Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Schinkel akatungamirira maPenguins kunhoroondo 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 zvinzvimbo zvakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira mutevedzeri wemutungamiri mukuru uye mutungamiri wekutsvaga mukutarisa kugadzirwa kwaMario Lemieux mu
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.