Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'oge 2003<unk>04 oge, Lang na-anụ ụtọ afọ ọzọ na-arụ ọrụ ma dekọọ ọrụ mbụ ya na-arụ ọrụ na November 12, 2003. Ọ na-eduga NHL na-eme ihe mgbe a gbanwere ya na Stanley Cup-na-asọmpi Detroit Red Wings maka atụmanya Tomáš Fleischmann, onye mbụ na-ahọrọ (Mike Green) na 2004
na onye nke anọ na-ahọrọ na 2006. Nke a bụ oge mbụ n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke NHL na a gbanwere onye ọkpụkpọ mgbe ọ na-eduga NHL na isi ihe. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe mgbanwe ahụ gasịrị, a kwụsịrị ya na ọgịrịga gbajiri agbaji na March 8. Na-efu egwuregwu iri na atọ, o nyefere ndị isi NHL na-eduga na Tampa Bay Lightning's Martin St. Louis wee mechie ya na isi iri asaa na itoolu na egwuregwu iri isii na itoolu, otu isi ihere nke ọrụ ya kachasị elu setịpụrụ na 2000-01 na nke itoolu n'ozuzu na Njikọ. (Ihe Lang na-eme n'otu egwuregwu nke 1.14 bụ otu ihe ahụ St. Louis.) Lang laghachiri na Red Wings n'oge maka egwuregwu 2004, mana Calgary Flames kpochapụrụ ndị otu ahụ na agba nke abụọ. O dekọtara ihe ruru itoolu n'egwuregwu iri na abụọ.