The most Stanley Cup play-off appearances by years played is 21 by Ray Borque (Canada) playing for the Boston Bruins in 1979-99 and Colorado Avalanche 1999-2001.

Robert Jarvis (b.14 November 1925, Canada) was still employed as a croupier at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Ontario, Canada on 19 December 2004 making him the oldest croupier, aged 79 years 35 days.

The oldest female racing driver is Jeannie Reiman ( b. New Zealand, 19 April 1913) who competed in the Canadian Vintage Modified’s 10 lap Powder Puff race at Sunset Speedway in Stroud, Ontario, Canada, on 3 August 2003, aged 90 years 106 days.

The oldest active curler is Stephen Gittus (Canada, b. 17 February 1910), who continued to play in competitions on a regular basis at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, as of 18 November 2010. Gittus did not take up the sport until he turned 43, having returned from service in World War II and taking up curling as a way to meet new friends after having been posted to Quebec City. Gittus also served in the Korean War and was a professional Continue reading →

The oldest player to score his age is C. Arthur Thompson (1869-1975) of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, who scored 103 on the Uplands course of 5682 m (6215 yd) in 1973.

Margaret Brown (Canada) (b. 2 June 1907) was aged 94 years 354 days when Dr Milan Somborac of Tenax Implant Inc, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, placed two dental implants in her lower jaw on 13 June 2002.

The oldest individual winner of a Snowboarding World Cup event Ursula Bruhin (Switzerland) aged 35 years 273 days at Le Relais, Canada on 17 December 2005.

The oldest female waterskier is Edith Murphy (Canada) who, on 11 August 2004, aged 90 years 109 days, water skiied at Lake Vernon, Hunstville, Ontario, Canada. Edith waterskies regularly during the summer months, both on two skis and slalom on a single ski.

The shortest braking distance by a vehicle on ice is 56.2 m (184 ft 4 in) and was achieved by Mitsubishi Motors North America in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 15 January 2011. The attempt took place on the frozen Ghost Lake outside Calgary and was filmed for a Mitsubishi television commercial.

Scientists at the National Institute for Nanotechnology and the University of Alberta (both Canada) have created a tungsten needle that tapers to a thickness of just one atom. The breakthrough, announced in May 2006, should allow the construction of better super high-resolution electron microscopes. The needle, made by postdoc Mohamed Rezeq at the University of Alberta’s National Institute for Nanotechnology, starts out much blunter. However, exposed to a pure nitrogen atmosphere, a rapid slimming begins. At the start oft he process the tungsten is chemically Continue reading →