Editing Lethal Weapon 3 (section)

===Hockey game===
A November 26, 1991 [[National Hockey League|NHL]] game between the [[Los Angeles Kings]] and the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] at the [[Great Western Forum]] served as the basis for the [[ice hockey|hockey]] scene featured in the movie.<ref>{{cite news |last=Long |first=Chris |date=November 27, 1991 |title=Kings Get Tie with Help of a Replay |newspaper=[[San Pedro News-Pilot]] |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Copley Press |pages=B1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Malamud |first=Allan |date=November 28, 1991 |title=Notes on a Scorecard |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles }}</ref>
The league allowed production to capture the real-life action, although [[goaltender (ice hockey)|goaltender]] [[Kelly Hrudey]] eventually became annoyed with the additional lights used by the [[film crew|crew]] and asked filming to stop.<ref>{{cite AV media |date=November 26, 1991 | people =Miller, Bob (play by play); Fox, Jim (color commentary) | title=Toronto Maple Leafs at Los Angeles Kings |medium=sports broadcast | location=Los Angeles |publisher=[[Bally Sports West|Prime Ticket]]}}</ref>

The NHL also let Donner stage part of the scene, where Riggs commandeers the arena's [[PA system]] to lure out Jack Travis, during the game's second [[intermission]]. It was completed in two [[take]]s.<ref>{{cite news | last1 =Blowen | first1 =Michael |date=November 29, 1991 |title=Names and Faces: Mel on Ice |newspaper=Boston Globe | agency =Associated Press | location=Boston |publisher=Affiliated Publications}}</ref> However, the director was not allowed to film the segment where Riggs chases down Travis onto the [[ice rink|ice]] that evening. It was completed after a Kings practice. In closer shots, these sequences used [[extra (film)|extras]] dressed in unlicensed [[hockey jersey|jerseys]] that only roughly resemble those worn by the actual teams. A contemporary [[Associated Press|AP]] report cites ''Lethal Weapon'''s excessive violence as the reason why the NHL limited its collaboration.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 1, 1992 |title=Names and Games: Not That Violent |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Press]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |location=Pittsburgh |publisher=[[E.W. Scripps Company]] |page=D2}}</ref> However, the organization took a relaxed stance towards the more intense ''[[Sudden Death (1995 film)|Sudden Death]]'' a few years later.<ref name="comic">{{cite web | url =https://www.comicon.com/2018/12/07/lethal-weapon-3-8-asks-what-the-puck/ | title =Lethal Weapon 3.8 Asks, 'What The Puck?' | last1 =Martin | first1 =Ben | date =December 7, 2018 | website =comicon.com | access-date =31 December 2022}}</ref> The Los Angeles Kings later featured in a season three episode of the [[Lethal Weapon (TV series)|''Lethal Weapon'' TV series]], entitled "[[List of Lethal Weapon episodes|What The Puck?]]".<ref name="comic"/>