Nate Schmidt

Class:
Junior
Position:
Defense
Hometown:
St. Cloud, Minn.
High School:
St. Cloud Cathedral

• Won the 2025 Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers
• Made NHL debut October 12, 2013
• Signed with the Washington Capitals as an undrafted free agent on April 3, 2013

2012-13 | Junior Season
NCAA West Second Team All-American
All-WCHA First Team
All-WCHA Academic Team
• Appeared in all 40 games as a junior for the Gophers
• Led all Minnesota defensemen and ranked third among the top defensemen in the nation (first in the WCHA) with 31 points (eight goals, 23 assists)
• Was a +16 for the season with four power-play goals and one game winner
• Tallied his first point of the season with an assist on Brady Skjei's first collegiate goal against Michigan State (10-13)
• Scored his first goal of the year at Michigan Tech (10/19)
• Had two points, a goal and an assist, versus Minnesota State (11/2)
• Assisted on a pair of power-play goals in Alaska against the Seawolves (11/9)
• Collected one assist each game of a two-game series at Vermont (11/23-24)
• Recorded an assist each night of a two-game series against Nebraska Omaha to run his point streak to four games (11/30-12/1)
• Scored a power-play goal to help the Gophers beat Boston College and claim the Mariucci Classic (12/30)
• Posted a pair of assists in a 7-1 victory against Alaska Anchorage (1/11)
• Registered four assists, a career best in assists and points, in a 7-1 victory against Alaska Anchorage (1/12)
• Tallied a goal early in the third period to give Minnesota a two-goal cushion in a win over North Dakota (1/18)
• Netted the Gophers only goal of the game against Minnesota State (1/25)
• Scored his third goal in four games in a 4-1 victory at Minnesota State (1/26)
• Set up Erik Haula's game-winning goal and scored a third-period goal of his own in a victory over his hometown St. Cloud State Huskies (2/8)
• Got the Gophers on the board with a power-play goal at St. Cloud State (2/9)
• Recorded the primary assist on Kyle Rau's game-winning goal in game one of the WCHA playoff series against Bemidji State (3/15)
• Scored a power-play goal against Yale in an NCAA tournament game

2011-12 | Sophomore Season
All-WCHA Second Team
WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 28)
• Set a career high in goals (3), assists (38) and points (41) while playing in 43 games
• Led team, all defensemen nationally, and was third in the nation with 38 assists
• His 38 assists placed him sixth all-time in school history for assists by a defenseman in a single season
• Led team in power-play points (28), blocked shots (52), and a +24 rating
• Took only seven minor penalties all year
• Made his season debut against Sacred Heart (10/7) and picked up two assists
• Had two assists at Minnesota Duluth (10/14)
• Scored his first career goal as a Gopher and added two assists versus Vermont (10/23)
• Handed out two assists at Alaska Anchorage (10/28)
• Recorded two assists against St. Cloud State (11/19)
• Had a career-high three assists and was +4 against Michigan Tech (12/10)
• Picked up two assists against Niagara (12/30)
• Tallied two points (1g-1a) at North Dakota (1/14), scoring his first goal in 18 games
• Had one assist and blocked a team-high four shots at Nebraska Omaha (2/24)
• Recorded two assists at Nebraska Omaha (2/25)
• Scored an unassisted, power-play goal that clinched the MacNaughton Cup outright against Wisconsin (3/3)
• Assisted on both of Minnesota's goals in a 2-1 win against Alaska Anchorage in Game 1 of the first round of the WCHA playoffs (3/9)
• Picked up two assists against North Dakota in the WCHA Final Five semifinals (3/16)
• Had two assists against Boston University (3/24) in the NCAA West Regional semifinals
• Blocked a team-high four shots against North Dakota in the NCAA West Regional championship game

2010-11 | Freshman Season
• Skated in 13 games and had one assist
• Made collegiate debut against Massachusetts (10/8)
• Earned his first collegiate point (an assist) against Ferris State (1/1)
• Point came in his seventh career game and while playing third line left wing instead of his customary defensive position
• Played in back-to-back WCHA series games (played left wing instead of defense) for the first and only time of the season at North Dakota (Jan. 14-15)

International
• Played for the U.S. Under-17 team that earned a silver medal at the Five Nations Cup in the Czech Republic in 2007

Juniors/High School
• Played one season with the Fargo Force of the USHL
• Ranked seventh on the team and first among Force defensemen in points with 37 (14g-23a) in 57 games
• Collected six assists in team's run to the Clark Cup final
• Selected to USHL All-Star Team and USHL All-Rookie Team
• Head coach was current St. Cloud assistant coach Steve Johnson
• Played three years of high school hockey at St. Cloud Cathedral for head coach Eric Johnson
• Helped lead Crusaders to Class A state semifinal
• Earned All-Wright County Conference honors all three years he played and earned all-state honors in his final year
• Was the second-highest scoring defenseman in the state when he recorded 53 points (25g-28a) in 31 games in 2008-09

Personal
• Plans to major in Business Management
• Lists baseball, hunting, and fishing as hobbies
• Lists the 2010 Clark Cup playoff run with Fargo Force as most memorable sports thrill
• Son of Tom and JoAnn Schmidt