Career
He also played on the German national team during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Schmidt played for DEL club DEG Metro Stars during the 2005-2006 season before joining fellow DEL team European Research Council Ingolstadt during the 2006 offseason. After one year in Bavaria he signed with his third DEL club, the Iserlohn Roosters, where he played for two seasons before joining Mannheim in 2009.