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After Jim Conacher's death in April 2020, he became the oldest living former NHL player. [2] He is the second NHL player to become a centenarian, Al Suomi being the first known. [3] Before playing in the NHL, Wojciechowski was a member of the Port Arthur Bearcats in 1942 appearing in the 1942 Allan Cup.
Gordie Howe, pictured here in 1966, played his final NHL game at 52. Below is the List of oldest National Hockey League (NHL) players, with their last year in parentheses. Only hockey players who played at least one game in the regular season or playoffs when they were 40 or older are included on the list.
Conacher recorded 85 goals and 117 assists for 202 points in 328 career NHL games. After his hockey career, he worked as an advertising salesman for newspaper companies in Toronto. After Chick Webster's death in January 2018, he became the oldest living former NHL player. Conacher was married to Bonnie, who died in November 2013. [1]
Jaromír Jágr took the ice on Thursday for the first time since turning 52 years old and passed Hall of Famer Gordie Howe as the oldest professional hockey player.
American National Hockey League player [250] Karl Swanson: 1900–2002: 101: American Major League Baseball player [251] Sándor Tarics: 1913–2016: 102: Hungarian water polo player [252] Ned Thompson: 1910–2011: 101: American collegiate sports coach and administrator [253] Olga Törös: 1914–2015: 100: Hungarian gymnast [254] Ignacio ...
Schmidt died after a stroke on January 4, 2017, in a retirement facility in Westwood, Massachusetts; [10] at the age of 98; at the time of his death he was the oldest living former NHL player, and the last living player from the AHL's inaugural season. [11] [12] [13] Following Schmidt's death, Chick Webster became the
After Milt Schmidt's death in January 2017, he became the oldest living former NHL player. [5] His wife, Leona, died in 2009 of Alzheimer's disease. He died at home in Mattawa on January 18, 2018, at the age of 97. [2] [3] His nickname, Chick, was given to him in his playing days for his love for chewing Chiclets gum.
Timothy Paul Sweeney (born April 12, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1990 to 1998 with the Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and New York Rangers.