Career
He was selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 9th round (167th overall) of the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Schell was named the captain of the American Conference team for the 2007 ECHL All-Star Game. Schell remained in Europe for his third consecutive season after agreeing to a one-year contract with Italian club, Hockey Milano Rossoblu on August 20, 2013.
After spending the 2014-2015 season, with the Herning Blue Fox in the Danish Metal Ligaen, where he led the league in assists with 54 and captured a Danish Cup, Schell continued his journeyman European career, in moving Germany in sigining a one-year deal with second tier club, Heilbronner Falken of the DEL2 on July 30, 2015.