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Photos

For on-ice images from Mathieu's NHL and International playing career, see Life.

Or, for off-ice and candid images, see the album below:

Mathieu Schneider

*The images in that album were collected from a variety of sources through many years. Some were found online, some were scanned from print sources. They are compiled here for convenience and longevity for Mathieu fans. Original copyright is held by the original source. All attempts to note original source was made. (Most of the time; I realized I haven't added all of that info after transferring them from the old site-- I'll get to that)

Career Statistics

Season	Club	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
1986-1987	Cornwall (OHL)	63	7	29	36	75
1987-1988	Cornwall (OHL)	48	21	40	61	83
	Montreal	4	0	0	0	2
1988-1989	Cornwall (OHL)	59	16	57	73	96
1989-1990	Montreal	44	7	14	21	25
	Sherbrooke (AHL)	28	6	13	19	20
1990-1991	Montreal	69	10	20	30	63
1991-1992	Montreal	78	8	24	32	72
1992-1993	Montreal	60	13	31	44	91
1993-1994	Montreal	75	20	32	52	62
1994-1995	Montreal	30	5	15	20	49
	NY Islanders	13	3	6	9	30
1995-1996	NY Islanders	65	11	36	47	93
	Toronto	13	2	5	7	10
1996-1997	Toronto	26	5	7	12	20
1997-1998	Toronto	76	11	26	37	44
1998-1999	NY Rangers	75	10	24	34	71
1999-2000	NY Rangers	80	10	20	30	78
2000-2001	LA Kings	73	16	35	51	56
2001-2002	LA Kings	55	7	23	30	68
2002-2003	LA Kings	65	14	29	43	57
	Detroit Red Wings	12	2	4	6	16
2003-2004	Detroit Red Wings	78	14	32	46	56
2004-2005	Season cancelled due to labor dispute
2005-2006	Detroit Red Wings	72	21	38	59	86
2006-2007	Detroit Red Wings	68	11	31	52	66
2007-2008	Anaheim Ducks	65	12	27	39	50
NHL TOTALS		1197	212	490	702	1165

Career Playoff Stats

Season	Club	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
1986-1987	Cornwall (OHL)	5	0	0	0	22
1987-1988	Cornwall (OHL)	11	2	6	8	14
	Sherbrooke (AHL)	3	0	3	3	12
1988-1989	Cornwall	18	7	20	27	30
1989-1990	Montreal	9	1	3	4	31
1990-1991	Montreal	13	2	7	9	18
1991-1992	Montreal	10	1	4	5	6
1992-1993	Montreal	11	1	2	3	16
1993-1994	Montreal	1	0	0	0	0
1994-1995	Montreal/NYI	team didn't make playoffs
1995-1996	NY Islanders/Toronto	6	0	4	4	8
1996-1997	Toronto	team didn't make playoffs
1997-1998	Toronto	team didn't make playoffs
1998-1999	NY Rangers	team didn't make playoffs
1999-2000	NY Rangers	team didn't make playoffs
2000-2001	LA Kings	13	0	9	9	10
2001-2002	LA Kings	7	0	1	1	18
2002-2003	Detroit Red Wings	4	0	0	0	6
2003-2004	Detroit Red Wings	12	1	2	3	8
2004-2005	Season cancelled due to labor dispute
2005-2006	Detroit Red Wings	6	1	7	8	6
2006-2007	Detroit Red Wings	11	2	4	6	16
NHL TOTALS		103	9	43	52	143

Quotes

Here is just a sample of the words and wisdom Mathieu Schneider bestows upon the media.

About not being nominated for the Norris Trophy
"I wasn’t expecting it. It would have been a nice honor, but there’s only one trophy that matters to me. It’s been a tremendous season all the way around and I couldn’t be happier."

"If it would have come it would have been great. Having been talked about is plenty of reward"

About all of the new attention he has been getting with Detroit
"I don't feel like I'm doing anything that I haven't done the last few seasons. But when you play on a winning team in a great hockey city, you get a little more recognition. It's been great to get the notoriety I've gotten this year."

About that Norris Trophy talk
"It's really nice to hear, obviously, but it's the furthest thing from my mind. Our goal is to get to the playoffs and get the home ice advantage for as much of the playoffs as we can."

About his two game suspension for high-sticking
"It was so unintentional. I was focused on the puck. It was a penalty-kill. I wasn’t going to put our team down five-on-three in a game that close. It’s just very disappointing and frustrating."

"Glen is a friend of mine. We let them know that. I work out with Glen every day in the summer back in L.A. I'm not going to try to injure him. I'm not out there trying to injure anyone. I'm not trying to hit someone in the head with my stick."

