Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da mulkin kwaminisanci ya ƙare a 1989, ƙungiyar 'yan wasan Poland ta fara raguwa a hankali a wasan kasa da kasa. Sun isa wasannin Olympics a shekarar 1992, lokacin da suka buga a can, kuma sun gama na goma sha ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi goma sha biyu. A cikin shekarun 1990s an zaɓi 'yan wasa biyu na farko da aka haife su a Poland da aka horar da su a cikin NHL Entry Draft: Mariusz Czerkawski ya zaɓa a 1991 ta Boston Bruins, kuma Krzysztof Oliwa a 1993
ta New Jersey Devils; Oliwa ya lashe Kofin Stanley tare da Devils a shekara ta 2000, na farko kuma kawai Pole ya yi haka.