Tuesday 18 October 2011

NHLers on Twitter

There has been some interest in my thesis research, so I figured I should post some of my information. The following is a list of all NHL players with an active Twitter accounts (50 posts or an update in the past month) as of Oct. 6. I will try to update this once in a while, but with my workload from school and a few websites, it's hard for me to do more research than completely necessary.

Please note Phil Kessel (PKessel81) has joined since I did my Twitter search and it would not surprise me to find out a few more have joined as well, but as I said it is simply too much for me to keep checking especially when I have to look for 700 players and there is apparently an hourly usage limit that I keep surpassing. Please, if you know of any players with accounts I do not have posted here, let me know. Leave a comment or send an email to timkolupan@gmail.com, I would like to have a verified, official list shortly. Now, here are the 141 players on Twitter.


Breakdown of All Twitter Users (as of Oct. 6)
Player
Age
Username
Followers
Tweets
Followers per tweet
Paul Bissonnette
26
BizNasty2point0
142,983
4,386
32.6
Michael Grabner
24
grabs40
29,297
2,462
11.9
Anthony Stewart
26
EhStew13
13,018
2,008
6.48
Bobby Ryan
24
b_ryan9
60,237
1,929
31.23
Logan Couture
22
Logancouture
59,617
1,730
34.46
David Perron
23
DP_57
34,722
1,653
21.01
Colby Armstrong
28
armdog
59,493
1,335
44.56
Tyler Bozak
25
Bozie42
46,015
1,299
35.42
James van Riemsdyk
22
JVReemer21
47,774
1,252
38.16
Matt Moulson
27
MMoulson
22,171
1,199
18.49
Blake Geoffrion
23
BlakeGeoffrion
11,766
1,149
10.24
Carey Price*
24
carey31price
2,180
1,146
1.9
Kyle Turris
22
kyleturris
13,193
999
13.21
John Carlson
21
JohnCarlson74
36,156
948
38.14
Mike Cammalleri
29
MCammalleri13
91,798
810
113.33
Matt Kassian
24
Kassassination
2,588
785
3.3
Steven Kampfer
22
SteveKampfer47
15,008
733
20.47
Joffrey Lupul
28
JLupul
61,737
728
84.8
Eric Fehr
26
Eric Fehr
32,770
669
48.98
Ryan Whitney
28
ryanwhitney6
52,421
661
79.31
Nate Thompson
27
NateThompson44
9,089
657
13.83
Pekka Rinne*
28
PekkaRinneCom
832
604
1.38
Brent Burns
26
Burnzie88
20,722
582
35.61
Sami Lepisto
26
Sami Lepisto
14,315
549
26.07
Matt Duchene
20
Matt9Duchene
53,996
538
100.36
PK Subban
22
PKSubban1
70,679
529
133.61
Dustin Brown
26
DustinBrown23
44,707
506
88.35
Karl Alzner
23
karlalzner
23,472
480
48.9
Scottie Upshall
27
ScottieUpshall
38,345
473
81.07
Matt Carle
27
mattcarle25
28,394
467
60.8
Zac Dalpe
21
ZacDalpe22
3,935
458
8.59
Bruno Gervais
27
bruno_gervais27
10,866
448
24.25
Martin Biron
34
martybiron43
26,330
445
59.17
Mike Rupp
31
Rupper17
31,281
436
71.75
Kevin Shattenkirk
22
shattdeuces
9,732
404
24.09
Matt Beleskey
23
Matt_Beleskey
7,112
399
17.82
TJ Oshie
24
OSH74
11,799
389
30.33
Ryan Strome
18
strome18
13,091
389
33.65
Jordin Tootoo
28
Jtootoo22
25,532
385
66.32
Mikael Backlund
22
mbacklund11
4,982
384
12.97
Taylor Hall
19
hallsy04
73,949
378
195.63
Tim Brent
27
Brenter37
19,170
374
51.26
Evander Kane
20
EKane9JETS
40,891
369
110.82
Blake Wheeler
25
BiggieFunke
8,825
355
24.86
Ian Laperriere
37
dooda1414
8,451
354
23.87
Jack Skille
24
JackSkille
3,636
342
10.63
Michael Del Zotto
21
MichaelDelZotto
22,054
326
67.65
Derek Roy
28
Roy9er
22,585
321
70.36
John-Michael Liles
26
hoosierjm26
14,338
314
45.66
Ben Maxwell
23
benmaxwell61
4,566
289
15.8
Nino Niederreiter
19
theInino25
3,878
275
14.1
Derick Brassard
24
dbrassard16
9,890
274
36.09
Steve Sullivan
37
Sullivan26
21,648
267
81.08
Mathieu Darche
34
matdarche52
26,600
264
100.76
Jonathan Quick
25
JonathanQuick32
19,631
262
74.93
Brad Richards
31
BRichards_1991
42,849
257
166.73
Chris Stewart
23
CstewSTL25
16,332
255
64.05
Martin Havlat
30
martinhavlat
32,851
