Oldest ice hockey player

The oldest ice hockey player is Fred de Wit (Netherlands, b. 18 October 1935), who played as a goalkeeper for the Nijmegen Gladiators against the Eindhoven Kemphanen in a Nederlandse IJshockey Bond Third Division match in Nijmegen, Netherlands, on 12 January 2014, aged 78 years 86 days.

The story of Fred’s attempted garnered him much publicity in his native Netherlands, with several media outlets sending reporters out to cover the game. Nijmegen Gladiators won the match 18-4 and Fred pulled off some great saves in goal.