# 27 Penalty Minutes in One Hockey Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 28, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-penalty-minutes-in-one-hockey-game/811343 "2018-03-28T12:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-penalty-minutes-in-one-hockey-game/811343/1 "2018-03-28T12:06:47Z")
In a recent Islanders/Capital game, Ross Johnston of the Islanders managed to get 27 penalty minutes in a single game. Did anyone watch it? Or, do you know somewhere I can check to see how he managed it? I know he got 17 minutes in one fight – 2 for instigating, 5 for fighting, 10 for game misconduct. Where did the other 10 minutes come from? He only played 5 shifts. He has 60 penalty minutes in 20 games, leading the Isles by a long way. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-penalty-minutes-in-one-hockey-game/811343/2 "2018-03-28T12:19:57Z")
This doesn’t hold a candle to [**Randy Holt’s 67 penalty minutes on March 11, 1979**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Holt) which still stands as a record to this very day. > [@](#): > > The toughest player on the Los Angeles Kings, Holt had been acquired midway through the 1978–79 season to add muscle to a skilled Kings team, and was expected to be a factor when the team travelled to Philadelphia to face off against the fearsome Flyers. After picking up a minor penalty early in the first period, Holt fought Philadelphia enforcer Frank Bathe at 14:58 of the first period, picking up 20 minutes in penalties. However, Holt felt that he had been a victim of a cheap shot from Flyers’ agitator Ken Linseman earlier in the game, and at the end of the first period instigated a bench-clearing brawl in an attempt to settle the score with Linseman. He was assessed a further 45 minutes in penalties for his actions during the brawl, including a triple game misconduct, bringing his game total to 67,[3] shattering the previous NHL record of 48 set by Jim Dorey in 1968. He was also suspended three games by the league for his actions. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-penalty-minutes-in-one-hockey-game/811343/3 "2018-03-28T12:35:19Z")
Ah, found it. He got a misconduct and a game misconduct, so that’s 20 minutes, plus instigating and fighting. Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-penalty-minutes-in-one-hockey-game/811343/4 "2018-03-28T14:03:04Z")
But did he put on the foil? ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-penalty-minutes-in-one-hockey-game/811343/5 "2018-04-02T00:56:48Z")
When he was in the Rangers farm system and playing for the Charlotte Checkers in the ECHL (basically equivalent to AA minors), [Steve MacIntyre](Steve MacIntyre) earned 32 PIM on one play. Responding to a teammate being roughed up in a scrum around the crease, Big Mac responded by cross-checking the miscreant in the head (5 match + 10 game misconduct) and then grabbed a random opposing player who wanted no part of him and pummeled him senseless (2 instigator + 5 fighting + 10 misconduct). Since the initial call on the opposing team was 2 for roughing, the Checkers ended up having to kill two back-to-back five-minute major power plays…