"I'm not out there maliciously trying to hurt someone. I play aggressively and sometimes that stuff's going to happen. It's happened to me. I've had teeth knocked out, my nose broken, (incidents) that have gone unpunished. If you're going to punish one guy, you have to punish everyone when it happens."

"Without a doubt, if you look at the tape, it's a penalty. It was probably a missed call on the play. But... I don't think it warranted a suspension. I think it's uncalled for."

"Obviously my stick got up high. Call a penalty. Fine. But when you look at some of the stuff that's happened and the discipline that's been handed down, it doesn't add up."

"You see intentional slashes and shots that don’t get the same consideration.”

"Regardless of what it looks like, it’s very disappointing that’s the decision they (the NHL) came to."

"Guys get singled out and there's nothing you can do about it. I was disappointed in the decision. It seemed a little personal to me."

About the trade from LA to Detroit
"I'd heard the rumors the previous couple of days, and I kind of thought that it blew over. When I came to bed last night, I really felt that I was going to be hopping on the plane this morning going to Tampa. But when my phone rang at 7 this morning, I knew that was it. I was really hoping that it was going to be Detroit."

"My feeling was, I wanted to stay. But I'm definitely excited about having a chance to play in the playoffs and win the Stanley Cup. You can't ask for much more than that."

About the challenge of going to a new team and new system
"I think it's going to be an easy transition."

"I'd like to be able to bring the same things I've done in L.A.. I try to play a solid two-way game, offense and defense."

"Hopefully, this is my last stop on the Original Six."

About playing with Chris Chelios
"He's a special player to have lasted as long as he has. I'm very excited."

"Playing with Chris will make me feel young again, that's for sure."

About wanting to stay in LA despite rumors indicating otherwise
"If I was open to a trade, I would have been in asking for a trade."

"It's part of the game, and I realize I'm one of the guys that potentially could be moved — I've been moved before; it wouldn't be the end of the world -- but this is where I want to be, this is where I want to play.

"No, I don't want to be traded. That's all."

"As far as me wanting to go someplace, no way. This is where I want to be. That is the bottom line. There are no other issues. Are there other great cities in the NHL? Sure. Do I want to be there? No. I want to win here."

"What I'd like to see is the team re-sign the free agents, get everyone healthy and take another kick at the can next season. We started the season well, but we've never had the chance to see what could have happened this year"

About what makes a hockey player "smart"
"The smartest players are the guys who make their teammates better. There are 10 or 12 guys like that."

About two players he considers among the smartest
"(Joe Sakic is) consistently one of the best players in every game and he makes his linemates look better than they are a lot of nights."

"If Brett Hull isn't the smartest player in the NHL, he's one of the top three. He's really turned into an incredible playmaker, to go along with his great goal-scoring ability. He's also killing penalties and playing very well defensively. Before he was a one-dimensional guy; now he's doing everything."

About Kings' head coach Andy Murray's system
"He encourages all our defensemen to get involved if the opportunity is there. We want to try and create offense. That not only helps your defensemen, but it helps the forwards. We have a comfort level that if we jump into the play we are going to be supported. We can jump down the wall, create picks or traffic to the net and it's all part of a system."

About the best defense
"I know it's a cliche, but the best defense is a good offense. They can't score on you if the puck is in their end."

About the importance of team unity in hockey
"Hockey is not like any other sport. It's not like baseball where the left-fielder doesn't have to like the catcher. Getting along is critical. You rely on each other so much."

About, well, um, I have no idea...
"So many times this year we've milked the cow and kicked over the bucket"

About losing focus in a game
"We know where we went wrong out there; it's not rocket science. As soon as we scored the fourth goal we kind of backed off into a shell."

About a lousy call
"It wasn't a penalty. I have felt cross checking and that was not it."

About his re-energized career
"Last year (2000-01 season) was probably the most fun I've had in four or five years"

About LA Kings' coach Andy Murray
"He's not a yeller or screamer. That's something that I appreciate in a coach."

About not being selected for Team USA's 2002 Olympic team
"I wouldn't be human if I said I wasn't disappointed and felt that I'd be a great addition to the team. But it's something that's totally out of my hands. I can only worry about what I can control."

"I know they were trying to keep it guarded and secret, but leaks get out and when I started reading things in the paper that were more negative than positive about me not playing or them not being able to see me play, I had a pretty good idea that I wasn't going to be named."

"If they were really interested in having me play, they would have called me to find out how I was doing--if I'd be back in time, if I felt I'd be coming back 100%. And I never got any calls, my agent never got any calls."

