Physicality comparison.

This is Chirs Neil of the Ottawa Senators, during the 2006-2007 NHL regular season Neil lead all NHL players in hits with 288. Neil has 130 career NHL regular season points and 1258 career penalty minutes in 488 career NHL regular games in seven NHL seasons.

Physicality Comparison:

NorwegianOiler approached me with this idea last fall, but I was very busy then, and finally got around to doing it this week. All stats are from NHL.com (RTSS player stats), these stats are questionable in their accuracy, due to each persons idea of what a hit is, being different. Also stats are from the 2006-2007 NHL season, I wanted to do it on this season, but they change daily and would be out dated at the completion of the season. But, overall they still to make a clear picture of what conference hits the most. Trades made this a little messed up, as traded players hit totals were only included on the team they were traded to. If I had their stat’s before they were traded, I would included them, but I don’t have them so here it is.

Anaheim Ducks:
Top Hitter: Samuel Pahlsson (181)
Least hits in 80+ games: Temmu Selanne (10)
Total hits: 1451

Atlanta Thrashers:
Top Hitter: Bobby Holik (153)
Least hits in 80+ games: Slava Kozlov (32)
Total hits: 1483

Boston Bruins:
Top Hitter: Zdeno Chara (203)
Least hits in 80+ games: Marc Savard (35)
Total hits: 1424

Buffalo Sabres:
Top Hitter: Toni Lydman (138)
Least hits in 80+ games: Thomas Vanek (28)
Total hits: 1269

Calgary Flames:
Top Hitter: Dion Phaneuf (197)
Least hits in 80+ games: Kristian Huselius (11)
Total hits: 1584

Carolina Hurricanes:
Top Hitter: Eric Cole (222)
Least hits in 80+ games: Ray Whitney (17)
Total hits: 2017

Chicago BlackHawks:
Top Hitter: Tuomo Ruuto (156)
Least hits in 80+ games: Patrick Sharp (49)
Total hits: 1251

Colorado Avalanche:
Top Hitter: Ken Klee (107)
Least hits in 80+ games: Tyler Arnason (2)
Total hits: 954

Columbus Blue Jackets:
Top Hitter: Ole-Kristian Tellefsen (154)
Least hits in 80+ games: David Vyborny (53)
Total hits: 1367

Dallas Stars:
Top Hitter: Stephane Robidas (197)
Least hits in 80+ games: Jussi Jokinen (23)

Total hits: 1738
Detroit Red Wings:
Top Hitter: Kirk Maltby (125)
Least hits in 80+ games: Nicklas Lidstrom (24)
Total hits: 1248

Edmonton Oilers:
Top Hitter: Jason Smith (151)
Least hits in 80+ games: Petr Sykora (7)
Total hits: 1242

Florida Panthers:
Top Hitter: Ruslan Salei (192)
Least hits in 80+ games: Olli Jokinen (52)
Total hits: 1686

Los Angeles Kings:
Top Hitter: Dustin Brown (258)
Least hits in 80+ games: Alexander Frolov (40)
Total hits: 1345

Minnesota Wild:
Top Hitter: Adam Hall (91)
Least hits in 80+ games: Pierre-Marc Bouchard (9)
Total hits: 1072

Montreal Canadiens:
Top Hitter: Michael Komisarek (248)
Least hits in 80+ games: Tomas Plekanec (26)
Total hits: 1745

Nashville Predators:
Top Hitter: Shea Webber (165)
Least hits in 80+ games: Paul Karyia (16)
Total hits: 1412

New jerseyDevils:
Top Hitter: Collin White (168)
Least hits in 80+ games: Travis Zajac (37)
Total hits: 1310

New York Islanders:
Top Hitter: Sean Hill (252)
Least hits in 80+ games: Miroslav Satan (35)
Total hits: 1875

New York Rangers:
Top Hitter: Rayn Hollweg (231)
Least hits in 80+ games: Jaromir Jagr (23)
Total hits: 1552

Ottawa Senators:
Top Hitter: Chris Neil (288)
Least hits in 80+ games: Tom Preissing (20)
Total hits: 1885

