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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.
Fifteen goaltenders have scored a total of eighteen goals in National Hockey League (NHL) games. Such goals are often called a "goalie goal." A goalkeeper can score by either shooting the puck into the net, or being awarded the goal as the last player on his team to touch the puck when an opponent scored an own goal. A goal scored by shooting ...
Oldest defencemen: Chris Chelios, April 6, 2010, 48 years, 71 days; Oldest goaltender: Maurice Roberts, November 25, 1951, 45 years, 345 days; Oldest player to play his first game: Connie Madigan, February 6, 1973, 38 years, 94 days; Oldest goaltender to play his first game: David Ayres, February 22, 2020, 42 years 194 days
He became the first emergency backup to enter a game in the NHL since Scott Foster in 2018. [2] The Carolina Hurricanes celebrated by spraying water after the game on Ayres. Ayres also became the oldest goaltender (at 42 years, 194 days) to win his NHL regular-season debut, and for this, the Hockey Hall of Fame was given his game-used goalie stick.
The then 45-year-old Roberts, in his last NHL game, became the oldest player to play in an NHL game; a record he held until broken by Gordie Howe in 1979, and also passed by Chris Chelios. He remains the oldest goaltender to play in an NHL game. [2] He also was the final NHL player who was active in the 1920s. [3]
On April 6, 1969, at the age of 44 years, 4 months, and 29 days, Bower became the oldest goaltender to play in a Stanley Cup playoff game, a distinction previously held by Lester Patrick. [21] He played his last game on December 10, 1969, a 6–3 loss to Montreal; [ 22 ] mainly due to injuries, this was his only game of the 1969–70 season .
At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest active goaltender in the NHL at 43, and the second-oldest active player in the league after Red Wings teammate Chris Chelios, who was 46. Hašek announced his retirement on June 9, 2008, [ 9 ] but on April 21, 2009, he announced a comeback to professional hockey and signed a contract with HC ...
William John Smith (born December 12, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.He won four Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders and was the first goalie to be credited with a goal in the NHL.