About the tragedy of September 11, 2001
"The world got a little smaller yesterday and we're all at risk. Everyone's going to be thinking in that frame of mind for awhile. It's sad we have to live that way."

"The whole country's been hit hard and seems to be rallying, but I don't believe that we can get back to the way we were for a long time - the safety we felt and the comfort we felt about being Americans and living here."

"I have to question whether that [sense of safety]will ever be the same. The images we've seen for the last week will always been in our minds."

About opening training camp following the deaths of two Kings' scouts aboard American Airlines Flight 175, the second plane to crash into the World Trade Center
"It was kind of divided. Some of the players felt we should sit out, some of the players felt we should go on. Dave and Andy [Murray, the Kings' coach] knew [Bailey and Bavis] best, and their feeling was, they would have wanted us to go on."

"That's kind of a hockey mentality anyway, and [practicing] takes your mind off things, that's for sure, even if it's only for a couple of hours. The thing about hockey players is, once you get here and put the gear on, you're focused on the game."

About deciding on a one-timer rather than setting up for a shot
"I said what the heck, I'll just let it go."

About his ability to shoot the puck
"I'm not a sniper by any means."

About LA Kings' fans
"The fans have been tremendous at all our home games"

About the hard working LA Kings team, surprising everyone with their playoff success
"There's no quit in us. A lot of people counted us out in February and March, and we battled our way into the playoffs. A lot of people didn't give us a chance to win the Detroit series, and we did [in six games]. A lot of people didn't give us a chance to win one game in this series (vs. Colorado), but we did."

About why he likes living in Los Angeles
"We wanted to be somewhere we thought we would live after hockey. It was really between the West Coast and East Coast. We love big cities and we love the ocean and being near the water. The weather is tremendous here. It is my first time playing in a warm climate, so I'm looking forward to a mild winter. I like the lifestyle out here -- it's a lot more laid back. We have a baby on the way in February. We came right in and bought a house right away because we plan on making this our home."

About New York Rangers' GM Glen Sather's decision to not re-sign him
"I really have no idea what Glen was thinking because he never spoke to me or my agents even once. I don't know the man at all, I've never had a conversation with him, but he certainly has the right to do what he wants. I always wanted to play for the Rangers and wanted to stay here so I'm obviously disappointed, but I'm also optimistic that this will work out for the best for me."

About his impending unrestricted free agency, July 1, 2000
"I'm sure the organization knows my first preference is to stay. I've never made a secret of the fact that this is where I want to be."

About playing after being down a few goals
"As soon as they get four, we've got a mountain to climb."

About the state of the Rangers at the season's midway point
"There were a lot of games earlier in the season we might have won... It would be nice to have those extra points, right now."

About the inconsistency in the Rangers' game
"We seemed to have a brain cramp right in the middle of the game."

About Brian Leetch's broken foot
"Brian's not the type of player to stay down and baby himself. He's played through plenty of injuries since I've been here, and you know he's really hurt when he can't go back out there."

About the Rangers keeping it together after a bad play
"In the past, when something like that happened, it was: 'Oh no!' But tonight, for whatever reason, it wasn't. Why? Who knows? But it's a start."

About playing with injuries
"At one time or another, we all play with injuries. Guys appreciate when guys do it. It trickles through the team. You're playing for each other and playing for the team. You gain respect and the team comes closer together."

On the bad start to the Rangers' 1999-2000 season
"We're not working smart. We have so many talented players, but I think everyone feels that just by stepping out on the ice, things will happen. We're not going to beat guys with fancy plays and tic-tac-toes. I think that's become pretty obvious in the last couple games."

About bad Rangers power play
"I don't understand it. We have to get dirty goals, rebound goals... And, right now, we're not getting them."

About playing the game, after settling his personal life
"I feel like a kid again. My wife's been tremendous throughout everything, and I just love coming to the rink now. It's been a tough time for (the team), and that makes it difficult, but on a personal level, the game has really been fun for me again. I feel like I'm 23, 24 again, enjoying it."

On Ranger Teammate Brian Leetch
"He's a workhorse. I can't imagine him not being back. I can't imagine Brian not in a Ranger uniform. The city loves him, the management and the coaches, and he loves being here, He's a class act with everything he has done and is a great leader."

About his increased physical play
"I've always had a mean streak."

About the state of the Rangers after a long team meeting in December, 1998
"I think we talked about relaxing, being more confident. If we can get alead, we'll be OK. The first goal was off the power play and that was huge. Five-on-five, we can play with anyone. If our special teams will come along, we'll be OK."

About the Rangers bad start
"We're not out of it by any means, and we're starting to play better."

