Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Schinkel akatungamirira maPenguins kurekodhi ye 34-33-13 muna 1976-77, mwaka wake bedzi wakakwana somurairidzi. Penguins yakakwanisa kuenda kumakwikwi ekupedzisa asi zvakare vakakundwa muchikamu chekutanga neToronto. Schinkel akatsiviwa naJohnny Wilson ndokudzokera kuhofisi yokutanga zvachose. Akabata nzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira mutevedzeri wemutungamiri mukuru uye mutungamiri wekutsvaga mukutarisa kugadzirwa kwaMario Lemieux muna 1984
. Akagara nePenguins kusvika muna 1989, ndokutevera Eddie Johnston kuenda kuHartford Whalers, kwaakaramba ari muhofisi yepamberi kwebasa rake rose rehockey. Schinkel akadzidzisa maPenguins kwemitambo 203, aine rekodhi ye83-92-28 yekukunda muzana ye.478.