#NHLStats say they have “performed a comprehensive audit of the hits statistic in every game this season and made appropriate adjustments” – #Habs Michael Pezzetta ranks 9th in the #NHL despite playing the least amount of games of any player in the top-20 thus far (39 GP)
– Priyanta Emrith (@HabsInHighHeels) February 7, 2024
![Michael Pezzetta: 10th in the NHL among forwards in checking this season](https://cdn.buminteractif.com/2024/02/Photo-Pezzetta-527x450.jpg)
To make a career in hockey, and more specifically in the National Hockey League, the best league in the world, you don’t necessarily have to be a Connor McDavid or a Nathan MacKinnon, on the contrary.
You don’t have to be an overachiever or a star player to make a career in hockey.
You just have to know how to find your role and play it well, while seizing the opportunities you’re given.
I’ve only named four, but there are obviously a ton more.
They’ve found a way to make themselves indispensable with little details in their game that aren’t necessarily found in the game of top players like McDavid, Kucherov and MacKinnon.
In Montreal, with the Canadiens, there’s one player who reminds me of this category of support player.
You guessed it, I’m talking about Michael Pezzetta.
At 25, Pezzetta has already accomplished far more than anyone would have thought possible when he was drafted in the sixth round (160ᵉ overall) by the Habs in 2016.
He has played 153 NHL games, and hasn’t returned to the AHL since he was recalled in 2021.
Even though he doesn’t play every game, and when he does, he’s on the ice for less than ten minutes, Pezzetta executes his role perfectly, as evidenced by his presence in the NHL’s top-10 forwards in checking.
It’s also worth noting that on this list of players, only Pezzetta (7:35) and Nicolas Deslauriers (8:37) are on the ice an average of less than ten minutes per game.
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