The 1992–93 NHL season was the
76th regular season of the
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
. Each player wore a patch on their jersey throughout the season to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup () is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ic ...
. The league expanded to 24 teams with the addition of the
Ottawa Senators and the
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the ...
. Under the new labour agreement signed following the
1992 NHL strike, each team began playing 84 games per season, including two games at neutral sites.
The
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens (), officially ' ( Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic D ...
won their league-leading 24th Cup by defeating the
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The Kings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. ...
four games to one. This remains the last time that a Canadian team has won the
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup () is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ic ...
.
It proved, at the time, to be the highest-scoring regular season in NHL history, as a total of 7,311 goals were scored over 1,008 games for an average of 7.25 per game. Twenty of the twenty-four teams scored three goals or more per game, and only two teams, the
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. The Maple Leafs compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the A ...
and the
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (N ...
, allowed fewer than three goals per game. Only 68 shutouts were recorded during the regular season. A record twenty-one players reached
the 100-point plateau, while a record fourteen players reached
the 50-goal plateau—both records still stand through the
2022–23 season.
Through the halfway point in this season
Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux (; ; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played parts of 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins between 1984–85 NHL season, 1984 and 2005–06 NHL se ...
was in the process of putting together one of the most historic seasons in NHL history; being on pace to challenge both the 92 goal and 215 point records of
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One ...
when he was diagnosed with
Hodgkins Lymphoma. Lemieux still went on to win the Art Ross and Hart Trophies, despite every other player in the top five in league scoring playing a complete 84 game season to his 60 games. He also finished with the third highest point per game average in a season in league history.
League business
Expansion
This season saw two new clubs join the league: the
Ottawa Senators and the
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the ...
. The Senators were the second Ottawa-based NHL franchise (see
Ottawa Senators (original)
The Ottawa Senators were an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League (NHL) and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. The c ...
) and brought professional hockey back to
Canada's capital, while the Tampa Bay franchise (headed by
Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame () is a museum and hall of fame located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League (NHL) records, memorabilia and National Hockey Le ...
brothers
Phil and
Tony Esposito) strengthened the NHL's presence in the American
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered stretching across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the Parallel 36°30′ north. Several climates can be found in the re ...
, which had first started with the birth of the
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The Kings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. ...
in
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
. The
1992 NHL expansion draft was held on June 18 to fill the rosters of the Senators and the Lightning.
This was the final season of the Wales and Campbell Conferences, and the
Adams,
Patrick,
Norris, and
Smythe divisions. Both the conferences and the divisions would be renamed to reflect geography rather than the league's history for the following season. This was also the last year (until the
2013 realignment) in which the playoff structure bracketed and seeded teams by division; they would be bracketed and seeded by conference (as in the
NBA) for
1993–94.
Entry draft
The
1992 NHL entry draft was held on June 20 at the
Montreal Forum
Montreal Forum () is a historic building located facing Cabot Square, Montreal, Cabot Square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Called "the most storied building in hockey history" by ''Sporting News'', it was an indoor arena which served as the home o ...
in
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
,
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
.
Roman Hamrlik was selected first overall by the
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the ...
.
Bettman named first NHL Commissioner
In the summer of 1992, NHL owners replaced NHL President
John Ziegler with
Gil Stein on an interim basis. Ziegler had held the position for 15 years, but owners became unhappy following the
1992 NHL strike. On February 1, 1993,
Gary Bettman
Gary Bruce Bettman (born June 2, 1952) is an American sports executive who serves as the NHL commissioner, commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettman was a senior vice preside ...
became the first NHL Commissioner, with the office originally created as ''senior'' to Stein's position as NHL President. Working towards labour peace was among the tasks handed to Bettman when the owners hired him. After Stein's tenure expired on July 1, 1993, the President's office was merged into the Commissioner's.
Centennial celebration of the Stanley Cup
All teams wore a commemorative patch this year celebrating the 100th anniversary of the
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup () is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ic ...
.
Rule changes
*Instigating a fight results in a game misconduct penalty.
*Substitutions disallowed for coincidental minor penalties when teams are at full strength, reversing a rule passed for the
1985–86 season.
*Minor penalty for diving introduced.
Arena changes
* The expansion
Ottawa Senators moved into
Ottawa Civic Centre.
* The expansion
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the ...
moved into
Expo Hall
Expo Hall is an indoor arena located at the Florida State Fairgrounds in East Lake-Orient Park, Florida. It is used primarily as an exhibition hall during the Florida State Fair, but has also hosted concerts and sporting events.
The South Flo ...
in
East Lake-Orient Park, Florida
East Lake-Orient Park is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, in the Tampa Bay area. The population was 22,753 at the 2010 census, up from 5,703 at the 2000 census following an expansion of i ...
