in game two of the second-round CCHA playoff series ... saw action in four postseason games, scoring one goal for one point.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Gymnasium Dr. Karla Polesneho in Znojmo, Czech Republic in May of 2009 ... played junior hockey in the Czech Republic for HC Ceske Budejovice and HC Znojemsti Orli in the Czech Under-20 league during `08-'09, scoring 19 goals and seven assists for 26 points in 42 games between the two teams ... competed for Austria in the Under-18 World Championships, scoring four goals in five games ... played for Orli Znojmo in the Czech Under-20 league in `09-'10 where he had 17 goals and 13 assists for 30 points in 29 games ... played for Austria in World Junior Championships, netting one assist in six games ... came to the United States to play for the Indiana Ice in the USHL ... scored 30 goals and added 24 assists for 54 points in 55 games ... added a goal and an assist in five postseason games ... finished third on the team in goals and fifth in points ... chipped in five power-play goals and five game winners ... selected to play in the 2011 USHL all-star game ... first Indiana Ice player to play at Notre Dame ... played in the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championships for Austria, scoring a goal with three assists for four points in five games ... full name is Peter Schneider ... son of Peter and Martina Schneider ... has two sisters, Anna and Lisa, and two brothers, Philipp and Moritz ... born in Klosterneuburg, Austria ... enrolled in Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.
