Most active NHL fighters (post lockout era) Top-50

[Svyatoslav]

Here's list of most active NHL fighters through post-lockout era (seasons 05-06 till 08-09). Numbers after player's name are sum of fights per last four seasons.

1. George Parros - 82
2. Ian Laperriere - 66
3. Colton Orr - 63
4. Eric Godard - 57
5-6. Jody Shelley - 55
5-6. Zach Stortini* - 55
7. Jared Boll** - 51
8. Krys Barch* - 49
9-10. Cam Janssen - 48
9-10. Andrew Peters - 48

11-12. Riley Cote* - 47
11-12. Donald Brashear - 47
13. Darcy Hordichuk - 46
14-15. Daniel Carcillo* - 45
14-15. Derek Boogaard - 45
16-17. Shawn Thornton - 43
16-17. Jamal Mayers - 43
18. Eric Boulton - 42
19-20. David Clarkson**- 41
19-20. Andre Roy - 41

21-22. Raitis Ivanans - 40
21-22. Chris Neil - 40
23-25. Georges Laraque - 39
23-25. Todd Fedoruk - 39
23-25. Brian McGrattan - 39
26-27. Ben Eager - 38
26-27. Steve Ott - 38
28. Wade Belak - 37
29. Michael Rupp - 35
30-33. Arron Asham - 33
30-33. Tim Jackman - 33
30-33. Tom Kostopoulos - 33
30-33. Matt Walker - 33

34-38. Josh Gratton - 32
34-38. Matt Bradley - 32
34-38. Jordin Tootoo - 32
34-38. Chris Thorburn - 32
34-38. Steve Montador - 32
39. Travis Moen - 30
40. Shane O'Brien* - 29

41. Ryan Hollweg - 28
42. Wade Brookbank - 27
43-45. Jeff Cowan*** - 26
43-45. Mike Brown (Anaheim)**-26
43-45. Matt Greene - 26
46-48. Brad May - 25
46-48. Nick Tarnasky* - 25
46-48 John Erskine - 25
49-51. Aaron Voros** - 24
49-51. David Koci* - 24
49-51. Brad Winchester - 24

* - played three NHL seasons
** - played two NHL seasons
*** - played entire 08-09 season in the AHL

[WNxHawkeye]

That's a good piece of work dude. I'd have figured that 'Stash would be the tops post-lockout. I had no idea that Peters was that high, probably did most for Dancing With the Stars tryouts :P.


A little shocked at the Ian Laperriere number however, are you sure that is correct? 66 seems awfully high for him for post-lockout.

[Cup Sipper]

alot of ducks or x- ducks on that list. i count 8

[dipandmitts]

wow man, awesome job. that was a great read.

[Svyatoslav]

Originally Posted by WNxHawkeye

A little shocked at the Ian Laperriere number however, are you sure that is correct? 66 seems awfully high for him for post-lockout.

Yes, stats are correct. Laperriere was on top-10 last three season and top-20 this season.
His stats:
05-06: 12 fights - 10-11th place
06-07: 17 fights - 2-3th place
07-08: 20 fights - 6th place
08-09: 17 fights - 13-15th place

[Killah_punk]

I see the Champ representing 23rd in fights.

[28richter16]

Great read, I was surprised to see both Shelley and Jamal Mayers as high as they were

[skacore]

Originally Posted by Killah_punk

I see the Champ representing 23rd in fights.

not bad considering he probably gets turned down more than anyone else in the league

[aaronious]

I really expected Brash's fight count to be much higher than it actually was.

Parros at the top? I had no idea.


Great post, thanks!

[BrianTheAdsFan]

Nice piece of reseach there.

[mattyp]

Pretty bad when the CHAMP has nearly 50 less fights than the FM leader

[nyislesfan45]

Jackman has played maybe 100 games total in 3 years, he deserves a ** if you ask me.

[Phillyfan11]

I recall during the Flyers/Avs game this past season Coatsie said that Lapierre has the most FM's of all active fighters in the game right now. I have no stats to back that up so I'm not sure. But it makes sense that he's up there in stats. Problem is he plays in some quiet markets.

Flyers had 7 past/present players on that list. Not too shabby.

[Svyatoslav]

Most active playoff fighters per last four season.
87 players got their 5 for fighting.
Corey Perry the only player with 3 fights (one in 2006-07 and two last season).
And 16 players got two fighting majors
Todd Fedoruk
Cam Janssen
Georges Laraque
Travis Moen
Brent Burns
Ian Laperriere
Darren McCarty
Scottie Upshall
Francois Beauchemin
Ryan Getzlaf
Scott Hartnell
Chris Kunitz
Maxime Talbot
Ryan Whitney
Tim Gleason
Kristopher Letang

[pramovich]

Originally Posted by skacore

not bad considering he probably gets turned down more than anyone else in the league

He is only intimidating to the enforcers. All of the other players don't care about him because he throws maybe 1 body check per game and has no intensity.