200 and 30 Club: 2011-12 Season

The 200 hits and 30 goals club was very exclusive club in the 2011-12 season.  It's membership was limited to one man...  Alexander Ovechkin.

  Ovechkin, who set career lows in points and ice-time, finished with 38 goals and 215 hits.  After the season he was voted to be the worst local athlete by readers of The Washingtonian magazine.  Don't worry Alex, the 200-30 club still welcomes you.  Ryan Callahan ended the season one goal shy of making the club.  He missed 6 games last season and at one point, was on pace for the 300-30 club.  A few other players made a run at 200-30, but fell short.


  For Ovechkin, he has now made the 200-30 club fours times in his career.  More than any other player since Hits became an official NHL stat in the 2005-06 season.

Hitting Captains

  Ryan Callahan has been named the 26th captain of the New York Rangers.  Which is exciting news for me.  Another power forward making the rank of captain   It was just earlier in the week that David Backes was named captain of the St. Louis Blues.  I also got to give a shout out to Dustin Brown, captain of the Los Angeles Kings.  All three players have the potential to be part of the 200 and 30 clubs this year.  That's hits and goals.
  In 2010-11 there were three member of the 200 and 30 club, Backes, Brendan Morrow and Alexander Ovechkin.  In 2009-10 there were no players in the 200 and 30 club.

Dustin Brown, Ryan Callahan and David Backes RCs