Sheppard says that he doesn't really get into hockey. This is a reference to Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Jack O'Neill (star Richard Dean Anderson), who loves hockey.
Weir notes that one of the first things they should do is throw away the 10,000 year old plants, through the windows of her office.
This marks the first time in any official Stargate production where no characters from Stargate (1994) are involved.