Longtime NHL netminder Cory Schneider (Boston College) has called it a career, retiring after 16 professional seasons.
Schneider, 37, last played in the NHL in 2021-22, making his only appearance with the New York Islanders in a win against his old New Jersey Devils team. He spent all of last season in the American Hockey League, posting a 19-11-3 record with a 2.94 goals-against average and one shutout for Bridgeport. The Marblehead, Mass. native, who dealt with hip and other injuries that curtailed the latter part of his career, finished with a 171-159-58 record in 410 NHL regular-season appearances with Vancouver, New Jersey and the Islanders, to go with a 2.43 GAA and 26 shutouts. He also helped Vancouver to within one game of the Stanley Cup in 2011, the same year he and Roberto Luongo combined to win the Jennings Trophy. He was later traded to New Jersey at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, where he remained until 2020.
In 224 career AHL regular-season outings, Schneider went 127-79-17 (2.53, 14 SO) with Manitoba, Binghamton and Bridgeport, and was tabbed the AHL's Best Goaltender in 2008-09. A product of Phillips Academy Andover in Massachusetts, he played three years at Boston College (99 GP, 66-26-7, 2.09, 15 SO) and backstopped the Eagles to back-to-back NCAA title game appearances in 2006 and 2007. He was also a First Team All-America selection in 2006, and a two-time NCAA Hockey East All-Academic Team choice.
Schneider also represented the United States with the U.S. National Team Development Program prior to BC. He also played for Team USA at the 2004 IIHF World Under-18 Championship, two World Junior Championships, the 2017 World Cup and the 2019 World Championship.
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