Stefen Rosner
Sunday, April 3 was a day that New York Islanders netminder Cory Schneider will never forget. The 36-year old netminder had been waiting for a chance to make an NHL start again after watching his career get derailed by injuries and lackluster play over the last few seasons.
But over two years later, against his former team, the New Jersey Devils, Cory Schneider got the start.
Cory Schneider spent seven seasons in New Jersey, having played in 311 games with 2.50 GAA and a .915 SV%, with 17 shutouts. However, Schneider only appeared in 39 games from 2018 to 2020. Over that span, he also played in 22 AHL games with the Binghamton Devils, posting a .907 SV% with a 3.07 GAA.
The New Jersey Devils decided to part ways with Cory Schneider back in Oct. of 2020, as they placed him on waivers, eventually buying him out of the last two years of his seven-year contract, which he signed back in the summer of 2014.
But Cory Schneider wasn’t giving up on getting back to the NHL. And his former general manager, Lou Lamoriello, gave him a chance to continue his career as part of the New York Islanders as he inked a one-year deal back in January of 2021. His role would be as the third-string netminder behind Semyon Varlamov and Ilya Sorokin.
Schneider played just two games with Bridgeport (AHL) in the 2020-21 season with a 3.94 GAA and an .843 SV%.
