Michael "Mike" Vernon (born February 24, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
 He played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks and Florida Panthers.
 He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, with the Flames in 1989 and the Red Wings in 1997.
 He appeared in five NHL All-Star games, was named a second team All-Star in 1989, shared the William M. Jennings Trophy in 1996 and was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs in 1997.
 Vernon won over 300 games in his NHL career.
Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (Russian: Илья́ Вале́рьевич Ковальчу́к ; born April 15, 1983) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League.
 He debuted in the Vysshaya Liga with Spartak Moscow, before continuing his career in the National Hockey League (NHL).
 Drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, he began his NHL career with them in 2001–02.
 After eight seasons with the Thrashers, he was traded to the New Jersey Devils in February 2010, and later signed a 15-year, $100 million contract during the off-season after a 17-year, $102 million was rejected by the league as being an attempt to circumvent salary cap restrictions.
 Three years later, he retired from the NHL on July 11, 2013, having played 11 seasons.
 Kovalchuk is fifth all-time in overtime goals scored (14), and 18th all time in goals per game average (.511).
 He is the seventh highest scoring Russian in NHL history.
Kenneth Mattias Öhlund (born 9 September 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 Prior to joining the Lightning, he played eleven seasons with the Vancouver Canucks.
 Öhlund played two seasons in the Swedish Allsvenskan, the second highest tier of hockey in Sweden, with Piteå HC before being selected by the Canucks thirteenth overall in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft; he then joined Luleå HF of the Elitserien, the highest league in Sweden, winning the Le Mat Trophy as league champions in 1996.
 He began his NHL career with Vancouver in 1997–98, the start of an eleven-year tenure with the club.
 A serious eye injury before his third NHL season was the first of many injuries Öhlund has sustained over his career, and he has only played a full season twice in eleven years.
 A four-time winner of the Babe Pratt Trophy as the team's best defenceman, Öhlund is the Canucks' all-time leading goal and point-scorer among defencemen.
The 1985–86 NHL season was the 69th season of the National Hockey League.
 This season saw the league's Board of Governors introduce the Presidents' Trophy, which would go to the team with the best overall record in the NHL regular season.
 The Edmonton Oilers would be the first winners of this award.
Michael "Mick" McGeough (pronounced "mik-GOOH"; born June 20, 1957) is a retired National Hockey League referee, who wore uniform number 19 (now worn by Gord Dwyer) from the 1994–95 NHL season until his retirement.
 His NHL career began in 1987.
 McGeough was one of the last NHL officials to officiate NHL games without wearing a helmet when he was on the ice.
 In the 2006–07 NHL season, McGeough was forced by the NHL to wear a helmet on ice, as it was the first season that dictated that all on-ice officials had to do so.
 He now is helping the NHL bring up new recruits from the AHL.
 Entering the 2007–08 NHL season, McGeough had officiated 1,023 regular season and 63 post season games.
Dana Trevor Murzyn (born December 9, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
 Drafted out of the Western Hockey League (WHL), he was selected fifth overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.
 He began his NHL career in 1985–86 with the Whalers and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team.
 After being traded to the Calgary Flames in 1988, he won the Stanley Cup with the club in 1989.
 He was traded a second time in 1991 to the Vancouver Canucks, where he spent the majority of his career.
 Murzyn retired following the 1998–99 season after fourteen years in the NHL.
Darcy Tucker (born March 15, 1975) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player, who played most of his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
 A sixth round draft choice, Tucker began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens.
 Throughout his NHL career he also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche.
 Tucker was born in Castor, Alberta, but grew up in Endiang, Alberta.
Anže Kopitar (] ) (born 24 August 1987) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey centre currently serving as captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 The 11th overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Kopitar became the first Slovenian to play in the NHL upon making his debut in 2006.
 Kopitar has spent his entire NHL career with the Kings, leading them in scoring every year except his rookie season.
 Following the 2015–16 season, he was named the Kings' captain.
 Noted for both his offensive and defensive play, Kopitar was awarded the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the best defensive forward in the NHL in 2016, as well as the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for gentlemanly play the same year.
Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson (May 31, 1903 – February 9, 1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.
 He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), first for the Boston Bruins, and later for the Detroit Red Wings.
 A four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thompson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959.
 He was a member of one Stanley Cup-winning team, as a rookie in the 1928–29 season with the Boston Bruins.
 At the start of the 1938–39 season, after ten full seasons with Boston, he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, where he completed the season, and played another full one before retiring.
 During his NHL career, he recorded 81 shutouts, the sixth highest of any goaltender.
 After retiring from playing, he coached lower-league teams before becoming a noted professional scout.
 Thompson helped popularize the technique of the "glove save" which was catching the puck with his hands as a method of making a save.
 A competent puckhandler, he was the first goaltender in the NHL to record an assist by passing the puck with his stick to a fellow player.
François "Frankie" Leroux (born April 18, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
 At 6'6" and over 240 pounds, Leroux was a physical, defensive-minded defenceman who amassed 577 penalty minutes in his NHL career.
 In his NHL career, he played with the Edmonton Oilers, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche.

Question: Dana Trevor Murzyn began his NHL Career in a season that saw the introduction of which trophy ?
Answer: the Presidents' Trophy