doug jarvis has played the most consecutive nhl games.
doug jarvis has played the most consecutive nhl games.
who has played the most consecutive nhl games?
doug jarvis
there have not been many other celebrity guests that have made their appearances to the tournament in the past years, except walter gretzky, of course. in the past few years, there have been two appearances by garry unger in 2008, and returned again in 2009. gary played 16 seasons in the national hockey league from 1967 until 1983. unger holds the second longest consecutive games streak in nhl history, with 914 consecutive games played during the regular season between february 24, 1968 and december 21, 1979. doug jarvis holds the current record at 964 consecutive games. unger ended up playing 1105 career nhl games, scoring 413 goals and 391 assists for 804 points, and he also registered 1075 career penalty minutes.
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minnesota did end up picking bellows, who went on to become a star in the nhl, with 485 goals and 1022 points over nearly 1200 nhl games. nylund was drafted by the toronto maple leafs and ended his career with 608 nhl games under his belt. other notable nhl players drafted after kluzak include scott stevens (5th, 1635 nhl games played), phil housley (6th, 1495 nhl games played), dave andreychuk (16th, 1639 nhl games played), tomas sandstrom (36th, 983 nhl games played), pat verbeek (43rd, 1434 nhl games played), and doug gilmour (134th, 1474 nhl games played). kluzak, on the other hand was out of hockey at the age of 27 - felled by knee injuries, after playing in only 299 nhl games. he managed to avoid knee injuries for his first two nhl seasons. however, on oct. 7, 1984, kluzak tore ligaments in his left knee when he collided in mid-ice with new jersey devils defenceman dave lewis. this required major reconstructive surgery and forced kluzak to miss the entire 1984–85 regular season and 1985 playoffs. he would re-injure the knee again in september 1986 and miss another season.
gord kluzak