how old was the oldest player in the nhl

Gordie Howe is the oldest in a game. He was 52 years and 6 days old versus the Red Wings on April 6, 1980.

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How old in a regular-season game was the oldest player in the NHL?

	NAME	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Gordie Howe G. Howe	52-006	4/6/1980	HFD	vs	DET	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
2	Gordie Howe G. Howe	52-004	4/4/1980	HFD	vs	QUE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Gordie Howe G. Howe	52-002	4/2/1980	HFD	@	PIT	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
4	Gordie Howe G. Howe	52-001	4/1/1980	HFD	vs	TOR	0	0	0	+1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
5	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-364	3/29/1980	HFD	@	LAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
6	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-363	3/28/1980	HFD	@	VAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
7	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-361	3/26/1980	HFD	@	WIN	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
8	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-359	3/24/1980	HFD	vs	STL	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
9	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-357	3/22/1980	HFD	@	MTL	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-356	3/21/1980	HFD	vs	PHI	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
11	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-354	3/19/1980	HFD	vs	MTL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
12	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-351	3/16/1980	HFD	vs	MNS	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
13	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-350	3/15/1980	HFD	vs	CLR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
14	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-348	3/13/1980	HFD	vs	VAN	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-347	3/12/1980	HFD	@	DET	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
16	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-344	3/9/1980	HFD	@	BOS	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
17	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-343	3/8/1980	HFD	@	WSH	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-341	3/6/1980	HFD	@	BUF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-336	3/1/1980	HFD	@	STL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-335	2/29/1980	HFD	vs	STL	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
21	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-333	2/27/1980	HFD	vs	BOS	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
22	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-332	2/26/1980	HFD	@	QUE	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
23	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-329	2/23/1980	HFD	@	AFM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
24	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-325	2/19/1980	HFD	vs	EDM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
25	Gordie Howe G. Howe	51-324	2/18/1980	HFD	vs	NYR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

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