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Most ice hockey games played by an individual in one year: Calvin Mees sets world record

Jul 12, 2021

DALLAS, Texas, United States--Amateur hockey player Calvin Mees, also known as Cal Mees, from Dallas, Texas, USA, successfully completed playing in 552 USA Hockey sanctioned Ice Hockey Games from January 1, 2019 thru December 31, 2019 thus setting the new world record for the “Most ice hockey games played by an individual in one year", according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"My motivation for setting the record for the “most ice hockey games played by an individual in one year” came out of my love for the sport itself. Having played at least 300 games per year for at least 6 years in a row I wanted to do something memorable and push myself to play as many games as I possibly could in one year, says Cal Mees.

"I had the absolute time of my life achieving this world record."

"I started playing ice hockey when I was 6 years old in Bismarck, North Dakota, at age 61, I love playing hockey even more now than when I was a kid, says Cal Mees.

"I am a member of the both the Dallas Warriors Disabled Veterans Hockey Team, and the Fort Worth Patriots Hockey Team, which were created to give our US Military Veterans a great way to rehab through the amazing sport of ice hockey.

"My motivation for setting the record for the “most ice hockey games played by an individual in one year” came out of my love for the sport itself.

The Facts

The 552 games were played throughout the year and were accomplished in 263 days of actual playing time.

The 552 ice hockey games played were played with 90 different hockey teams in 33 different hockey leagues at 12 different ice arenas during the year in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

The most games played in one day was 17 games on 6 different teams during a 24-hour ice hockey tournament.

The most different ice rinks played on in one day was 5, with 5 different leagues.

The most games played in one month was 65.

At one point during the year Cal was rostered on 18 different teams.

In working towards this world record throughout the year Cal sustained a torn rotator cuff, torn ligaments and tendons in his wrist, avulsion fractures of the thumb and ankle, and fractures of the fibula and ulna. Cal subsequently had shoulder and wrist surgery in 2020 and is now back to playing 30+ ice hockey games per month.

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"Accomplishing this world record goal would not have been possible without the patience and assistance of Chuck Buker, General Manager at Ice at the Parks in Arlington Texas where I played 255 out of 552 games in 2019.

"The multiple Children’s Health Star Centers were also an integral part of achieving this record as I was able to play at multiple rinks on multiple teams in multiple leagues, with the full support of the rink managers at the Children’s Health Stars Centers.

"Thank you to Tom and the World Record Academy for your assistance and patience in memorializing this World Record."