During the 2004 offseason, the Wings focused on keeping players they already had instead of being active on the free agent market, resigning several players before the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout canceled the season.

During the 1994 – 95 NHL lockout, Gretzky and some friends ( including Mark Messier, Marty McSorley, Brett Hull, and Steve Yzerman ) formed the Ninety Nine All Stars Tour and played some exhibition games in various countries.

During the 1987 and 1988 Stanley Cup playoffs, Global aired NHL games syndicated by Carling O ' Keefe.

During this series, several Hurricanes fan traditions drew hockey-wide media attention for the first time: fans met the team at the airport on the return from every road trip, and echoed football-season habits honed for games across the parking lot by hosting massive tailgate parties before each home game, a relative novelty in the cold-weather-centric NHL.

During that last game of the season, Joe Sakic scored a goal and two assists and became the second-oldest player in NHL history to reach 100 points, behind only Gordie Howe, who had 103 points at age 40 in the 1968 – 69 season.

During the season, Paul Stastny set an NHL record for longest point streak by a rookie, with 20 games, three more than the previous record, held by Teemu Selanne and Karlis Skrastins set a new NHL record for the longest game streak by a defenseman, with 495 games.

During the 2008 – 09 NHL season, the Blue Jackets made two trades which greatly played to their benefit.

During the summer of 2004, as the NHL and the NHL Players Association's labor dispute was headed towards a long lockout, Disney tried to sell the team but received a low offer of $ 40-million US, less than the franchise's original price.

During his National Hockey League career, Gilmour played for 7 NHL clubs: the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens, serving as captain for Calgary, Toronto and Chicago.

During these years, the Maroons were led by one of the most feared forward lines in the early NHL years, the " S Line ", consisting of Hooley Smith, Babe Siebert and Nels Stewart, which was also one of the most penalized.

During his nine-year tenure with Anaheim, Kariya formed an effective duo with fellow winger Teemu Selänne that helped him to three NHL First All-Star Team distinctions, while also finishing as the first runner-up for the Hart Memorial Trophy in 1997.

During the suspension, Kariya participated in a charity tournament held in Hamilton, Ontario, sponsored by the NHL Players Association.

During Kariya's second season, he was chosen to play for the Western Conference in the 1996 NHL All-Star Game as the lone Ducks representative.

During his recovery, he was personally encouraged by fellow NHL players Eric Lindros and Pat LaFontaine, who were also dealing with serious concussions.

During his last season in the NHL, the league began expanding their efforts to eliminate hits to the head with new rules and stiffer penalties.

During his third NHL season, he commented that " If Teemu had been here right off the bat, then maybe I wouldn't have focused so much on shooting.

During his rookie NHL season, Kariya lived in the Anaheim area with a family that was close friend with Mighty Ducks head coach Ron Wilson.

* During the 1973 – 74 NHL season, the Chicago Black Hawks and the Philadelphia Flyers finished tied for the fewest goals against ; therefore their respective goaltenders Tony Esposito and Bernie Parent were both awarded the trophy, the only time that it would be shared between two players from different teams.

During the 2010 – 11 season, Alfredsson recorded his 1, 000th career NHL point in a victory over the Buffalo Sabres on 22 October 2010.

During his rookie season in the NHL, Lyashenko played center on the Stars second line, earning praise from coach Ken Hitchcock, " His game has risen beyond his years.

During the 2001 – 2002 season, Lyashenko played for four different teams, the Stars and Rangers at the NHL level as well as the IHL's Grizzlies, and the Hartford Wolfpack of the American Hockey League ( AHL ).

During the 2009 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field, as the Chicago Blackhawks hosted the Detroit Red Wings on New Year's Day 2009, former Blackhawks players Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, and Denis Savard and former Cubs players Ryne Sandberg and Ferguson Jenkins sang a hockey-themed version of the seventh-inning stretch ; " Take Me Out to the Hockey Game " used lines such as " Root, root, root for the Blackhawks " and " One, two, three pucks, you're out.

During the 1935 – 36 NHL season, Dwyer finally decided to sell the team.

During the lockout, many Avalanche players played in European leagues.

During the lockout, Danny Green, DeJuan Blair, and Tony Parker all played overseas.

During the 1994 National Hockey League lockout, Gilmour decided to play in a handful of games for the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the Swiss League.

During 2004 / 05 NHL lockout he signed with the German club Eisbären Berlin.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Heatley initially played for the Swiss team SC Bern.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout Elitserien games were being broadcasted in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Koivu returned to Finland to play for TPS, whose head coach at the time was his father, Jukka Koivu.

During the NHL lockout season in 2004 – 05, Adams played a short stint for the DEG Metro Stars in Düsseldorf, Germany.

During the 2002 West Coast port labor lockout, the Port had a large backlog of ships waiting to be unloaded at any given time.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, he played for Färjestads BK of the Swedish Elitserien, and even had the chance to represent his home country internationally by playing for Team Canada in the 2005 IIHF World Championships.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, he played for the Swiss team HC Lausanne.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, he addressed certain fans that perceive NHL players as being spoiled.

During the NHL lockout season of 2004 – 05, Boynton played for the Nottingham Panthers in the British Elite Ice Hockey League, memorably scoring the equalizing goal in the British Championship Grand Final.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Nash played for HC Davos of the Swiss Nationalliga A ( NLA ).

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Vokoun played 19 regular season games for HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga, posting a. 940 save percentage.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Gonchar returned to Russia to play for Metallurg Magnitogorsk, where he played with future Pittsburgh teammates Petr Sýkora and Evgeni Malkin.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout he played for Leksands IF of the second division of Swedish hockey.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, which resulted in the cancellation of the 2004 – 05 NHL season, Aubin played in Switzerland for Genève-Servette HC.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout Bäckman played for his Swedish youth club Frölunda in Elitserien where he totalled 19 points in 50 games, winning the Elitserien playoffs.

During the 2004 – 05 lockout, Henrik returned to Sweden to play for Modo with Daniel and their Canucks teammate Markus Näslund.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, Patrik played for Ilves Tampere in the SM-liiga.

During the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout, serious discussion about opening the game to offence was done by both the NHL and NHL Players Association ( NHLPA ).