Throughout the episode there are references to "Los Angeles owls" hockey team. Towards the end, when inside the stadium, a basketball court is present, not an ice rink.
Remington Steele, who is supposed to be a major film buff, tells Laura that there has never been a film version of Agatha Christie's famous novel, "The ABC Murders". There is a 1965 MGM version (retitled "The Alphabet Murders", admittedly) starring Tony Randall, Robert Morley and Anita Ekberg.