About playing with his new teammates on the power play
"I haven't had that much fun on the power play in a long time. It's like playing keepaway sometimes, but we got two huge goals, we moved the puck around really well and easily. (Leetch) and Sunny (Sundstrom) and Gretz and Alex (Kovalev), they create so much space and time out there, I'm just trying to get open for them and be a threat to shoot. It's just easy to play with those guys."

About his feelings of his trade to the Rangers
"I'm pretty excited. This is like coming home. I couldn't have hand-picked a team that I would rather have gone to."

About his feelings of the way the Maple Leafs treated the trade
"The Leafs forced me into a trade. If I knew that's what they wanted all along, I would have asked to be traded a lot sooner. But, that's okay. I don't take it personally. I'm very happy now."

About his contract "dispute"
"It was never about money."

About the Leafs management and communication
"It does no good for me to get into a war of words with the Leafs. But there was a definite lack of communication on that club."

"I've been here (New York) for one day and already I've had a longer conversation with Neil Smith than I did in a whole year with Mike Smith or Ken Dryden."

About the Bob Gainey situation (when he was offered as compensation to sign Gainey as GM last year)
"That was completely ridiculous. Everybody around the league had a good chuckle about it."

About whether or not he was the "cancer" causing tension within the Montreal Canadiens locker room
"No, I'm a Gemini."

About playing the Islanders
"Any time you go up against one of your old teams, it's special."

About being suspended after giving Paul Kariya a concussion
"The league is kind of inconsistent with these things. It's a little ridiculous when I'm suspended and so many blatant calls are disregarded. If it was 18 other guys on their team, nothing would have been said."

About receiving a concussion of his own
"I'm kind of tired. I had a headache the first day, but that's kind of gone. A couple of days' rest and I'll see the doctor again. I'm just fortunate (the high stick) wasn't closer to the eye. I haven't seen it (on video), but I've been told it was careless use of the stick. It's something the league has been trying to crack down on."

About playing with Team USA
"That was definitely the fastest and the best hockey I have ever been involved in. You can only elevate your game when you play at a higher level."

"The U.S. talent pool has been growing steadily over the past four or five years. A lot of key players in the league are U.S. players. We still do not have the depth Canada has, but at the top level we can compete. We just proved that."

"Playing on the U.S. (World Cup) team and being around guys like Brett Hull, Mike Richter and John LeClair made it a truly special experience. And, of course, winning made it that much better."

About Mike Richter (incidentally, I got this quote from an interview during the World Cup of Hockey, long before he was a Ranger)
"As far as I'm concerned he is the best goalie I think I've ever played with."

About the story he hopped a cab to the hospital during a playoff game in 1996
"Actually, the ambulance took me over, I didn't get a cab. I was watching the game in the hospital while I was waiting for the eye doctor there. They'd stitched me up at the Gardens and then I went over to the hospital. I missed the whole second period and came back. No I didn't take a cab back; the ambulance brought me back. It was kind of funny walking through the hospital with my equipment on."

About playing hockey as a career
"I thank God all the time that I'm able to do this (play hockey) for a career. I'm still thinking what am I going to do when I'm done playing. And I still have no idea - hopefully, it's still another seven or eight years away."

Odds and ends during the Maple Leafs 1997-98 season
"It's a big piano off our back." (after finally winning a game)

"That's just my luck, I haven't been able to put one in yet."

"That was a boring game, there was a lot of clutching and grabbing. I'm sure it was boring to watch. It was boring to play."

"We are sick and tired of losing. It has been very, very frustrating. I am embarrassed."

"Aside from us not scoring a lot of goals, we're doing a lot of things right."

"Two wins is big. When you get that, there's more jump, even at practice. You see the guys are snapping the puck. ... It was an ugly road game, though. But we'll take the win."

``We will not be the Pittsburgh Penguins or the New York Rangers. We will have to battle every night."

"Good defense was our biggest asset and now it's hurting us. Our opponents will score one and then another or two very quickly and we just can't recover."

About being a team leader
"That is the position I want to be in . . . I want to have a big role, have a lot of ice time and be a leader on this team."

About being involved in a playoff race
"(Motivation) is 80 percent mental and 20 percent physical these days. And you can talk yourself out of fatigue."

About putting his son's name on his stick
"It was just something I wanted to do."

About how he got involved in hockey
"Since I have a lot of French-Canadian relatives, my father had me play ice hockey, so I'd able to keep up with my cousins. I always wanted to win the Stanley Cup."

