Friday, 02 November 2012 09:12

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

-Tomas Vokoun has joined HC Karlovy Vary of the Czech Extraliga for the duration of the lockout.

-"I think that's all you really look for is good dialogue. It doesn't have to be settled in one day." - Craig Adams on negotiations with the NHLPA.

-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Robert Bortuzzo (right) and center Jayson Megna could make their season debuts this weekend.

-A shootout goal by Chris Barton led the Wheeling Nailers to a 3-2 win against the Toledo Walleye. Stefan Chaput had two assists for Wheeling while teammate Patrick Killeen made 9 saves.

-Dan Bylsma took in the Nailers' game.

-Deryk Engelland recorded an assist for Rosenborg in a 5-2 win against Vålerenga in Norway's GET Ligaen.

-“I’m extremely disappointed, like any fan, of where we are. We should be playing hockey by now. Everybody knows it and we’re not. Everybody can fingerpoint all they want, but at the end of the day, I don’t think anybody cares who’s at fault. All they know if we’re not playing hockey, why aren’t we playing hockey?” - Senators owner Eugene Melnyk on the lockout.

-The NHL could fine Melnyk for his comments.

-Kings forward/captain Dustin Brown has joined ZSC of Switzerland's NLA for the duration of the lockout.

-Coyotes forward/enforcer and former Penguin Paul Bissonnette has joined the Cardiff Devils of England's EIHL for the duration of the lockout.

-Phoenix forward Radim Vrbata has joined BK Mlada Boleslav of the Czech Republic's CHL for the duration of the lockout.

(Photos: Bortuzzo-Harry How/Getty Images)