...face-to-face meeting since talks broke down two days earlier.NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly went to union headquarters for what a players' association spokesman called a "small group meeting" with the sides and...

...and didn't know why Fehr claimed otherwise.Fehr said he hasn't spoken directly with Bettman or deputy commissioner Bill Daly since talks crumbled, adding there has been some minor chatter between the sides, but that no future meetings have been...

...11.Negotiations between the league and the players' association broke off last week, but NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Sunday that the sides are trying to restart talks this week.Daly wrote in an e-mail to The Asso cia ted Press on...

...day this week did union executive director Donald Fehr meet with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly.Daly said he expected to talk to Steve Fehr today."I'm not sure what the next steps will be," Daly told the AP...

...We did several different caucus meeting rooms, and really there's nothing new to report," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Wednesday. "We don't have a conclusion to the process."After three consecutive days of talks between the sides...

...collective bargaining rights, a necessary step before players could file an antitrust lawsuit.NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly declined to comment on the league's actions Friday. The moves were made after the sides held a bargaining teleconference...

...association, hoping to spark talks toward ending the long lockout and saving the hockey season.Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Friday the league presented its proposal Thursday and was waiting for a response. The sides haven't met in person...

...have suddenly assumed greater urgency while lawyers work on putting a complicated deal on paper.NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Monday that the regular season likely will last 48 games.The league has...

...13-year, $98 million contracts with the Minnesota Wild.NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr and NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly are among those meeting Wednesday. The two sides have regularly met since opening talks June 29 in a bid to reach a new...

...followed through on his longstanding pledge to lock out the players if no deal was in place.NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the shutdown was in effect. The union said it would have no comment.The sides were so far apart in their...