About being a rare Jewish hockey player
"I've been fortunate, in that I've played in cities that have large Jewish populations. Therefore, it's given me an opportunity to be a role model and have and impact on young people. This is especially true playing for Canadian teams, because hockey is everything in Canada, and everything you do is noticed."

On the Ice

NHL Career

Drafted: In 1987, 3rd round, 44th overall (4th Canadiens pick after Andrew Cassels, John LeClair, and Eric Desjardins)

Montreal Canadiens (7 years)
Acquired via draft, June 13, 1987
Traded April 5, 1995 (with Kirk Muller and Craig Darby, for Vladimir Malakhov and Pierre Turgeon)

New York Islanders (1 year)
Acquired via trade April 5, 1995
Traded March 13, 1996 (with Wendel Clark and D.J. Smith, for Kenny Jonsson, Sean Haggerty, Darby Hendrickson and first-round draft pick- used to select Roberto Luongo)

Toronto Maple Leafs (2 years)
Acquired via trade March 13, 1996
Traded October 14, 1998 (for Alexander Karpovtsev)

New York Rangers (2 years)
Aquired via trade October 14, 1998
Selected in expansion draft June 23, 2000

Columbus Blue Jackets
Acquired via expansion draft for amatuer draft pick, June 23, 2000
Signed with Los Angeles Kings August 13, 2000

Los Angeles Kings (3 years)
Acquired free agent signing, August 13, 2000
Traded March 11, 2003 (for Maxim Kuznetsov, Sean Avery, a first round pick in 2003 and a second round pick in 2004)

Detroit Red Wings (4 years; including lock-out year)
Acquired via trade, March 11, 2003
Left via free agency, July 1, 2007

Anaheim Ducks (1 year)
Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2007
Traded September 26, 2008 (for Ken Klee, Brad Larsen, and Chad Painchaud)

Atlanta Thrashers (under 1 year)
Acquired via trade, September 26, 2008
Traded February 16, 2009 (for a 2nd round draft pick in 2009 and a 3rd round pick in 2010)

Montreal Canadiens (under 1 year)
Acquired via trade, February 16, 2009
Left via free agency

Vancouver Canucks (under 1 year)
Signed as a free agent, August 28, 2009
Traded March 3, 2010 (for Sean Zimmerman and a conditional 6th round draft pick 2010).

Phoenix Coyotes
Acquired via trade, March 3, 2010

Total: 11 teams, 21 seasons

Honors

• Named to OHL All-Star first team, 1987-88 and 1988-89
• Won Stanley Cup with Montreal Canadiens, 1993
• Made All-Star debut with the Eastern Conference, 1996
• Named alternate captain (and then interim captain) of the New York Islanders, 1996
• Won World Cup of Hockey Championship with Team USA, 1996
• Named to USA Olympic Team, 1998
• Named alternate captain of the Los Angeles Kings, 2001-2003
• Selected as Western Conference All-Star, 2003
• Named to Team USA's World Cup of Hockey team, 2004 (couldn't play)
• 7th in voting for the Norris Trophy, 2004
• Named to USA Olympic Team, 2006

Milestones

Sweater numbers

#18 (1987-89; 2008-2009); #8 (1990-93); #27 (1993-95; 2009); #72 (1995-1998); #25 (1998-99); #21 (1999-2000); #10 (2000-2003); #23 (2003-2007, including 2006 Winter Olympics); #5 for Team USA (World Cup and Olympics); #11 (2007-2008); #24 (2009)

Off the Ice

Born: June 12, 1969, in New York (Manhattan), New York
Raised: West New York, New Jersey; Tom’s River, New Jersey
High School: Mount Saint Charles Academy (Woonsocket, Rhode Island)
Currently Resides: Manhattan Beach, California

Family: Father, Sam and mother, Aline; brother, Jean-Alain (b.1972); wife, Shannon; two daughters, Abigail Eva (b.November 2001), and Ella Sofia (b.June 2006); four sons, Micah (b.2003), Mathieu David, Jr. (b.November 2000), Jordan (b.1995), and Christian (b.1997)

And now, for the obligatory "favorites"

