mario lemieux has played the most nhl games ever.
mario lemieux has played the most nhl games ever.
who has played the most nhl games ever?
mario lemieux
bullet::::- his 1,756 regular-season nhl games played are second all time to gordie howe, who played in 1,767 regular-season nhl games.









































bullet::::- he was the last active player to have played in the 1970s.









































bullet::::- he was the last active player to have played in the world hockey association.









































bullet::::- he was selected as an inductee to the hockey hall of fame in june 2007, in his first year of eligibility, with the ceremony taking place in november 2007.
mark messier
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