.
Regular season
Neutral site games
As a part of the
1992 strike settlement, the regular season was expanded from 82 to 84 games per team. The NHL and Bruce McNall's Multivision Marketing and Public Relations Co. organized the additional 24 regular season games in 15 cities that did not have a franchise, providing as a litmus test for future expansion. Four of the cities chosen –
Phoenix,
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
,
Dallas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
and
Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
– were eventually the sites of expansion or relocations, and although neither Cleveland nor Cincinnati received NHL franchises, there would be one placed in
Columbus, located halfway between the two cities. Two arenas that hosted neutral-site games had hosted NHL teams before: Atlanta's
The Omni (
Atlanta Flames) and Cleveland's
Richfield Coliseum (
Cleveland Barons).
The Hartford-St. Louis game was originally scheduled to be played on December 29, 1992, in
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List ...
.
All-Star Game
The
All-Star Game
An all-star game is an exhibition game that showcases the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, bu ...
was held on February 6, 1993, at the
Montreal Forum
Montreal Forum () is a historic building located facing Cabot Square, Montreal, Cabot Square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Called "the most storied building in hockey history" by ''Sporting News'', it was an indoor arena which served as the home o ...
, the home of the
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens (), officially ' ( Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic D ...
.
Highlights
Teemu Selanne of the
Winnipeg Jets
The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg. The Jets compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The te ...
shattered the rookie scoring record by scoring 76 goals and 56 assists for 132 points this season. He was named the winner of the
Calder Memorial Trophy
The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League (NHL)." It is named after Frank Calder, the first president of the NHL. Serving ...
as the NHL Rookie of the Year, and his goals and points marks remain the NHL rookie records .
The
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. The Rangers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team plays ...
missed the playoffs. This marked the first time since the President's Trophy had been introduced that the previous season's top team missed the next year's playoffs.
For the first time in his NHL career,
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "the Great One ...
did not finish in the top three in scoring. A back injury limited Gretzky to 45 games in which he scored 65 points.
The Pittsburgh Penguins set a new NHL record, winning 17 consecutive games. The streak ending with the regular season.
Final standings
''Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points''
Prince of Wales Conference
Clarence Campbell Conference
Playoffs
Bracket
The top four teams in each division qualified for the playoffs. In each round, teams competed in a
best-of-seven series (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). In the division semifinals, the fourth
seeded team in each division played against the division winner from their division. The other series matched the second and third place teams from the divisions. The two winning teams from each division's semifinals then met in the division finals. The two division winners of each conference then played in the conference finals. The two conference winners then advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.
NHL awards
Player statistics
During the 1992-93 season, a record twenty-one players reached
the 100-point plateau, while a record fourteen players reached
the 50-goal plateau. As of the
2023-24 season, both records still continue stand after three decades. This was also the last season that a NHL player scored 70 or more goals in a single regular season.
Scoring leaders
Leading goaltenders
All-Star teams
Events and milestones
*
Manon Rhéaume became the first
woman
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or Adolescence, adolescent is referred to as a girl.
Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functi ...
to play for a major
sports league
A sports league is a group of individual athletes, sports teams or clubs who form a league to compete against each other and gain points in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among them ...
in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
as she
tended goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in an
exhibition game
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the playe ...
on September 23, 1992, against the
St. Louis Blues.
* The
Ottawa Senators and
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the ...
were two new teams to be added to the league, bringing the league to 24 teams, one-third of which were Canadian teams, as they comprised eight of the twenty-four teams. Both teams would win their opening games and briefly sit atop their respective Divisions, which led to Harry Neale jokingly proclaiming before the end of Ottawa's first win that both the Senators and Lightning would reach the Stanley Cup finals in May.
* October 1992:
Gil Stein named
NHL President.
* February 1993:
Gary Bettman
Gary Bruce Bettman (born June 2, 1952) is an American sports executive who serves as the NHL commissioner, commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettman was a senior vice preside ...
named NHL Commissioner.
* Record set for most 100-point scorers and most 50-goal scorers in one season.
* February 10, 1993: In a 13–1 drubbing of the
San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. The Sharks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Con ...
,
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The ...
goaltender
Jeff Reese set NHL records for most points and most assists by a goaltender in one game, with three.
* The 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs marked the 100th anniversary of the Stanley Cup.
*
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. The Penguins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), E ...
set the NHL record for longest win streak at 17 games. Conversely, the
San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. The Sharks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Con ...
tied the NHL record for longest losing streak at 17 games.
Major transactions
*June 30, 1992:
Eric Lindros
Eric Bryan Lindros (; born February 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Oshawa Generals prior to being chosen first overall in the 1991 NHL entry d ...
traded from Quebec to Philadelphia for
Peter Forsberg,
Ron Hextall
Ronald Jeffrey Hextall (born May 3, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and executive. He was most recently the general manager#Sports teams, general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL ...
