Second time this year for the AHL. Always seems more interesting when there were no other fights going on at the time.
Milwaukee's Michael Liambas passed the 100 penalty minute mark in the game as well. And as I have expected for awhile he did it by getting a misconduct. That is now the 9th player to hit triple digits.
Binghamton's Michael Sdao hit exactly 100 with a boarding minor. It's a minor but at least a physical penalty.
Zack Stortini now has 21 fights this season which is more than 20 NHL teams.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Leaderboard
I wanted to get a post up on New Year's Day tracking all the team and league leaders through the 2013 part of the season. I didn't get the time so instead we add a few days and now give the list for the top 3 North American leagues up through games from last night.
All player numbers come from my own stats which should be close to accurate.
BEST TEAMS (Points)
NHL
Chicago - 66
Anaheim - 65
St. Louis - 61
Pittsburgh - 61
San Jose - 58
This tells me that come playoff time you might want to watch the western matchups. There are three more teams in the west with at least 50 points. The east has a total of four teams above 50. This also shows that through injuries and suspensions somehow Pittsburgh keeps winning.
AHL
Manchester - 50
Springfield - 50
Grand Rapids - 49
Abbotsford - 48
Texas - 47
Historically these teams have generally been somewhere between average and decent. So to see this group at the top is a nice change. Grand Rapids did win it all last year and are clearly off to another great start. Always excellent drafting by Detroit. Another nice note is maybe an upside in Calgary with Abbotsford playing well.
ECHL
South Carolina - 49
Ontario - 48
Florida - 42
Colorado - 41
Cincinnati - 40
Strong group here. I went with points and the first thing I thought about when I saw the top 5 was where is Alaska. Turns out they have a better winning percentage than two of these teams but haven't played as many games. Throw them into the mix and this is a solid grouping. Interesting to see what happens as South Carolina has pretty much been obliterated by AHL recalls.
INDIVIDUAL SCORING (My stats not official)
NHL
Pittsburgh - Sidney Crosby: 63
Chicago - Patrick Kane: 54
Anaheim - Ryan Getzlaf: 46
Pittsburgh - Chris Kunitz: 46
San Jose: Joe Thornton: 46
No surprise at the top. Flyers missing out on that Kane pick is still a kick in the ass. Kunitz a huge benefactor in playing with Crosby. He better be scoring. Thornton still underrated and under appreciated.
AHL
Texas- Travis Morin: 44
Binghamton- Mike Hoffman: 37
Texas- Colton Sceviour: 36
Texas- Chris Mueller: 35
Bridgeport- Ryan Strome: 33
Any guess at which AHL team scores a lot? Strome will get knocked off this list. He was a high pick by the Islanders and as a rookie has been recalled. Probably not going back down for awhile.
ECHL
Fort Wayne- Brandon Marino: 39
Colorado- Trent Daavettila: 38
Florida- Matthew Pistilli: 36
Colorado- Kevin Ulanski: 35
Idaho- Anthony Nigro: 34
100 CLUB
NHL
NY Rangers- Derek Dorsett: 103
Dallas- Antoine Roussel: 103
Dorsett broke his leg so the crown is up in the air this season. Roussel could take the championship back home to France which is mind boggling. The dude is tough but I can't think of one other player in the NHL from France and would not think toughness first from a dude from France. Guy is a giant pest who really gets under your skin. Three guys sitting in the 90's right now.
AHL
Norfolk- Zack Stortini: 149
Bridgeport- Brett Gallant: 139
Bridgeport- Justin Johnson: 130
Wilkes-Barre- Pierre-Luc Leblond: 120
Hartford- Dylan McIlrath: 119
Providence- Bobby Robins: 118
Worcester- Curt Gogol: 112
Hershey- Dane Byers: 103
It's the AHL what did you expect. Lots of known toughness with this group. Robins is the defending champ and missed a portion of this year with an injury. We will see who hits 200 first.
ECHL
Colorado- Jesse Mychan: 123
Utah- Danick Paquette: 122
Las Vegas- Adam Huxley: 115
Las Vegas- Matt Tassone: 112
Orlando- Ian Slater: 108
Toledo- Emmerson Clark: 103
Mychan came out of nowhere. The rest of the group I generally know well. Huxley has been around for years and Paquette is like a Roussel. Could be a solid year for some players.
My goal last year and this year until it never happened was to document how a player got to the +100 penalty mark only because it always seemed to be on a fight or misconduct instead of a simple minor. I'm going to try to update that as it happens the rest of the way through (and for the 200 mark as well) starting with tonight when somebody should hit the 100 number. AHL and NHL only. 200 for ECHL.
TEAM TOUGHNESS (Top 3)
NHL
Philadelphia: 666
Toronto: 576
Ottawa: 553
FIGHTS
Philadelphia: 28
Toronto: 28
Montreal: 25
Anybody know the next time Philly and Toronto play?
AHL
Bridgeport: 885
Hartford: 775
Adirondack: 762
All three in the same freakin division. Now that's some fun watching.
FIGHTS
Bridgeport: 54
Norfolk: 52
Hartford: 47
For a little comparison with those NHL totals at least half the teams in the AHL have 28 fights.
