who was the oldest player in the first nhl season ever

Lester Patrick was the oldest player in his first season. He was 43 years old in his rookie season.

	NAME	AGE	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Lester Patrick L. Patrick	43	1926-27	NYR	1	0	0	0		2					0	0
2	David Ayres D. Ayres	42	2019-20	CAR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28:41
3	Hugh Lehman H. Lehman	41	1926-27	CHI	44	0	0	0		0															63:31
4	Bobby Rowe B. Rowe	39	1924-25	BOS	4	1	0	1		0					0	0
5	Jorge Alves J. Alves	38	2016-17	CAR	1	0	0	0		0					0										0:08
6	Connie Madigan C. Madigan	38	1972-73	STL	20	0	3	3	+1	25	0	0	0	0	0		11	0.0
7	Jack Walker J. Walker	38	1926-27	DCG	41	3	4	7		6					1	0
8	Jack Laviolette J. Laviolette	38	1917-18	MTL	18	2	1	3		6					0	0
9	Helmut Balderis H. Balderis	37	1989-90	MNS	26	3	6	9	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	30	10.0
10	Jim Anderson J. Anderson	37	1967-68	LAK	7	1	2	3	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0		20	5.0
11	Scott Foster S. Foster	36	2017-18	CHI	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	14:01
12	Helge Bostrom H. Bostrom	36	1929-30	CHI	20	0	1	1		16					0	0
13	Bert Lindsay B. Lindsay	36	1917-18	MWN	4	0	0	0		0															60:00
14	Ken Thompson K. Thompson	36	1917-18	MWN	1	0	0	0		0					0	0
15	Lars Sjoberg L. Sjoberg	35	1979-80	WIN	79	7	27	34	-33	48	3	10	1	0	0		145	4.8
16	Ross Brooks R. Brooks	35	1972-73	BOS	16	0	1	1		0															56:51
17	Joe Schaefer J. Schaefer	35	1959-60	NYR	1	0	0	0		0															39:38
18	Barney Stanley B. Stanley	35	1927-28	CHI	1	0	0	0		0					0	0
19	Art Duncan A. Duncan	35	1926-27	DCG	34	3	2	5		26					0	0
20	Frank Foyston F. Foyston	35	1926-27	DCG	41	10	5	15		16					3	1
21	Herb Gardiner H. Gardiner	35	1926-27	MTL	44	6	7	13		26					0	0
22	Joe Hall J. Hall	35	1917-18	MTL	21	8	7	15		100					1	0
23	Magnus Johansson M. Johansson	34	2007-08	TOT	45	0	14	14	-5	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	37	0.0	0	0	23	37	7	15	15:45
24	Jim McLeod J. McLeod	34	1971-72	STL	16	0	1	1		0															54:53
25	Bob Barlow B. Barlow	34	1969-70	MNS	70	16	17	33	-4	10	6	5	1	0	1		157	10.2