Longest Ice Hockey Game 4 CF On January 12 , 2011 , it was announced that a total of 40 women will start playing hockey on August 26 , 2011 at Canlan Ice Sports Burnaby 8 Rinks in Burnaby , British Columbia . The goal is to play for 10 consecutive days as they attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for playing the longest hockey game while also raising funds and awareness for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation . The Vancouver Chapter of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Partners are planning this event to be held from August 26th to September 5th , 2011 . The group will attempt to play until September 5 , 2011 , and break the old Guinness mark by 65 minutes . Each player is aiming to raise $ 2 , 000 for CF . The key organizer is Valerie ( Val ) Skelly . She had the idea of planning the event back in November 2009 . All funds raised in the event will go to Cystic Fibrosis Canada , in an attempt to support research aimed at helping people with the disease . Skelly ' s father , Bill Skelly dropped the puck to start the game on August 26th . The current record for the longest game of ice hockey is 241 hours and 21 minutes , held by Sherwood Park ' s tournament organized by Brent Saik . Origins . When Skelly was 17 , she had a summer job at a camp for kids coping with CF . She stayed in touch with one of the campers for 10 years until her friend succumbed to the disease . As an avid hockey player , Skelly started approaching her teammates in her recreational women ' s league ( in January 2010 ) about the possibility of playing a charity game for CF . Inspiration . Eva Markvoort , a double lung transplant recipient , died in March 2010 , at the age of 25 , while waiting for a second lung transplant . Artwork with her image was used for the promotional poster in this event . The promotional poster for the event was based on artwork by Cyrus McEachern . When Skelly approached Cystic Fibrosis Canada about her idea and the possibility of a spokesperson for their purpose , CF Canada introduced her to Bill Markvoort , whose daughter Eva had just lost her battle with CF . Bill Markvoort will drop the puck to begin the last session of the game . Roster . The age group of the roster varied from 20 year old competitors , right up to players in their 50 ' s . Aftermath . The Longest Game 4 CF ended Monday September 5 , 2011 . The players beat the previous record of 242 hours by an extra 65 minutes , and it became an official Guinness World Record . It has since been broken by a cancer fundraiser , but it still remains the all - female record ( previous all - female longest ice hockey game record was 26 hours ) . Proceeds raised during the game for Cystic Fibrosis was $ 170 , 000 . One player suffered a concussion , while another injured the tendons on her ankle so bad she couldn ' t lace up her skates . Due to swollen feet and extreme inflammation of tendons , many players needed larger - size skates . Many borrowed , and some sent their friends to hockey stores . For the last shift , one of the players had to pull out the insoles and skate directly on jagged ends of rivets even in her larger skates . By the end , both teams were down to 14 per side at the end . Health professionals intervened and advised participants they were doing permanent damage to their bodies . The result was that the participants wound up playing five on five with one substitute player on each bench for four hours at a time . To cover for injured teammates , healthier players played 5 - 7 - hour shifts . Originally , the schedule was established to ensure players would rest at least three times for eight hours during the week . Despite the four hour rest , players were unsure if they should attempt to remove their skates out of concern of not being able to put them back on . The game was featured in the prominent hockey blog Puck Daddy . A documentary , Lace Bite , was created of the event by Sharron Bates and Carmen Klotz . It was well - received through the film festival circuit in North America and Europe and won several awards . It was featured as the opening night film at the Canadian Sport Film Festival in Toronto even though it wasn ' t sports - themed and won the people ' s choice award at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival even though it wasn ' t queer - themed . Many players and volunteers continue to volunteer and fundraise for the cause . For instance , Melanie Briggs sat on the Board , Sarah Willie volunteers at GearUp4CF each year , Sharron Bates and Tamaki Kano completed GearUp4CF , Trish Tait volunteers at Great Strides , several got together and raised $ 1 , 400 through a hot dog sale , and many players and volunteers participate in Great Stride .