Empty Netter Assists - 10-15-12
Penguins
-"We certainly have free time at night that we're not used to." - Ben Lovejoy (right) on being locked out.
-Dustin Jeffrey scored two goals, including one in overtime, for Medvescak Zagreb in a 4-3 win against Dornbirn, in Austria's EBEL.
-Happy 55th birthday to former Penguins forward Rocky Saganiuk. Acquired in the 1983 offseason along with Vincent Tremblay in a deal which sent Pat Graham and Nick Ricci to the Maple Leafs, Saganiuk's Penguins' career amounted to 29 games and three points in 1983-84. In the 1984 offseason, Saganiuk re-joined the Maple Leafs as a free agent.
Northeast Division
-Former Penguins forward Mike Zigomanis, currently a member of the Toronto Marlies, the Maple Leafs' AHL affiliate, went off the grid this summer with a tour of Asia.
Pacific Division
-The Kings paid tribute to former scouts Garnet "Ace" Bailey and Mark Bavis by allowing their families to spend a day with the Stanley Cup at the Ground Zero location in New York. Bailey and Bavis were on board United Airlines Flight 175 when it hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center, Sept. 11, 2001.
Smythe Division
-Eric Levine made 48 saves for the Robert Morris men's team in a 4-0 shutout of Quinnipiac.
-Celine Whitlinger made 38 saves for the Penn State women's team which lost to Syracuse 6-0.
-Jesse Kessler had a goal and two assists for the Johnstown Tomahawks who defeated the Michigan Warriors, 4-2.
(Photo: Lovejoy-Christian Petersen/Getty Images; Kings-Los Angeles Kings)