Taking a Beating: League Leaders in Getting Hit
by Hawerchuk on Jan 19, 2010 9:00 AM EST
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We all know who the big hitters are, but have you ever wondered who gets hit the most? Looking at road hits over the last two seasons, it's primarily defensemen:
| Player | Hits Against |
| Stephane Robidas | 191 |
| Douglas Murray | 187 |
| Zbynek Michalek | 181 |
| Brian Campbell | 172 |
| Tom Gilbert | 170 |
| Fedor Tyutin | 167 |
| Tuomo Ruutu | 165 |
| Ryan Kesler | 163 |
| Jason Blake | 159 |
| Brian Rafalski | 159 |
This makes sense: most hitting is along the boards and is done by forwards fighting for the puck. Also, a lot of players probably look forward to taking a run at Douglas Murray.
And who had the highest ratio of hits received to dished out? [Minimum 50 hits received]
| Player | Hits For | Hits Agt | Ratio |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 6 | 60 | 10.00 |
| Steven Reinprecht | 9 | 88 | 9.78 |
| Phil Kessel | 8 | 72 | 9.00 |
| Tyler Arnason | 7 | 58 | 8.29 |
| Loui Eriksson | 16 | 131 | 8.19 |
| Michael Nylander | 7 | 53 | 7.57 |
| Daniel Sedin | 12 | 84 | 7.00 |
| Tom Preissing | 10 | 56 | 5.60 |
| Mike Lundin | 11 | 61 | 5.55 |
| Ales Hemsky | 21 | 115 | 5.48 |
| Patrick Kane | 21 | 113 | 5.38 |
| Brian Rafalski | 31 | 159 | 5.13 |
| Miroslav Satan | 15 | 75 | 5.00 |
| Jeff Woywitka | 15 | 75 | 5.00 |
Mostly skilled forwards this time, though there are a few defensemen. And what about the opposite end?
| Player | Hits For | Hits Agt | Ratio |
| Trent Hunter | 153 | 60 | 0.39 |
| Tim Gleason | 150 | 63 | 0.42 |
| Shea Weber | 141 | 60 | 0.43 |
| Jarret Stoll | 123 | 54 | 0.44 |
| Greg Zanon | 134 | 60 | 0.45 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 158 | 74 | 0.47 |
| Francis Bouillon | 123 | 62 | 0.50 |
| Toni Lydman | 180 | 91 | 0.51 |
| Cody McLeod | 147 | 76 | 0.52 |
| Ruslan Salei | 123 | 64 | 0.52 |
| Niclas Wallin | 121 | 63 | 0.52 |
| Milan Lucic | 201 | 106 | 0.53 |
| Adam Mair | 106 | 56 | 0.53 |
| Mike Fisher | 186 | 99 | 0.53 |
| Dustin Brown | 210 | 113 | 0.54 |
| Brooks Orpik | 223 | 120 | 0.54 |
| Mike Grier | 115 | 62 | 0.54 |
| Chris Kunitz | 183 | 99 | 0.54 |
| Jerred Smithson | 112 | 61 | 0.54 |
A lot of players here with reputations for physical play. Not surprisingly, there's no player who hits 10 times as often as he gets hit. It's easy to not hit anyone and thus get hit at a much higher rate. But once you start hitting people, you're guaranteed to get lined up a few times yourself.
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Good stuff, Gabe! Thanks for following through on this. Good choice to include just road hits; should get rid of much (not all) scorers’ bias.
I’m guessing from the foregoing that the guys involved in the most total hits, for and against, are Robidas and Murray.
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There’s more hitting in the Western Conference, it seems. Or is it simply the luck of the draw that the highest hits against are out West?
Hockey blogging can't get any flatter.
What about hits thrown/received per minute of ice time – in particular you would think that this would change the order of some of the lists (e.g. Tyler Arnason, as a non-skill forward would likely jump up in the ratio ratings). Obviously, if this method was adopted forwards and defenseman would have to be partitioned though.
Gabe, any chance that hits given/taken could find their way onto the Behind the Net pages?
An obliquely related question: are hit rates on special teams markedly reduced from hits at even strength? Surely most hits occur in 5v5 situations?
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