,
Mike Ricci,
Kerry Huffman,
Steve Duchesne, "future considerations" (eventually became enforcer
Chris Simon), two first-round
draft picks and US$15 million. One of the draft picks was used by the Nordiques to select goaltender
Jocelyn Thibault
Joseph Régis Jocelyn Thibault (born January 12, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blac ...
, the other was traded twice and ultimately used by the
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NH ...
to select
Nolan Baumgartner
Nolan Baumgartner (born March 23, 1976) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was formerly an assistant coach with the Va ...
.
Records broken/tied
Regular season
=Team
=
*Most losses, one season: San Jose Sharks (71)
*Fewest ties, one season: San Jose Sharks (2)
*Most home losses, one season: San Jose Sharks (32)
*Most road losses, one season: Ottawa Senators (40)
*Fewest road wins, one season: Ottawa Senators (1)*
*Longest winning streak: Pittsburgh Penguins (17) (All time NHL record)
*Longest losing streak: San Jose Sharks (17)*
*Longest road losing streak: Ottawa Senators (38)
*Longest road winless streak: Ottawa Senators (38)
*Most 100-or-more point scorers, one season: Pittsburgh Penguins (4)*
*Fastest three goals from the start of period, one team: Calgary Flames (0:53, February 10, 1993)
=Individual
=
*Most goals, including playoffs: Wayne Gretzky (875)
*Most 30-goal seasons:
Mike Gartner
Michael Alfred Gartner (born October 29, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), right winger who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, New Yor ...
(14)*
*Most consecutive 30-goal seasons: Mike Gartner (14)
*Most goals, one season, by a left winger: Luc Robitaille (63)
*Most goals, one season, by a rookie: Teemu Selanne (76)
*Most assists, one season, by a left winger:
Joe Juneau (70)
*Most assists, one season, by a rookie: Joe Juneau (70)* (Note: Wayne Gretzky scored 86 assists in his first year, but he was not considered a rookie)
*Most points, one season, by a left winger: Luc Robitaille (125)
*Most points, one season, by a rookie: Teemu Selanne (132) (Note: Wayne Gretzky scored 137 points in his first year, but he was not considered a rookie)
*Most assists, one game, by a goaltender: Jeff Reese (3, February 10, 1993)
*Most games missed while winning Art Ross Trophy: Mario Lemieux (24)
Playoffs
=Team
=
*Most overtime games, one playoff year: 28
*Most overtime wins, one playoff year: Montreal Canadiens (10)
*Most consecutive overtime wins, one playoff year: Montreal Canadiens (10)
*Most consecutive wins, one playoff year: Montreal Canadiens (11)*
=Individual
=
*Most consecutive wins, one playoff year: Patrick Roy (11)*
*Most goals by a defenceman, one game:
Eric Desjardins (3, June 3, 1993)*
*Most power-play goals, one game:
Dino Ciccarelli
Dino Ciccarelli ( , born February 8, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1999, primarily with the Minnesota North Stars, but also notably with the Detroit Red ...
(3, April 29, 1993)*
*Most shorthanded goals, one game:
Tom Fitzgerald (2, May 8, 1993)*
*Most assists, one period: Adam Oates (3, April 24, 1993)*
* Equalled existing record
Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1992–93 (listed with their first team):
*
Byron Dafoe, Washington Capitals
*
Roman Hamrlik, Tampa Bay Lightning
*
Darius Kasparaitis
Darius Kasparaitis (born October 16, 1972) is a Lithuanian–American former professional ice hockey defenceman. He mainly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche, and New Yo ...
, New York Islanders
*
Steve Konowalchuk, Washington Capitals
*
Alexei Kovalev, New York Rangers
*
Robert Lang, Los Angeles Kings
*
Eric Lindros
Eric Bryan Lindros (; born February 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Oshawa Generals prior to being chosen first overall in the 1991 NHL entry d ...
, Philadelphia Flyers
*
Vladimir Malakhov, New York Islanders
*
Michael Nylander, Hartford Whalers
*
Sandis Ozolinsh, San Jose Sharks
*
Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg Jets
*
Bryan Smolinski
Bryan Anthony Smolinski (born December 27, 1971) is an American former professional ice hockey center. The Boston Bruins drafted him 21st overall in 1990. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Islan ...