ECHL
Idaho: 643
Las Vegas: 627
Orlando: 593
FIGHTS
Ontario: 39
Stockton: 38
San Francisco: 36
Just for fun - Total Fighting majors by league:
ECHL- 559
NHL- 537
AHL- 915
All player numbers come from my own stats which should be close to accurate.
BEST TEAMS (Points)
NHL
Chicago - 66
Anaheim - 65
St. Louis - 61
Pittsburgh - 61
San Jose - 58
This tells me that come playoff time you might want to watch the western matchups. There are three more teams in the west with at least 50 points. The east has a total of four teams above 50. This also shows that through injuries and suspensions somehow Pittsburgh keeps winning.
AHL
Manchester - 50
Springfield - 50
Grand Rapids - 49
Abbotsford - 48
Texas - 47
Historically these teams have generally been somewhere between average and decent. So to see this group at the top is a nice change. Grand Rapids did win it all last year and are clearly off to another great start. Always excellent drafting by Detroit. Another nice note is maybe an upside in Calgary with Abbotsford playing well.
ECHL
South Carolina - 49
Ontario - 48
Florida - 42
Colorado - 41
Cincinnati - 40
Strong group here. I went with points and the first thing I thought about when I saw the top 5 was where is Alaska. Turns out they have a better winning percentage than two of these teams but haven't played as many games. Throw them into the mix and this is a solid grouping. Interesting to see what happens as South Carolina has pretty much been obliterated by AHL recalls.
INDIVIDUAL SCORING (My stats not official)
NHL
Pittsburgh - Sidney Crosby: 63
Chicago - Patrick Kane: 54
Anaheim - Ryan Getzlaf: 46
Pittsburgh - Chris Kunitz: 46
San Jose: Joe Thornton: 46
No surprise at the top. Flyers missing out on that Kane pick is still a kick in the ass. Kunitz a huge benefactor in playing with Crosby. He better be scoring. Thornton still underrated and under appreciated.
AHL
Texas- Travis Morin: 44
Binghamton- Mike Hoffman: 37
Texas- Colton Sceviour: 36
Texas- Chris Mueller: 35
Bridgeport- Ryan Strome: 33
Any guess at which AHL team scores a lot? Strome will get knocked off this list. He was a high pick by the Islanders and as a rookie has been recalled. Probably not going back down for awhile.
ECHL
Fort Wayne- Brandon Marino: 39
Colorado- Trent Daavettila: 38
Florida- Matthew Pistilli: 36
Colorado- Kevin Ulanski: 35
Idaho- Anthony Nigro: 34
100 CLUB
NHL
NY Rangers- Derek Dorsett: 103
Dallas- Antoine Roussel: 103
Dorsett broke his leg so the crown is up in the air this season. Roussel could take the championship back home to France which is mind boggling. The dude is tough but I can't think of one other player in the NHL from France and would not think toughness first from a dude from France. Guy is a giant pest who really gets under your skin. Three guys sitting in the 90's right now.
AHL
Norfolk- Zack Stortini: 149
Bridgeport- Brett Gallant: 139
Bridgeport- Justin Johnson: 130
Wilkes-Barre- Pierre-Luc Leblond: 120
Hartford- Dylan McIlrath: 119
Providence- Bobby Robins: 118
Worcester- Curt Gogol: 112
Hershey- Dane Byers: 103
It's the AHL what did you expect. Lots of known toughness with this group. Robins is the defending champ and missed a portion of this year with an injury. We will see who hits 200 first.
ECHL
Colorado- Jesse Mychan: 123
Utah- Danick Paquette: 122
Las Vegas- Adam Huxley: 115
Las Vegas- Matt Tassone: 112
Orlando- Ian Slater: 108
Toledo- Emmerson Clark: 103
Mychan came out of nowhere. The rest of the group I generally know well. Huxley has been around for years and Paquette is like a Roussel. Could be a solid year for some players.
My goal last year and this year until it never happened was to document how a player got to the +100 penalty mark only because it always seemed to be on a fight or misconduct instead of a simple minor. I'm going to try to update that as it happens the rest of the way through (and for the 200 mark as well) starting with tonight when somebody should hit the 100 number. AHL and NHL only. 200 for ECHL.
TEAM TOUGHNESS (Top 3)
NHL
Philadelphia: 666
Toronto: 576
Ottawa: 553
FIGHTS
Philadelphia: 28
Toronto: 28
Montreal: 25
Anybody know the next time Philly and Toronto play?
AHL
Bridgeport: 885
Hartford: 775
Adirondack: 762
All three in the same freakin division. Now that's some fun watching.
FIGHTS
Bridgeport: 54
Norfolk: 52
Hartford: 47
For a little comparison with those NHL totals at least half the teams in the AHL have 28 fights.
ECHL
Idaho: 643
Las Vegas: 627
Orlando: 593
FIGHTS
Ontario: 39
Stockton: 38
San Francisco: 36
Just for fun - Total Fighting majors by league:
ECHL- 559
NHL- 537
AHL- 915
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