mike grier has played the longest in the nhl.
mike grier has played the longest in the nhl.
who has played the longest in the nhl?
mike grier
bullet::::- most nhl and wha regular season games played: 2,186









































bullet::::- most nhl and wha regular season and playoff games played: 2,421









































bullet::::- most nhl and wha goals regular season 975









































bullet::::- most nhl seasons played: 26 (tied with chris chelios)









































bullet::::- most nhl and wha seasons played: 32









































bullet::::- most nhl regular season goals by a right winger: 801









































bullet::::- most nhl regular season points by a father/son combo (with son mark): 2,592









































bullet::::- most consecutive nhl 20-goal seasons: 22 (1949–1971)









































bullet::::- first player to score over 1000 goals (wha and nhl, regular season and playoff combined)
gordie howe
bullet::::- three years after the boston bruins and toronto maple leafs played the longest game in nhl history at the time, the red wings and maroons surpassed that mark. the two teams met each other during the best-of-five semi-finals. game 1 was played at the montreal forum with a start time of march 24, 8:30 pm, and regulation ended in a 0–0 tie. it went on to six overtimes before a winner was declared, the second game in nhl history after the bruins-leafs game in 1933 to do so. finally, at the 16:30 mark of the sixth overtime period, red wings forward mud bruneteau scored on montreal goalie lorne chabot to end the game and take a 1–0 series lead for detroit. the local time was march 25, 2:25 am. the two teams played for 176:30, with 116:30 of that in overtime, almost three consecutive hockey games back-to-back-to-back. lorne chabot became notable for playing in the two longest nhl games ever played (he was in goal for the toronto maple leafs during their 1933 6ot win), with a 1–1 record between them. he made 66 saves in the game. detroit goalie normie smith's 92 saves are still an nhl record. detroit swept the series 3–0 and won their first franchise stanley cup. no nhl game has gone to six overtimes since.
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