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rogermexico · 08-05-2021, 01:08 PM

I thought it might get more interesting to look for pro games played outside the NHL I haven’t done an exhaustive search but looked up a few names.

I was really hoping that Hugh Jessiman would turn out to still be playing someplace just for the sake of the story, but his last season was with Vienna in the Austrian League in 2014-15, where he played 7 games. He had 2 NHL games with the Florida Panthers, and 37 in one season in the KHL.

On the other hand, Nikolai Zherdev played 11 seasons in the KHL after leaving the Flyers in 2011, adding 306 more games to his 421 in the NHL for 727 total pro games.

Nigel Dawes was still playing pro with Kazan Ak Bars as of last season, adding 543 KHL games to his 212 in the NHL for 755 altogether — but that's still a long way off our NHL leaders.

08-05-2021, 01:08 PM	#22
rogermexico Scoring Winger Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Okotoks Exp:	I thought it might get more interesting to look for pro games played outside the NHL I haven’t done an exhaustive search but looked up a few names. I was really hoping that Hugh Jessiman would turn out to still be playing someplace just for the sake of the story, but his last season was with Vienna in the Austrian League in 2014-15, where he played 7 games. He had 2 NHL games with the Florida Panthers, and 37 in one season in the KHL. On the other hand, Nikolai Zherdev played 11 seasons in the KHL after leaving the Flyers in 2011, adding 306 more games to his 421 in the NHL for 727 total pro games. Nigel Dawes was still playing pro with Kazan Ak Bars as of last season, adding 543 KHL games to his 212 in the NHL for 755 altogether — but that's still a long way off our NHL leaders. Last edited by rogermexico; 08-05-2021 at 01:10 PM. Reason: formatting