2022-23

• After being evicted from what was then known as Gila River Arena, the Arizona Coyotes take up temporary residence at Arizona State University's multipurpose arena, Mullett Arena. With a capacity of only 5,000, not only is it the smallest arena in the NHL by a very wide margin, but it would also be among the smallest in both the AHL and the ECHL.

• The NHL's Reverse Retro program returns after a one-season hiatus, with all teams breaking out new designs based on historical uniforms. They were all unveiled at once on October 20th. Most teams will wear their Reverse Retro uniforms around eight times during the season.

• An anomaly at the All-Star tournament: an Eastern Conference player representing a Western Conference team. Bo Horvat was selected to represent the Pacific Division while playing for the Vancouver Canucks. However, between his selection and the game itself, Horvat was traded to the New York Islanders. Horvat remained a member of the Pacific Division team while wearing the Islanders logo on his left shoulder.

• On March 14th, viewers in the U.S. got a treat as they saw a live animated version of an NHL game -- in this instance, a Rangers home game against the Capitals. Dubbed the "Big City Greens Classic," the animated game was held along Main Street in Big City, the setting for the Disney animated series, "Big City Greens." The game had various characters from the show skating along with the regular players. Cricket Green's game very closely resembled that of Rangers center Vincent Trocheck, registering two assists in the Blueshirts' 5-3 victory. And Gramma Green may be 79 years old, but she looked a lot like reigning Vezina Trophy winner Igor Shesterkin in net, making 28 saves and even getting an assist on Mika Zibanejad's second goal of the game.