• Favorite players as a kid: Guy Lafleur and Ken Dryden
• Favorite musical artist: Counting Crows. (Mathieu is a fan and friend of lead singer Adam Duritz; in fact, Mathieu and Shannon Schneider are thanked in Duritz's acknowledgements* on the latest Counting Crows album, Hard Candy). *special thanks to my friend- and big Counting Crows fan- Heather for noticing this
• Favorite albums: "August and Everything After" and "Recovering the Satellites"- Counting Crows
• Favorite actors: Harrison Ford, Chris Noth (from "Law & Order" and HBO's "Sex in the City")
• Favorite actress: Drew Barrymore
• Favorite food: Japanese (shrimp tempura)
• Favorite restaurant: Nobu (NY) and Matsuhisa (LA)
• Favorite TV show: Law & Order
• Favorite movie: Swingers
• Favorite book: The Firm, by John Grisham
• Favorite magazine: Maxim
• Favorite website: cnn.com what!? Not the Unofficial Mathieu Schneider HomePage? =)
• Favorite car: Ford Mustand GT and Mercedes S500
• Favorite sport other than hockey: Tennis (Pete Sampras is his favorite pro athlete)
• Favorite vacation spot: the Bahamas
• Hobbies: tennis, boating, and tanning; "I kind of quit golf last year because it's too frustrating and takes too much time."
• Other leisure activities: "I spend as much time as I can with my family."

What's in a name?

The name Mathieu comes from the Hebrew word for "a gift from God." And the surname Schneider is the German word for "tailor."

With that in mind, this is what Mathieu Schneider's name would be in foreign languages (to the best of my knowledge):

Arabic: Bar Code: Braille: Czech: Matej Krejci Danish: Mads Skraedder Egyptian Hieroglypics: English: Matthew Taylor Esperanto: Mateo Tajloro Finnish: Matti Ompelija French: Mathieu Tailleur German: Mattaus Schneider Greek: Hebrew:

Irish Gaelic: Italian: Matteo Sarto Latin: Matthaeum Sartor Lithuanian: Matas Siuvejas Morse Code: Polish: Maciej Krawiec Portuguese: Mateus Alfaiate Russian: Sanskrit: Spanish: Mateo Sastre Swedish: Mats Skraddare Urdu: Welsh: Maillt Ysginydd

In more detail the name Mathieu has these meanings:

Mathieu has many sterling qualities but does not give you an overall stability. Everything you do is done with an intensity to the point of fervour, and either you feel tremendous elation or you are in the depths of despair--you do not know from one minute to the next how you are going to feel. People often disappoint you because you are idealistic and are apt to place those whom you admire on a pedestal. Then you become disillusioned when they fall short of your expectations. You are quick mentally and like to see things moving at an accelerated pace. Patience is not one of your virtues--you want to move when the impulse strikes you. While such spontaneity is fine at times, you must take account of conditions and employ careful analysis so as to avoid disastrous results due to hasty actions. Most things you do, you do well, but as soon as the task, hobby, or job becomes familiar or routine, you become bored and crave a change. Travel and new horizons ever intrigue you, but your hunger for greener fields is insatiable, and so you never experience contentment and peace of mind. There is such a driving power within you. If you cannot find an outlet, or if your actions are thwarted in some way, you feel the reaction through extreme tension in the region of your solar plexus, and the intensity and consequent outbursts leave hurt feelings in their wake--usually involving those closest to you. However, the name makes you far too sensitive and high-strung, and could cause you to suffer with nervous indigestion or ulcers.

What does your name mean?

Saint's Day

The Catholic religion is a strange thing. One of the stranger nuances is the concept of a saint day. That is, "a day in the church calendar commemorating a particular saint". The day of your birth will coincide with some saint, and thus, that is your "saint's day." There is a day for Mary, the mother of Jesus, and a day for St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. But then there are some very bizarre saints known for some really whacked out things. June 12 honors many saints: Aeschilus; Amphion; Antonina; the group of Basilididea, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius; Christianus; Cominus; Cunera; John of St. Facundus; Leo III; Odulph; Olympius; Onuphrius; Ternan. The following is one of the more interesting:

Onuphrius (d. c. 400)
While on a visit to the hermits of Thebaid in Egypt to find out if the eremitical (meaning: reclusive because of religious vows) life was for him, Abbot Paphnutius met Onuphrius, who told him he had been a monk in a monastery but had left to follow the eremitical life, which he had done for seventy years. During the night the abbot (meaning: the head of a monastery) stayed with the hermit; the next morning, after food had miraculously appeared the previous evening, Onuphrius told Paphnutius that the Lord had told him he, Onuphrius, was to die and that Paphnutius had been sent by the Lord to bury him. Onuphrius did die, Paphnutius buried him in a hole in the mountainside, and the site immediately disappeared, as if to tell the abbot that he was not to remain there. The story was put into writing by one of his monks and was already popular in the sixth century.

from Dictionary of Saints by John J. Delaney (copyright 1980)

Numerology

A person's numerology number is found by adding each number of his or her birthdate until only one digit remains. Mathieu's numerology number is 7.