, Boston Bruins
*
Martin Straka, Pittsburgh Penguins
*
Alexei Zhamnov, Winnipeg Jets
*
Sergei Zubov, New York Rangers
Last games
The following is a list of players of note who played their last game in the NHL in 1992–93 (listed with their last team):
*
Reggie Lemelin, Boston Bruins
*
Brent Ashton, Calgary Flames
*
John Ogrodnick, Detroit Red Wings
*
Tim Kerr, Hartford Whalers
*
Bobby Smith, Minnesota North Stars
*
Brian Mullen, New York Islanders
*
Brad Marsh, Ottawa Senators
*
Laurie Boschman, Ottawa Senators
*
Brian Hayward, San Jose Sharks
*
Brian Lawton, San Jose Sharks
*
Doug Wilson, San Jose Sharks
*
Rick Wamsley, Toronto Maple Leafs
*
Steve Kasper, Tampa Bay Lightning
*
Ryan Walter
Ryan William Walter (born April 23, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League. He won the 1986 Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens.
He was also an assistant coach with ...
, Vancouver Canucks
*
Rod Langway
Rodney Cory Langway (born May 3, 1957) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL) and Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Associati ...
, Washington Capitals
*
Randy Carlyle, Winnipeg Jets
Four of the five remaining helmetless players in the league played their final games: Carlyle, Marsh, Langway, and Wilson. The only remaining helmetless player was
Craig McTavish who retired following the 1996–97 season.
Coaches
Prince of Wales Conference
Clarence Campbell Conference
Broadcasting
Canada
This was the fifth season of the league's Canadian national broadcast rights deals with
TSN and ''
Hockey Night in Canada
''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') is a long-running program of broadcast ice hockey play-by-play coverage in Canada. With roots in pioneering hockey coverage on private radio stations as early as 1923, ...
'' on
CBC CBC may refer to:
Media
* Cadena Baja California or Grupo Cadena, a radio and television broadcaster in Mexico
* Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's radio and television public broadcaster
** CBC Television
** CBC Radio One
** CBC Music
** ...
. Saturday night regular season games continued to air on CBC, while TSN televised selected weeknight games. Coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs was primarily on CBC, with TSN airing first round all-U.S. series.
United States
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...
signed an agreement for U.S. national broadcast rights, replacing
SportsChannel America.
However, SportsChannel America contended that its contract with the NHL gave them the right to match third-party offers for television rights for the 1992–93 season. Thus the network accused the NHL of violating a nonbinding clause, arguing that it had been deprived of its contractual
right of first refusal
Right of first refusal (ROFR or RFR) is a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something, according to specified terms, before the owner is entitled to enter into that transactio ...
for the 1992–93 season.
Appellate Division of New York State Supreme Court justice Shirley Fingerwood would deny SportsChannel America's request for an
injunction
An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a special court order compelling a party to do or refrain from doing certain acts. It was developed by the English courts of equity but its origins go back to Roman law and the equitable rem ...
against the NHL. Upholding that opinion, the
appellate court
An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear a case upon appeal from a trial court or other lower tribunal. Appel ...
found the agreement on which SportsChannel based its argument to be "too imprecise and ambiguous" and ruled that SportsChannel failed to show irreparable harm.
ESPN's weekly regular season games were generally broadcast on Wednesdays and Fridays. ESPN also had Sunday games between the
NFL and
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
seasons.
ESPN's deal did not include the All-Star Game;
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...
instead televised it for the fourth consecutive season.
Through a
brokered deal, sister broadcast network
ABC televised five weekly playoff telecasts on Sunday afternoons starting on April 18 and ending on May 16. The first three weeks were regional coverage of various first and second round games, while the fourth and fifth games were nationally televised second round and Conference final contests, respectively.
This marked the first time that playoff National Hockey League games were broadcast on American network television since
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
.
ESPN then televised selected first and second round games, the rest of the Conference finals, and the Stanley Cup Finals.
See also
*
List of Stanley Cup champions
The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the Season structure of the NHL, playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL). It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley of Pr ...
*
1992 NHL entry draft
*
1992 NHL expansion draft
*
1992 NHL supplemental draft
*
1992–93 NHL transactions
*
44th National Hockey League All-Star Game
*
National Hockey League All-Star Game
The National Hockey League All-Star Game () is an exhibition ice hockey tournament that is traditionally held during the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL), with many of the League's star players playing against each other. The ga ...
*
NHL All-Rookie Team
*
Lester Patrick Trophy
The Lester Patrick Trophy has been presented by the National Hockey League and USA Hockey since 1966 to honor a recipient's contribution to ice hockey in the United States. It is considered a non-NHL trophy because it may be awarded to players, ...
*
1992 in sports
1992 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
* Alpine Skiing World Cup
* Men's overall season champion: Paul Accola, Switzerland
* Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria
American football
* Sup ...
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1993 in sports
The General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Mar ...
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Hockey Database*
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1992–93 NHL season,
1992–93 in Canadian ice hockey by league
1992–93 in American ice hockey by league