Yesterday I was tweeted some of Ryan Suter’s impressive minutes played numbers from this season. For those that should be following but aren’t:

– Suter had three straight games last week where he played over 35 minutes and 28 seconds. Two of those games were over 36 minutes.

– Suter is averaging 29:36 minutes per game, 2:25 minutes more than the next player, Erik Karlsson.

– In 10 of Suter’s 21 games, he has averaged over 30 minutes.

It was pointed out to me by follower Matt Horner that Suter is on pace to play over 2,400 minutes this season, something that hasn’t been done that often. I decided to look into it to see who had the most minutes in a season.

The first chart is ranked by TOI and the second is by TOI/G, showing where Suter and Karlsson rank for this season. (I only took the TOI/G for the top 10 TOI players for each season)

A couple interesting notes:

– Nicklas Lidstrom had 6 seasons of 2,200 minutes or more. Chris Pronger had 5 seasons.

– Pavel Bure and Paul Kariya are the only forwards to be listed in the top 10 in TOI at the end of a season. Bure cracked the top 30 all-time list for minutes played.

– Dan Boyle’s TOI ranking with such little SH TOI.

Below the chart is a link to view the top 10 players from each season. NHL.com listing the 1997-98 season as the first season they tracked time-on-ice.

RK Player Year Team GP

ES

TOI SH

TOI PP

TOI TOI TOI/G 1 Ray Bourque 1997-98 BOS 82 1,695:07 272:50 494:22 2,462:19 30:01 2 Brian Leetch 1998-99 NYR 82 1,630:31 306:40 512:08 2,449:19 29:52 3 Chris Chelios 1997-98 CHI 81 1,642:35 374:15 429:33 2,446:23 30:12 4 Brian Leetch 2000-01 NYR 82 1,530:54 360:52 515:30 2,407:16 29:21 5 Nicklas Lidstrom 2002-03 DET 82 1,513:35 485:48 406:34 2,405:57 29:20 6 Ray Bourque 1998-99 BOS 81 1,517:58 329:23 543:08 2,390:29 29:30 7 Chris Pronger 1999-00 STL 79 1,529:21 408:17 451:25 2,389:03 30:14 8 Al Macinnis 1998-99 STL 82 1,558:35 416:51 412:26 2,387:52 29:07 9 Adrian Aucoin 2001-02 NYI 81 1,571:13 423:37 345:35 2,340:25 28:53 10 Nicklas Lidstrom 2000-01 DET 82 1,458:33 428:04 446:01 2,332:38 28:26 11 Nicklas Lidstrom 1999-00 DET 81 1,614:56 349:35 363:48 2,328:19 28:44 12 Tomas Kaberle 2005-06 TOR 82 1,320:45 371:11 618:18 2,310:14 28:10 13 Chris Pronger 2001-02 STL 78 1,478:21 412:06 408:31 2,298:58 29:28 14 Brian Leetch 1997-98 NYR 76 1,525:14 305:03 436:58 2,267:15 29:49 15 Jay Bouwmeester 2007-08 FLA 82 1,626:52 332:58 292:38 2,252:28 27:28 16 Nicklas Lidstrom 2005-06 DET 80 1,308:35 418:40 521:27 2,248:42 28:06 17 Nicklas Lidstrom 2001-02 DET 78 1,439:03 405:11 402:53 2,247:07 28:48 18 Nicklas Lidstrom 2003-04 DET 81 1,500:57 348:43 390:22 2,240:02 27:39 19 Chris Pronger 2005-06 EDM 80 1,290:59 414:40 533:33 2,239:12 27:59 20 Zdeno Chara 2006-07 BOS 80 1,426:13 392:41 418:25 2,237:19 27:57 21 Sergei Zubov 1999-00 DAL 77 1,571:25 253:49 395:11 2,220:25 28:50 22 Dan Boyle 2006-07 TBL 82 1,633:52 57:06 527:09 2,218:07 27:03 23 Jay Bouwmeester 2008-09 FLA 82 1,582:17 279:48 350:56 2,213:01 26:59 24 Chris Pronger 1997-98 STL 81 1,720:35 298:13 193:43 2,212:31 27:18 25 Chris Pronger 2008-09 ANA 82 1,522:03 321:57 365:11 2,209:11 26:56 26 Scott Niedermayer 2008-09 ANA 82 1,501:34 377:35 328:20 2,207:29 26:55 27 Brian Campbell 2011-12 FLA 82 1,760:51 104:59 339:41 2,205:31 26:53 28 Duncan Keith 2010-11 CHI 82 1,743:37 216:05 244:51 2,204:33 26:53 29 Pavel Bure 2000-01 FLA 82 1,574:36 152:49 475:44 2,203:09 26:52 30 Bryan McCabe 2006-07 TOR 82 1,405:07 311:33 483:21 2,200:01 26:49 RK Player Year Team GP ES

