Joey Kocur has the most penalty minutes by a rookie, with 377 minutes in the box in 1985-86.

	NAME	PIM	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Joey Kocur J. Kocur	377	1985-86	DET	59	9	6	15	-25	2	4	0	0	0	0	65	13.8
2	Alan May A. May	339	1989-90	WSH	77	7	10	17	-1	1	1	0	0	2	0	67	10.4
3	Link Gaetz L. Gaetz	326	1991-92	SJS	48	6	6	12	-27	3	3	0	0	0	0	73	8.2
4	Daniel Carcillo D. Carcillo	324	2007-08	PHX	57	13	11	24	+1	3	5	0	0	1	0	106	12.3	4	5	80.0	109	10	13	15	12:43
5	Mike Peluso M. Peluso	320	1990-91	CHI	53	6	1	7	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	29	20.7
6	Warren Rychel W. Rychel	314	1992-93	LAK	70	6	7	13	-15	0	0	0	0	1	0	67	9.0
7	Brad May B. May	309	1991-92	BUF	69	11	6	17	-12	1	0	0	0	3	0	82	13.4
8	Richard Zemlak R. Zemlak	307	1987-88	MNS	54	1	4	5	-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3
9	Troy Mallette T. Mallette	305	1989-90	NYR	79	13	16	29	-8	4	2	0	0	1	0	107	12.1
10	Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	302	1975-76	DET	57	11	12	23	-9	1	1	0	0	0		97	11.3
11	Gino Odjick G. Odjick	296	1990-91	VAN	45	7	1	8	-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	17.9
12	Krzysztof Oliwa K. Oliwa	295	1997-98	NJD	73	2	3	5	+3	0	0	0	0	2	0	53	3.8
13	Jimmy Mann J. Mann	287	1979-80	WIN	72	3	5	8	-20	1	0	0	0	1		60	5.0
14	Jay Caufield J. Caufield	285	1988-89	PIT	58	1	4	5	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
15	John Blum J. Blum	263	1984-85	BOS	75	3	13	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	8.3
16	Bob McGill B. McGill	263	1981-82	TOR	68	1	10	11	-8	0	0	0	0	0		35	2.9
17	Chris Nilan C. Nilan	262	1980-81	MTL	57	7	8	15	+7	0	0	0	0	1		69	10.1
18	Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	259	1990-91	MTL	52	0	2	2	+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0.0
19	Dave Schultz D. Schultz	259	1972-73	PHI	76	9	12	21	+4	0	0	0	0	2		63	14.3
20	Peter Worrell P. Worrell	258	1998-99	FLA	62	4	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50	8.0
21	Scott Daniels S. Daniels	254	1995-96	HFD	53	3	4	7	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	7.0
22	Terry Ruskowski T. Ruskowski	252	1979-80	CHI	74	15	55	70	+7	6	16	1	1	3		88	17.0
23	Jeff Chychrun J. Chychrun	245	1988-89	PHI	80	1	4	5	+11	0	1	0	0	1	0	53	1.9
24	Kelly Chase K. Chase	244	1989-90	STL	43	1	3	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1
25	Shawn Cronin S. Cronin	243	1989-90	WIN	61	0	4	4	-16	0	0	0	1	0	0	30	0.0