Kevin Schmidt (ice hockey)

Kevin Schmidt (born February 14, 1986) is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey defenceman. He is under contract with EC VSV of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).

Kevin Schmidt
Born (1986-02-14) February 14, 1986
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
EBEL team
Former teams		 EC VSV
Wheeling Nailers
Hannover Indians
Hamburg Freezers
Dornbirner EC
Iserlohn Roosters
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present

Playing career

A native of Markham, Ontario, Schmidt graduated from St. Michael’s College School in 2005. He enrolled at Bowling Green State University and played in 147 games for the Falcons during his four-year college career, serving as alternate captain his senior season.[1]

He spent his first season of professional hockey in the East Coast Hockey League, recording 30 points (seven goals, 23 assists) in 50 contests for the Wheeling Nailers in 2009-10.[2]

Schmidt moved to the Hannover Indians of the second German division for the 2010-11 season[3] and took the next step forward in his career,[4] being picked up by the Hamburg Freezers, a member of Germany’s top flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), prior to the 2011-12 campaign. In Hamburg, Schmidt evolved into a solid DEL player and was given contract extension until 2017, in December 2013.[5] However, the Freezers folded in May 2016[6] and Schmidt had to look for other opportunities after five years with the team.

On June 29, 2016, he signed with Dornbirner EC of the Austrian Hockey League.[7] He opted to return to Germany for the 2017–18 season, joining the Iserlohn Roosters.[8]

Personal life

Schmidt was granted German citizenship in August 2010.[9] His father Horst was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and moved to Canada with his parents as a child.[10]

References
  1. "Kevin Schmidt - 2008-09 Ice Hockey". Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  2. "ECHL ◊ mobile | HOME". echl.com. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  3. "Interview mit Kevin Schmidt » ECHte Hannoveraner". cms.echte-hannoveraner.de. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  4. Kevin Schmidt's profile and statistics at DEL.org (in German)
  5. "Hamburg Freezers binden Kevin Schmidt bis 2017 - 12 - DEL.org". www.del.org. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  6. (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Bid to save Hamburg Freezers DEL ice hockey team comes up short | Sports | DW.COM | 25.05.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  7. marksoft. "Dornbirn präsentiert seinen Grundkader - hockeyfans.at". www.hockeyfans.at. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  8. gmbh, aliaz werbeagentur. "Iserlohn Roosters". Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  9. GmbH, Thomas Röstel, Matthias Geissler - Sports Trade. "Hannover Indians: Kevin Schmidt ist Deutscher / Dennis Szygulla wechselt nach Adendorf | del-2.org". del-2.org. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  10. "Vertrag verlängert: Kevin Schmidt bleibt bei den Freezers | MOPO.de". MOPO.de (in German). Retrieved February 15, 2016.
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