TOI/G SH

TOI/G PP

TOI/G TOI TOI/G 1 Chris Pronger 1998-99 STL 67 21:05 5:19 4:11 2,050:36 30:36 2 Chris Pronger 1999-00 STL 79 19:21 5:10 5:42 2,389:03 30:14 3 Chris Chelios 1997-98 CHI 81 20:16 4:37 5:18 2,446:23 30:12 4 Ray Bourque 1997-98 BOS 82 20:40 3:19 6:01 2,462:19 30:01 5 Brian Leetch 1998-99 NYR 82 19:53 3:44 6:14 2,449:19 29:52 6 Brian Leetch 1997-98 NYR 76 20:04 4:00 5:44 2,267:15 29:49 7 Ray Bourque 1998-99 BOS 81 18:44 4:03 6:42 2,390:29 29:30 8 Ryan Suter 2013-14 MIN 22 22:29 2:58 4:01 648:42 29:29 9 Chris Pronger 2001-02 STL 78 18:57 5:17 5:14 2,298:58 29:28 10 Brian Leetch 2000-01 NYR 82 18:40 4:24 6:17 2,407:16 29:21 11 Nicklas Lidstrom 2002-03 DET 82 18:27 5:55 4:57 2,405:57 29:20 12 Al Macinnis 1998-99 STL 82 19:00 5:05 5:01 2,387:52 29:07 13 Adrian Aucoin 2002-03 NYI 73 17:29 6:03 5:27 2,117:50 29:00 14 Adrian Aucoin 2001-02 NYI 81 19:23 5:13 4:15 2,340:25 28:53 15 Sergei Zubov 1999-00 DAL 77 20:24 3:17 5:07 2,220:25 28:50 16 Nicklas Lidstrom 2001-02 DET 78 18:26 5:11 5:09 2,247:07 28:48 17 Nicklas Lidstrom 1999-00 DET 81 19:56 4:18 4:29 2,328:19 28:44 18 Rob Blake 1999-00 LAK 77 19:00 3:57 5:32 2,193:52 28:29 19 Nicklas Lidstrom 2000-01 DET 82 17:47 5:13 5:26 2,332:38 28:26 20 Bryan McCabe 2005-06 TOR 73 16:26 4:22 7:28 2,065:35 28:17 21 Tomas Kaberle 2005-06 TOR 82 16:06 4:31 7:32 2,310:14 28:10 22 Nicklas Lidstrom 2005-06 DET 80 16:21 5:14 6:31 2,248:42 28:06 23 Chris Pronger 2005-06 EDM 80 16:08 5:11 6:40 2,239:12 27:59 24 Zdeno Chara 2006-07 BOS 80 17:49 4:54 5:13 2,237:19 27:57 25 Nicklas Lidstrom 2003-04 DET 81 18:31 4:18 4:49 2,240:02 27:39 26 Rob Blake 2001-02 COL 75 18:43 3:47 5:03 2,068:23 27:34 27 Scott Niedermayer 2006-07 ANA 79 17:41 3:58 5:50 2,173:22 27:30 28 Nicklas Lidstrom 2006-07 DET 80 17:17 4:32 5:39 2,199:06 27:29 29 Erik Karlsson 2013-14 OTT 21 21:33 1:13 4:42 577:28 27:29 30 Jay Bouwmeester 2007-08 FLA 82 19:50 4:03 3:34 2,252:28 27:28

Click link for Top 10 TOI leaders for each season