The number seven, the Septon, is shrouded in mystery, but numeroligist agree that Septon individuals are most likely to exhibit ESP and pyshic awareness. Many sided Septon types sometimes seem wise beyond their years and at other times seem sad for little reason. Most tend to be spiritual at heart and very caring.

Astrology

As he said once in reference to being one of the "cancers" in the locker room, "No, I'm a Gemini."

Gemini- The Twins (May 21-June 21)
Individuals born under the sign of Gemini tend to be both diverse and talented, yet they are often riddled with internal contradictions and dualities. The twin Gemini character is often manifested by unpredictability, indecisiveness and restlessness. Frequently, Gemini individuals experience mood swings that can have profound impacts on interpersonal relationships, business dealings, romance and career performance. They make wonderful athletes, since they do not play sports according to predefined strategies or "plays." They are capable of sudden bursts of feverish work which can yield tremendous results. But Gemini individuals often experience difficulties in relationships because they so frequently undergo drastic change in their day to day emotional character- from a happy, friendly and buoyant outlook at one moment to introverted, sullen and sometimes depressed behavior at the next. Men and women ruled by Gemini are most romantically compatible with individuals born under the signs of Aquarius and Libra. The romantic involvements of Gemini individuals are sometimes brief since they often experience a change of heart. When persons ruled by Gemini develop long-term relationships, it is usually because they have found a dynamic partner with a complex and multi-faceted personality.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Gemini Astrology

Egyptian Astrology

Egyptian astrology is something that I don't know a lot about, but I did my best to learn it. Here is the story behind Mathieu's Egyptian birth sign, Seth. (The following story was found on a web site in English and French, but I have done some translating and paraphrasing where the original was not clear. Also, any text within parenthesis will be my added notes were the myths may not be common knowledge.)

Seth or the discord. The soul burned by the desire, fascinated by the success of its brother Osiris, Seth, generated by resentment, explodes in violence which culminates the climbing of these all too human sentiments: anger and jealousy. Seth is a power perverted. Its hateful determination to delete all trace of its divine brother is checked by Isis (Egyptian goddess of fertility and sister and wife of Osiris), then by the god Horus (Egyptian solar deity and son of Isis); this will lead to the killing of his brother in a war. Seth beaten, becomes the errant covering of the earth, expelled from the fertile ground. Rejected out frontiers, it is then that the god vowed solitude in the desert and foreign regions. This dimension of exile promoted it to the height of a free subject. It like that and not like the first guilty that it disturbs.� The native Seth lives several years under the fit of the fear, so its imperious demands place it ahead of the perspective of its inadequacy. Anguished by failing to appear- a perfectionist- this native must know many adventures before to fix and to be able to sublimate its violence and its consequences. As strange to its surrounding as that appears, it is for it benefit to wander.

What is your Egyptian Astrological sign?

Chinese Astology

Mathieu was born in 1969, the Year of the Rooster.

Rooster people are very observant. And most of the time, they are very accurate and precise with their observation. Perhaps, you can say that Roosters have a very keen "sixth-sense". With Roosters, what you see is exactly what you get. There are no hidden depths to the Rooster's character: he is neither complicated nor profound, rather, he is very forthright and straight forward.The rooster likes to be noticed and flattered. He might dress a little flashily with this in mind, but in his heart, he is completely conservative. Roosters always appear attractive and beautifully turned out. They are sociable and love to receive attention.

Believe it or not, it is not an easy task to fool the Rooster. His mind is cautious and skeptical, with this perceptive gift, Roosters make excellent trouble shooters, detectives, doctors, nurses and psychiatrists. Roosters are always up, out and doing. You rarely see a relaxed rooster that sits quietly in the livingroom, doing nothing. They are also multitalented, and can become accomplished in many different ways.

All Roosters are extremely conscious about clothing and appearance. They may appear conservative but are obsessed with their look - they can spend hours standing in front of the mirrors and will not even wink when they spend $500 for a dress. That doesn't mean they don't care about money, in fact, they love to compare prices and even if the bargain is only few cents or few dollars cheaper, they will be satisfied.

Though sharp, practical and resourceful, the Rooster also likes to dream. And because he likes to dream, he will disappointed the loved one, for the reality will never match up to the dreams he would like to share with her. Although he really is sincere about those dreams.

Rooster make great hosts and adore entertaining. The main virtue in the Rooster character is loyalty: they make devoted friends. They always keep their promises and are always true to their word. When Roosters love and admire someone, they will even catch the moon just to keep them happy.

