Bobby Orr was named "Sportsman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated in 1970, making him the first hockey player to receive the award. He also won league MVP honors that year and led the Bruins to a Stanley Cup Championship.

A hockey puck is also referred to colloquially as a "biscuit". To put the "biscuit in the basket" (colloquial for the goal) is to score a goal.

After playing just 20 NHL games for the Winnipeg Jets in four seasons, Draper was traded to the Detroit Red Wings in 1993 in exchange for $1. The "One Dollar Man" would quickly become a valuable fixture for Detroit, playing over 1,000 games in a Red Wings uniform and winning four Stanley Cups.

Each player from the Stanley Cup winning team gets a day with the the trophy, and it has been used for a variety of purposes over the years. Chicago Blackhawks center Andrew Desjardins used it as a giant cereal bowl. Detroit Red Wings left winger Tomas Holmstrom let his cousin use it as a baptismal font for a christening. And Toronto Maple Leafs center Red Kelly placed his infant son in the Cup while posing for pictures, only to discover that his son had had "an accident" in the cup.

Following a 1927 Stanley Cup Game 4 loss, Boston Bruins defenseman Billy "Wild Beaver" Coutu started a bench-clearing brawl when he brutally assaulted referee Jerry Laflamme (possibly at the request of coach Art Ross), resulting in a lifetime suspension. Although the ban was eventually lifted at the insistence of Canadiens owner Leo Dandurand, Coutu never played in the NHL again.

Unlike most expansion teams, the Golden Knights were competitive right from the start, reaching the Stanley Cup Finals in their very first year of operation. With 13 playoff wins en route to the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals, they set a record for postseason wins by an expansion team. In the Finals, however, they were defeated by the Washington Capitals, four games to one.

Brent Hull's nickname, "the Golden Brett" is a reference to his father Bobby's nickname of "the Golden Jet". Brent (1,391 points) was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009, joining Bobby (1,170 points) to become the first father-son duo in the Hall.

Eric Lindros made it clear he did not wish to play for the Nordiques, even refusing to wear the team's jersey for press photographs. On advice from his mother, he refused to sign a contract and began a holdout that lasted over a year. On June 30, 1992, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for five players, the rights to Swedish prospect Peter Forsberg, two first-round draft picks and $15 million. The Eric Lindros trade turned the Nordiques into a Stanley Cup contender almost overnight, and in hindsight is seen as one of the most one-sided deals in sports history.

The Minnesota North Stars set an NHL record when 11 different players scored goals in a 15-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets.

Nicknamed "Sid the Kid", Sidney Crosby was selected first overall by the Penguins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. In 2009, he led the Penguins to their third championship and became the youngest captain in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup at 21 years 10 months.