Norm Schmidt Explained

Position:Defence
Shoots:Right
Played For:Pittsburgh Penguins
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:190
Birth Date:24 January 1963
Birth Place:Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Draft:70th overall
Draft Team:Pittsburgh Penguins
Draft Year:1981
Career Start:1983
Career End:1988

Norm Schmidt (born January 24, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 125 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins between 1983 and 1987.

Schmidt was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Sault Ste. Marie.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1979–80Soo ThunderbirdsIJBHL18 8 16 24
1979–80Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsOMJHL6 0 0 0 5
1980–81Oshawa GeneralsOHL65 12 25 37 7311 2 5 7 25
1981–82Oshawa GeneralsOHL67 13 48 61 17212 6 10 16 45
1982–83Oshawa GeneralsOHL61 21 49 70 11417 4 16 20 47
1982–83Oshawa GeneralsM-Cup5 4 1 5 10
1983–84Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL34 6 12 18 12
1983–84Baltimore SkipjacksAHL43 4 12 16 31
1984–85Baltimore SkipjacksAHL33 0 22 22 31
1985–86Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL66 15 14 29 57
1986–87Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL20 1 5 6 4
1986–87Baltimore SkipjacksAHL36 4 7 11 25
1987–88Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL5 1 2 3 0
NHL totals125 23 33 56 73

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA. 2018. Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2019-01-12.