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This is a list of ice hockey players who have accumulated at least 2,000 penalties in minutes (PIMs) in the National Hockey League (NHL) through the end of the 2023–24 NHL regular season. Legend key
Most penalty minutes by a goaltender career, including playoffs: Ron Hextall (584 regular season, 115 playoffs), 699 Most penalty minutes by a goaltender one season Ron Hextall (1988–89), 113 Most penalty minutes by a goaltender one playoff season Ron Hextall (1986–87), 43
Most penalty minutes in a season: 2713, by the 1991–92 Buffalo Sabres; Most combined penalty minutes in a game: 419 (67 penalties), Ottawa Senators at Philadelphia Flyers on March 5, 2004; Most consecutive penalties killed: 53, by the 1999–2000 Washington Capitals; Most shorthanded goals in a season: 36, by the 1983–84 Edmonton Oilers
The record for the most penalty minutes in one season is held by Dave Schultz of the Philadelphia Flyers, with 472 in the 1974–75 NHL season. [36] The record for most penalty minutes in a career is held by Tiger Williams, who had 3,966 over 14 years. [37] With Zdeno Chara's retirement in 2022, no active player has more than 2,000 penalty minutes.
Nicknamed "the Hammer", [1] Schultz is renowned as one of hockey's best enforcers and holds the NHL record for most penalty minutes in a single season, at 472. [2] Schultz was born in Waldheim, Saskatchewan , but grew up in Rosetown, Saskatchewan .
Spezza and Brashear were assessed for the most penalty minutes in the game, receiving 35 and 34, respectively. At the start of the 2005–06 season, the NHL introduced a rule that punished anyone instigating a fight in the final five minutes of a game with a one-game suspension, in order to prevent similar incidents occurring in the future.
A penalty is given to a player for committing an infraction during the game. The length of the penalty varies depending on the severity of the offence. The amount of penalty minutes recorded for statistical purposes are: minor – 2 minutes; double minor – 4 minutes; major – 5 minutes; misconduct – 10 minutes; game misconduct – 10 minutes
Dennis Kevin Bonvie (born July 23, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, most notable for being the most penalized player in professional hockey history with 4,804 career professional career penalty minutes (most of it being in the American Hockey League). He is currently a pro scout for the NHL’s Boston Bruins.