Philadelphia Flyers:
Top Hitter: Darian hatcher (180)
Least hits in 80+ games: R.J. Umberger (69)
Total hits: 1265

Phoenix Coyotes:
Top Hitter: Shane Doan (156)
Least hits in 80+ games: Zbynek Michalek (44)
Total hits: 1350

Pittsburgh Penguins:
Top Hitter: brook Orpik (186)
Least hits in 80+ games: Jordan Staal (53)
Total hits: 1421

San Jose Sharks:
Top Hitter: Kyle McLaren (134)
Least hits in 80+ games: Marc Vlasic (26)
Total hits: 1491

St. Louis Blues:
Top Hitter: Barret Jackman (98)
Least hits in 80+ games: Radek Dvorak (27)
Total hits: 1293

Tampa Bay Lightning:
Top Hitter: Ruslan Fedotenko (136)
Least hits in 80+ games: Brad Richards (24)
Total hits: 1431

Toronto Maple Leafs:
Top Hitter: Chad Kilger (234)
Least hits in 80+ games: Bates Battaglia (60)
Total hits: 1851

Vancouver Canucks:
Top Hitter: Matt Cooke (209)
Least hits in 80+ games: Henrik Sedin (15)
Total hits: 1320

Washington Capitals:
Top Hitter: Alexander Ovechkin (184)
Least hits in 80+ games: Shane Morrisonn 122**
Total hits: 1480

** - Ovechkin was the Only Capital to play over 80 games in 06/07, Morrisonn played 78 games and was second on the team in hits.

Top ten hitters:
1. Chris Neil - OTT - 288
2. Dustin Brown - LA - 258
3. Sean Hill - NYI- 252
4. Michael Komisarek - MON - 248
5. Trent Hunter - NYI - 246
6. Chad Kilger - TOR - 234
7. Ryan Hollweg - NYR - 231
8. Brendan Witt - NYI - 231
9. Eric Cole - CAR - 222
10. Mike Commodore - CAR- 214

Top hitting Teams:(HPG = Hits per game)
1. Carolina Hurricanes: 2017 (24.59 HPG)
2. Ottawa Senators: 1885 (22.98 HPG)
3. New York Islanders: 1875 (22.86 HPG)
4. Toronto Maple Leafs: 1851 (22.57 HPG)
5. Montreal Canadiens: 1745 (21.28 HPG)
6. Dallas Stars: 1738 (21.19 HPG)
7. Florida Panthers: 1686 (20.56 HPG)
8. Calgary Flames: 1584 (19.31 HPG)
9. New York Rangers: 1552 (18.92 HPG)
10. San Jose Sharks: 1491 (18.18 HPG)
11. Atlanta Thrashers: 1483 (18.08 HPG)
12. Washington Capitals: 1480 (18.04 HPG)
13. Anaheim Ducks: 1451 (17.69 HPG)
14. Tampa Bay Lightning: 1431 (17.45 HPG)
15. Boston Bruins: 1424 (17.36 HPG)
16. Pittsburgh Penguins: 1421 (17.32 HPG)
17. Nashville Predators: 1412 (17.21 HPG)
18. Columbus Blue Jackets: 1367 (16.67 HPG)
19. Phoenix Coyotes: 1350 (16.46 HPG)
20. Los Angeles Kings: 1345 (16.40 HPG)
23. Vancouver Canucks: 1320 (16.09 HPG)
22. New Jersey Devils: 1310 (15.97 HPG)
23. St. Louis Blues: 1293 (15.76 HPG)
24. Philadelphia Flyers: 1265 (15.42 HPG)
25. Buffalo Sabers: 1269 (15.25 HPG)
26. Chicago Black Hawks: 1251
27. Detroit Wings: 1248 (15.21 HPG)
28. Edmonton Oilers: 1242 (15.14 HPG)
29. Minnesota Wild: 1072 (13.07 HPG)
30. Colorado Avalanche: 956 (11.65 HPG)

Top hitting Divisions:
Northeast: 8174
Southeast: 8097
Atlantic: 7423
Pacific: 7375
Central: 6571
Northwest: 6174

Top hitting Conferences:

East: 23694
West: 20120