|
Rob Ray is the single season penalty minute king for my NHL replay, amassing 426 minutes with Montreal in 95-96. (Bob Nystrom holds the WHA mark with 398 minutes in 75-76).
Ray was drafted 138th overall by the Islanders in 1986 but never played a game for them as he was released and signed by Montreal in 1992. In 2002 he was a throw-in in a deal with San Jose that saw Ray, Pierre Sevigney and Jason York dealt to the Sharks for Radek Bonk.
Any talk about penalty minutes and we have to look at Dave 'The Hammer' Schultz. As you can see below he had a couple of decent scoring seasons with the Flyers but despite having Bobby Clarke and Guy Lafleur the Flyers were never Cup contenders.
Schultz was taken by Philly with the 74th pick of the 1969 draft. He would last 5 seasons before being shipped off to Boston and then Pittsburgh. His best season came in 75-76 when he jumped to the WHA before finishing his career in Pittsburgh.
|