Thomas Wilfred "Smokey, Fred" Harris (October 11, 1890 – June 4, 1974) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
 Harris played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL).
 Harris was born in Port Arthur, Ontario.
 His brother Henry was also a professional ice hockey player.
 Harris scored the first goal in Boston Bruins' franchise history.
Charles Binamé (born May 25, 1949) is a Quebec director.
 He was born in Belgium and came to Montreal with his family at a young age.
 He joined the National Film Board of Canada as an assistant director in 1971, but soon left for the private sector.
 During the 1970s, he mostly directed documentaries for Quebec television, and in the 1980s he directed over 200 television commercials, including some in England.
 When he returned to Canada in the early 1990s, he directed two of Quebec’s most popular television series of all time, "Blanche" (the sequel to the series "Les Filles de Caleb") and "Marguerite Volant".
 The former won him seven Prix Gémeaux and the FIPA d’Or at Cannes Film Festival for best drama series.
 Also in the 1990s Binamé wrote and directed a trio of edgy urban dramas – "Eldorado", "Le Coeur au poing" and "La Beauté de Pandore".
 His big-budget "" (a remake of "Un Homme et son péché") was a huge box-office hit in Quebec in 2002, and in 2005 he directed "The Rocket", a biography of hockey legend Maurice Richard, which earned him a Genie Award for best director.
Gordon "Gordie" Howe, OC (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
 From 1946 to 1980, he played twenty-six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings.
 Nicknamed "Mr. Hockey", Howe is considered the most complete player to ever play the game and one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time.
 A 23-time NHL All-Star, he held many of the sport's career scoring records until they were broken in the 1980s by Wayne Gretzky, who himself has been a major champion of Howe's legacy.
 He continues to hold NHL records for most games and seasons played.
 In 2017, Howe was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players".
Brian Desmond "Smitty" Smith (September 6, 1940 – August 2, 1995) was a Canadian professional hockey player and sportscaster.
 Smith was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of former professional ice hockey player Des Smith and brother of former professional hockey goaltender Gary Smith.
 Smith was a professional ice hockey player from 1960 to 1973, playing in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota North Stars.
 Following his hockey career, Smith was a broadcaster for CJOH-TV in Ottawa until 1995, when he was shot and killed by gunman Jeffrey Arenburg.
Kenneth Lawrence Stewart (March 29, 1912 – April 4, 2002) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played six games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks.
 He was born in Port Arthur, Ontario.
 He had previously played junior hockey in Edmonton and senior hockey with the Lethbridge Maple Leafs for three seasons, being the highest scoring defenceman for the team in his last season, 1940–41, registering 28 goals and 16 assists.
 On September 27, 1941, he signed a contract with the Black Hawks of the National Hockey League.
 In 1946, Stewart was named the playing coach of the Los Angeles Ramblers of the Western International Hockey League.
 During the season he registered 61 points in 48 games.
 During the 1967–68 hockey season of the BCHL, Stewart also served as the coach of the Kamloops Rockets.
The Rocket (Canadian French: Maurice Richard , also known as The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard and The Rocket: The Maurice Richard Story) is a French-Canadian biopic about the ice hockey player Maurice "The Rocket" Richard.
 It stars Roy Dupuis and was directed by Charles Binamé.
 It features appearances by National Hockey League players Mike Ricci, Sean Avery, Vincent Lecavalier, Philippe Sauvé, Stéphane Quintal, Ian Laperrière, and Pascal Dupuis.
Max Domi (born March 2, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 Domi was originally selected eighth overall in the 2011 OHL Priority Selection by the Kingston Frontenacs.
 He was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round, 12th overall, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
 He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
 Domi is of Albanian descent; his paternal grandparents immigrated to Canada during wars and tumult in their native country.
 His father is former Toronto Maple Leafs legend Tie Domi.
 Growing up, Domi's favourite team was the Toronto Maple Leafs, partially due to his father's many seasons with the club.
Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; ] ; August 4, 1921 – May 27, 2000) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens.
 He was the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season, accomplishing the feat in 50 games in 1944–45, and the first to reach 500 career goals.
 Richard retired in 1960 as the league's all-time leader in goals with 544.
 He won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 1947, played in 13 All-Star Games and was named to 14 post-season NHL All-Star Teams, eight on the First-Team.
 On January 1, 2017, in a ceremony prior to the Centennial Classic, Richard was part of the first group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
Daniel Gary Patrick Dineen (December 24, 1943 in Montreal, Quebec - April 1, 2006 in Springfield, Massachusetts) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach.
 Dineen played five seasons with the Canadian national amateur team before joining the professional leagues.
 He played the bulk of his professional career in the minor leagues, and four games for the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 He later became a coach in the American Hockey League and junior ice hockey.
Frederick "Doc" Doherty (June 15, 1887 – February 12, 1961) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
 Doherty played hockey for several professional ice hockey teams from 1908 until 1916, including a stint with the Toronto Ontarios in the National Hockey Association (NHA).
 He also played in the Maritime Professional Hockey League and the Ontario Professional Hockey League.
 After returning from World War I duty, he played one game in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens to end his career.
 He played on several league champions, leading to play in several Stanley Cup championships, but was not a member of a Stanley Cup-winning team.

Question:  Charles Binamé directed a biography about a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played how many seasons in the National Hockey League?  
Answer: 18