2015-16 MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION MEN’S HOCKEY CONTACT LEANN PARKER Office Phone: 614-688-0294 Cell Phone: 614-266-4309 E-mail: [email protected] OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS CREDENTIAL REQUESTS POSTGAME PROCEDURES Associate Athletics Director/Communications...... Dan Wallenberg In order to qualify for a credential, an applicant must represent The Ohio State locker room is closed to the media. At all home Director.........................................................................Leann Parker the recognized news organization requesting credentials. Please games, the postgame interview format will be as follows: after a Associate Directors ............................... Jerry Emig, Adam Widman contact Leann Parker, athletics communications director, for 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting coach and any requested Assistant Directors.......... Kyle Kuhlman, Alex Morando, Gary Petit information on how to apply for single game or season credentials. players will be escorted to the interview room, located in the ............................................................................Brett Rybak southeast corner of the arena level in Value City Arena. After all Communications Assistants...........Chris Cullum, Ryan Zimmerman CREDENTIAL PICKUP visiting interviews are completed, Buckeye head coach Steve Rohlik Website ......................................... OhioStateBuckeyes.com Credentials may be picked up at the media entrance on the north and requested Ohio State players will report to the interview room. Main Office Phone .......................................... 614-292-6861 side of the Schottenstein Center (Door 1212) two hours before the game. Fax .................................................................. 614-292-8547 WEEKLY RELEASE Men’s Hockey Contact .................................................Leann Parker VALUE CITY ARENA PRESS BOX The easiest way to access Ohio State hockey releases is online Office Phone ................................................... 614-688-0294 All media should enter the arena through the media entrance (Door at OhioStateBuckeyes.com, where the text can be read on the site Cell Phone ...................................................... 614-266-4309 1212) only. The Value City Arena press box is on the north side of The and a PDF file is available. Members of the media can receive Ohio Email .................................................... [email protected] Jerome Schottenstein Center. After picking up credentials, head north State hockey releases by e-mail by signing up for the Big Ten media Twitter.........................................................@LeannBP_OSU in the main concourse to the press box elevator. An attendant will distribution list. Hockey Facebook ................Facebook.com/OhioStateMensHockey direct you to the press box from there. Hockey Twitter .................................................@OhioState_MHKY OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM Hockey Instagram ............................................@OhioState_MHKY PARKING PASSES OhioStateBuckeyes.com is the official web site of the Ohio State Mailing Address ...............................6th Floor, The Fawcett Center Media parking passes are available on a single-game and season Department of Athletics. Ohio State men’s hockey releases as well 2400 Olentangy River Rd. basis. Contact Leann Parker for information on parking passes. as a wide variety of athletics department information can be found Columbus, Ohio 43210 Members of the media should park in the lot directly west of Value on the web, including links to all 36 varsity sports. City Arena. Facility parking attendants will assist you in finding the lot. Accessible on the men’s hockey page on the site are links to BIG TEN OFFICE the entire team guide, complete season statistics for both the team Phone ..........................................................................847-696-1010 PHONE LINES/WIRELESS ACCESS and individuals, career statistics for the current Buckeyes, game Fax .............................................................................847-696-1150 Those members of the media wishing to order their own recaps and box scores, weekly and special releases and audio Commissioner................................................................Jim Delaney phone lines can do so by calling University Phone Services at pronunciations for players’ names and hometowns. Associate Dir., Communications (Hockey) ............Adam Augustine 614-292-8648 (at least one week in advance). Two phone lines Links to webstreams, audio streams and live stats can be found Augustine Phone .........847-696-1010 ext 151 (o)/608-215-4391 (c) in the press box and a number of lines in the media room on the on the men’s hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Website ............................................................................bigten.org arena level also are available for general use by the media. There is a reciprocal phone line for one visiting radio station. COLLEGE HOCKEY ONLINE See Leann Parker for information on connecting to the Specific information on the Big Ten conference and its six 2015-16 BROADCAST INFORMATION wireless network. member men’s hockey teams, including updated league statistics, At least nine Ohio State games will be televised this season, standings and box scores, can be found by logging on to bigten.org. with the remaining games scheduled to be streamed online through GAME NOTES AND LINE CHARTS Collegehockystats.net provides box scores and standings Buckeye Vision at OhioStateBuckeyes.com or BTN Plus for home Ohio State and opponent line charts and game notes are from around the country along with national, conference and team games and through the home teams’ websites for road games. available in the press box two hours before faceoff. Conference statistics. Collegehockeyinc.com has a national live scoreboard and Games televised by BTN and Fox regionl networks are also notes and standings also are provided. Shot charts and box scores a statistics database. available through BTN2Go, while games on ESPN networks will be are distributed at the end of each period, with a final book produced available through Watch ESPN. postgame. PHOTO REQUESTS The Buckeyes return to 1460 AM in Columbus this season. Still photography requests of Ohio State players and coaches The station will carry all Big Ten Conference matchups and a good PHOTOGRAPHERS should be e-mailed to [email protected]. portion of the non-conference slate, as well as all postseason action For photographers, there are camera cut-outs in the northeast involving the Buckeyes. The broadcast can be heard live online and northwest corners of Value City Arena, with a sign-up sheet VIDEO SERVICES through Buckeye Vision on OhioStateBuckeyes.com. located in the press box (on a game by game basis) Additional still For information regarding video services and game footage, con- For up-to-date broadcast information and links, check the men’s photographer locations are located on the arena level through the tact Rob Milan, manager of hockey video services, at 614-688-8621 hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com or the gameday glass. Please be advised, flying pucks can be dangerous. Enter the or [email protected]. page (go.osu.edu/mhkygameday). photography areas at your own risk. Please see Leann Parker for any questions about the photography areas. 2015-16 OHIO STATE TELEVISION SCHEDULE Dec. 4 at Minnesota 8 p.m. FS North ROAD REQUESTS Dec. 5 at Minnesota 8 p.m. ESPNews Please direct all credential requests for Ohio State’s road games to the host school’s sports information director (see Jan. 15 MICHIGAN 6:30 p.m. FS Detroit opponent information). Jan. 17 at Michigan 5 p.m. FSD/SportsTime Ohio Jan. 29 MICHIGAN STATE 6:30 p.m. BTN PRACTICES Feb. 12 MINNESOTA 6:30 p.m. BTN The hockey team practices in Value City Arena and at the OSU Ice Feb. 19 at Penn State 6:30 p.m. BTN Rink. Practice times vary according to academic schedules, contact Feb. 20 at Penn State 3 p.m. ESPNU Leann Parker for specifics. Feb. 26 WISCONSIN 6:30 p.m. BTN WEEKLY INTERVIEWS Notes: all times Eastern; BTN will televise all five games of the Head coach Steve Rohlik and his staff can best be reached 2015 Big Ten Tournament during the morning hours, when in town, in the men’s hockey office at 614-292-0820. Media wishing to conduct interviews with student- athletes should contact Leann Parker. Please call at least one day in advance to allow setup time. One day a week (typically Wednesday) before or after practice usually is reserved for the media. 1 2015-16 MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION 2015-16 ROSTERS NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. CL. HGT. WGT. S/C HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM (LEAGUE) 1 Logan Davis G Jr. 5-11 165 L Upper Arlington, Ohio Ohio AAA Blue Jackets 2 Tyler Nanne D Fr. 6-0 190 R Edina, Minn. Madison Capitols (USHL) 3 Sasha Larocque D Fr. 6-0 202 L Calgary, Alberta Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 4 Drew Brevig D Jr. 6-2 194 R Lakeville, Minn. Brookings Blizzard (NAHL) 5 Victor Björkung D So. 6-1 177 L Stockholm, Sweden Chicago Steel (USHL) 6 Tommy Parran D Fr. 5-11 185 L Shaker Heights, Ohio Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 7 Nick Schilkey (C) F Jr. 5-10 173 R Marysville, Mich. Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 8 Dakota Joshua F Fr. 6-3 194 L Dearborn, Mich. Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 10 John Wiitala F Fr. 5-11 170 L Lakeville, Minn. Waterlook Black Hawks (USHL) 11 Christian Lampasso F So. 5-10 171 R Amherst, N.Y. Lincoln Stars (USHL) 12 Miguel Fidler F Fr. 6-0 192 L Edina, Minn. Madison