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Mark Giordano has been the oldest active player in the NHL since 2023. 52 years, 11 days – Gordie Howe (1980) 48 years, 71 days – Chris Chelios (2010) 45 years, 319 days – Jaromir Jagr (2017) 45 years, 42 days – Zdeno Chara (2022) 44 years, 100 days – Doug Harvey (1969) [3] 44 years, 39 days – Tim Horton (1974)
When he was called up from the AHL's Chicago Wolves to play for the Thrashers during the 2009–10 NHL season, Chelios was the oldest active player in the NHL and the second oldest of all time. He had played the most games of any active player in the NHL, was the last player from the 1981 NHL Entry Draft still active (or any draft from 1986 and ...
This is a list of players who are not rookies, but are playing in their first NHL season via expansion or through the birth of the NHL. Most goals by a player, first NHL season, one game: Joe Malone (December 19, 1917, January 12, 1918 and February 2, 1918), 5; Most goals by a player, first NHL game: Joe Malone (December 19, 1917), 5
Jágr began his NHL career in 1990 with the ... turning 52 years old and passed Hall of Famer Gordie Howe as the oldest professional hockey player. ... his 24-year career in North America.
On 10 July 2019, following the retirement of Matt Cullen, Chára became the oldest active NHL player. On 5 November 2019, during a game at the Bell Centre against the Montreal Canadiens , Chára became the 21st player in NHL history to play 1,500 regular season games.
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]
List of first overall NHL draft picks; List of undrafted NHL players with 100 games played; List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise; List of players who played only one game in the NHL; List of oldest National Hockey League players; List of NHL players who have signed offer sheets
No NHL player surpassed 1,000 games before Gordie Howe on November 26, 1961, against the Chicago Black Hawks. Only 17 players in the top 100 started their careers before the expansion era , and only two players— Red Kelly and Bill Gadsby —played in more than 1,000 games and finished their careers before the expansion era.