Peter Schneider (ice hockey)

Peter Schneider (born on April 4, 1991 in Klosterneuburg) is an Austrian professional ice hockey right/left winger currently playing with the HC Kometa Brno of the Tipsport Extraliga.

Club career
Schneider began playing junior hockey with the HC České Budějovice organisation. In the 2007-08 season, he was also loaned on a few games to the HC Český Krumlov organisation. In the middle of the 2008-09 season, Schneider transfered to the HC Znojemští Orli organisation. Schneider then began the 2009-10 season with the HC Slovan Bratislava organisation but shortly after the beginning of the season moved Schneider back to the Orli Znojmo (formerly HC Znojemští Orli) organisation.

In 2010, Schneider decided to continue his junior career in North America and spent the 2010-11 season with the Indiana Ice of the USHL. In this season, Schneider was also selected to play at the USHL All-Star Game.

In 2011 - 2015 played Schneider with the Univ. of Notre Dame of the NCAA and became the NCAA (CCHA) champion with the Univ. of Notre Dame in the 2012-13 season. After 41 games played in his last season with the Univ. of Notre Dame made Schneider his senior debut when he played 10 games with the Indy Fuel of the ECHL in the 2014-15 season.

Schneider then continued with the Indy Fuel of the ECHL in the 2015-16 season.

Schneider began the 2016-17 season with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL but he moved to the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL after just 10 games played. He finished there the season with 51 regular season games and 7 play-off games played.

Schneider also began the 2017-18 season with the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL but after 5 games played, Schneider returned to Europe and finished the season with the Vienna Capitals of the EBEL. He played there 38 regular season games and 11 play-off games in this season.

Schneider continued with the Vienna Capitals of the EBEL in the 2018-19 season. In this season, he scored the most points (69) among all EBEL players, won the Ron Kennedy Trophy for the most valuable player of the season and made it into the EBEL All-Star Team. In addition, he was also the player who scored the most power-play goals (4) in this season's CHL.

On May 2, 2019, Schneider left the Capitals and the EBEL after a dominant season, securing a one-year contract with the EHC Biel-Bienne of the NL.

In 2020, Schneider signed with the HC Kometa Brno of the Tipsport Extraliga. He is currently signed there until the end of the 2021-22 season.

International career
Schneider played with the Austrian National Team at the 2009 World U18 Championship Division I (winning there bronze), 2010 World Junior Championship, 2011 World Junior Championship Division I (winning there bronze) and at the 2018 and 2019 World Championship s (being named one of the top 3 players on the Austrian squad at the 2018 tournament).