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Celtic Astrology

Celtic Astrology is lunar based. The calendar was started by the Druids about 1000 BC. There are thirteen months of 28 days. However, 13 multiplied by 28 only makes 364. To make up for the missing day, a day is just added to the calendar. So the calendar is actually 13 months and one day. Each month (and that special day) is associated with a tree, and that tree's spirits. People born under the sign of any given tree takes on the attributes given to the tree by the Sun. Mathieu's Celtic astrology sign (or tree) is the oak.

"Oak people are enterprising individuals with a refreshing breadth of vision. They also have a keen sense of humor that can make the best of a difficult situation. They are optimists and can speak the truth in all situations. They tend to have a lack of discretion and take financial risks. They are however natural leaders. They are magnetic people with a great deal of integrity. They are deeply philosophical and make generous friends. They are prone to exaggerate and tend to be vain and can at times be blindly optimistic. Oak people are drawn to demanding professions. They often hold positions of power but they have an innate sense of fair play. They enjoy the confrontations in life and make formidable enemies. They can tend to be naive in the way they put trust in others. They attract powerful friendships but can be lack in checking the backgrounds of friends. They can become victims in love because of their trusting natures. They can sometimes set standards in love that are too difficult to live up to. They are very vulnerable in love. They put great importance in moral issues." (see following link for source)

What is your tree?

The Hebrew Calendar

The Hebrew Calendar is a really wacked out thing I just learned about. It is a lunar calendar, that is it's based on the phases of the moon. Since a month based on the moon is 27 to 29 days, as opposed to the 30 or 31 days of the solar month, the year constantly shifts. However, the season are based on the sun's rotation, and since they are very important to holidays and festivals, a weird "leap month" is thrown in the mix every once and awhile to keep the years an average (over a 19 year cycle) of 365 days. Other than that, there are 12 months (typically) like the Gregorian calendar we follow today. The first month of the civil year, Nisan, begins around the months of March or April (basically, the beginning of Spring).

So according to this "lunny" lunar calendar Mathieu Schneider was born the 26th day of the month of Sivan in the year 5729. (It can be written 5729/10/26, because it is the tenth month (due to a "leap month") of the ecclesastical year, that is, the year beginning with the High Holy Days)

What day were you born according to the Hebrew Calendar?

Anagrams

Anagrams, or the rearrangement of the letters in a word to spell a new word, are said to tell a lot about a person. It often seems as if they are very reflective of the person. But if anything, they are usually pretty funny. So what can you get by arranging "Mathieu Schneider"? Well, I hope this one isn't too reflective: "Hence! I'm a rude shit." Here are some others:

Enthused mice hair. He is a hunted crime. He is a humid center. Minus the desire ache.

He is the crude man. He is numeric death. I'm the unshared ice. I'm his nude teacher

The phrase "NHL defenseman Mathieu Schneider" spells these interesting phrases:

Ha! The finer, much-needed manliness
Fine human and cherished elements

What does your name spell?

About the Unofficial Mathieu Schneider Homepage

In the beginning...

The Unofficial Mathieu Schneider Homepage was created August 1998, by me, the Coolest Mathieu Schneider Fan on Earth (remember when that was the NHL's motto?). It started as a free Geocities website. I was a bored college student, living on a small rural campus with no car, and desperately trying to avoid responsibilities. I started the site as a way to teach myself HTML, to give me a distraction, and then it became a way keep up with my favorite hockey player.

By the time I graduated and my responsibilities (i.e., job, grad school, life in general) became harder to avoid, the site was too much of a habit to let go. Plus, to my surprise, the site statistics showed quite a few hits. Like thousands of them. I made a pact with myself that I'd keep the site going until Mathieu retired. Sometimes it got pretty bare bones, and not much updating happened, but I've remained faithful to that promise.


In the present...

In the summer of 2008, the 10th anniversary of the site's creation, I decided to make some changes. In 1998, I worked on the site as a way to procrastinate from doing my homework. In the Fall of 2008, I was to teach my first college course, and found myself in the familiar procrastination mode as I tried to prep lectures and create assignments for my own students. Perfect time to renovate the site!

The bulk of the site was always the "News and Notes" section, and the format of that seem perfect for a blog more so than a traditional web page. I'd been thinking about it for awhile, and when Yahoo! (which took over Geocities) raised the monthly rates, I made the jump and moved the site to Blogger and the Unofficial Mathieu Schneider Homepage was reborn as a blog.


In the Future...

As I mentioned, I made a pact to keep the site running until Mathieu retires. And I will. Of course it was easier to maintain when I was a bored college student. But I was able to maintain it while going to grad school and working full time. I'm sure I can continue to maintain it now that I'm an overly ambitious full-time librarian, part-time college instructor who seems to get involved in way too many projects.