221
148.65
George Parros
31
Stache16
21,699
218
99.54
RJ Umberger
29
Umby18
10,549
215
47.07
Jamie McGinn
23
JamieMcGinn64
12,814
214
59.88
Mike Green
25
GreenLife52
53,927
213
253.18
Mike Commodore
31
commie22
31,385
211
148.74
Max Pacioretty
22
MaxPacioretty67
54,208
211
256.91
Daniel Winnik
26
Danwinnik34
3,926
206
19.06
Ryan Kesler
27
Ryan_Kesler
81,492
204
399.47
Alex Ovechkin
26
ovi8
215,164
195
1,103.41
Brandon Prust
27
BrandonPrust8
21,581
190
113.58
Claude Giroux
23
C_Giroux28
3,511
189
18.58
Mike Fisher
31
mikefisher1212
23,176
188
123.28
Max Talbot
27
Max25Talbot
51,409
186
276.39
Derek Stepan
21
DerekStepan21
12,693
185
68.61
Carl Gunnarsson
24
carl_gun
10,282
179
57.44
Mike Richards
26
MRichie18
45,244
175
258.54
Mike Komisarek
29
mkomisarek
26,375
171
154.24
Jeff Petry
23
PetryJ
8,194
165
49.66
Devin Setoguchi
24
Dsetoguchi10
10,998
162
67.88
Ilya Bryzgalov
31
bryzgoalie30
30,650
155
197.74
Theo Peckham
23
PECKS24
11,371
149
76.32
DJ King
27
DJKING_17
7,513
142
52.91
Dave Moss
29
djmoss25
4,824
139
34.71
Anze Kopitar*
24
AnzeKopitar
1,385
138
10.04
Luke Adam
21
LukeJAdam
5,368
137
39.18
Evgeni Malkin
25
malkin71_
48,652
136
357.74
Alex Steen
27
Steener20
10,072
136
74.06
Ryan Shannon
28
ryanshannon22
5,455
136
40.11
Jacob Markstrom
21
j_markstrom
1,763
134
13.16
Ryane Clowe
28
ryaneclowe
20,727
120
172.73
Ryan Jones
27
jonesry28
35,816
120
298.47
Victor Hedman
20
heds77
5,840
117
49.91
Shane O’Brien
28
ShaneOBrien55
28,384
114
248.98
Andrew Ladd
25
aladd16
10,398
105
99.03
Patrick Dwyer
28
pattydwyer39
1,519
105
14.47
Brian Gionta
32
Giostyle21
33,581
103
326.03
Alex Goligoski
26
gollygoose33
7,121
101
70.51
James Wisniewski
27
jameswisniewski
1,554
99
15.7
Patrice Bergeron
26
P_Bergeron37
1,918
93
20.62
Jake Gardiner
21
Jgardiner272
10,242
90
113.8
Linus Omark
24
RealLinusOmark
2,948
90
32.76
Nazem Kadri
21
43_Kadri
17,998
88
204.52
Magnus Paajarvi
20
mps_91
9,228
87
106.07
Nathan Gerbe
24
NathanGerbe42
7,943
87
91.3
Steve Montador
31
SteveMontador
7,106
87
81.68
Sergei Bobrovsky
23
realbobrovsky
134
75
1.79
Jamie McBain
23
jbain4
3,670
74
49.59
Steven Stamkos
21
RealStamkos91
65,919
72
915.54
Marc-Andre Gragnani
24
Grags17
4,731
69
68.57
Ryan O’Bryne
27
ryanobyrne84
4,089
69
59.26
David Jones
27
djones5454
2,823
67
42.13
Tyler Seguin
19
tylerseguin92
48,946
66
741.61
Olli Jokinen
32
ollijokinen13
6,058
66
91.79
Brad Winchester
30
bradwinchester
5,647
63
89.63
Justin Falk
22
JuicerFalk
616
62
9.94
Yannick Weber
23
yanweber68
20,818
60
346.97
Ryan McDonagh
22
RMcDonagh27
7,501
56
133.95
Ryan Murphy
18
ryanmurphy24
3,698
55
67.24
Jim Vandermeer
31
Jim_Vandermeer
15,569
52
299.4
Tanner Glass
27
TGlass15
6,580
52
126.54
Brendan Morrison
36
7bmo
6,558
51
128.59
Keaton Ellerby
22
ellerby88
809
49
16.51
Viktor Stalberg
25
VStalberg
8,307
41
202.61
Kyle Okposo
23
bookerT2116
4,061
40
101.53
Kevin Porter
25
kporter12
3,813
40
95.33
Kevin Westgarth
27
KWesty19
3,129
39
80.23
Nikolai Kulemin
25
NikKulemin41
472
36
13.11
Marc Savard
34
MSavvy91
51
34
1.5
Curtis Sanford
33
CurtisSanford
1,924
34
56.59
James Neal
24
jneal_18
12,186
26
468.69
Marc-Andre Bergeron
30
bergeron47
5,418
24
225.75
Jason Garrison
26
JasonGarrison52
790
21
37.62
Mattias Ritola
24
ritto21
1,089
17
64.06
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
18
RNH_93
13,707
16
856.69
Kevin Bieksa
30
kbieksa3
33,013
15
2,200.87
David Backes
27
dbackes42

6,916
13
532
Jakub Voracek
22
jachobe
3,940
13
303.08
Milan Lucic
23
Real_lucic17
116
12
9.66
Duncan Keith*
28
DuncanKeith
1,520
8
190
Hal Gill
36
Skillsy75
11,913
7
1,701.86
Patrick Kane
22
88PKane
31,138
7
4,448.29
Tyler Kennedy
25
tk1448
12,255
4
3,063.75
Raffi Torres
29
RaffiTorres1
37
1
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