2016-17 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 WEEKLY INTERVIEWS Associate Athletics Director/Communications...... Dan Wallenberg In order to qualify for a credential, an applicant must represent Head coach Steve Rohlik and his staff can best be reached during Director.........................................................................Leann Parker the recognized news organization requesting credentials. Please the morning hours, when in town, in the men’s hockey office at Associate Directors ............................... Jerry Emig, Adam Widman contact Leann Parker, athletics communications director, for 614-292-0820. Media wishing to conduct interviews with student- Assistant Directors.......... Kyle Kuhlman, Alex Morando, Gary Petit information on how to apply for single game or season credentials. athletes should contact Leann Parker. Please call at least one day in ............................................................................Brett Rybak advance to allow setup time. One day a week (typically Wednesday) Communications Assistants...................Chris Cullum, Aaron Hyder CREDENTIAL PICKUP before or after practice usually is reserved for the media. Website ......................................... OhioStateBuckeyes.com Credentials may be picked up at the media entrance on the north Main Office Phone .......................................... 614-292-6861 side of the Schottenstein Center (Door 1212) two hours before the game. POSTGAME PROCEDURES Fax .................................................................. 614-292-8547 The Ohio State locker room is closed to the media. At all home Men’s Hockey Contact .................................................Leann Parker VALUE CITY ARENA PRESS BOX games, the postgame interview format will be as follows: after a Office Phone ................................................... 614-688-0294 All media should enter the arena through the media entrance (Door 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting coach and any requested Cell Phone ...................................................... 614-266-4309 1212) only. The Value City Arena press box is on the north side of The players will be escorted to the interview room, located in the Email .................................................... [email protected] Jerome Schottenstein Center. After picking up credentials, head north southeast corner of the arena level in Value City Arena. After all Twitter.........................................................@LeannBP_OSU in the main concourse to the press box elevator. An attendant will visiting interviews are completed, Buckeye head coach Steve Rohlik Hockey Facebook ................Facebook.com/OhioStateMensHockey direct you to the press box from there. and requested Ohio State players will report to the interview room. Hockey Twitter .................................................@OhioState_MHKY Hockey Instagram ............................................@OhioState_MHKY PARKING PASSES WEEKLY RELEASE Mailing Address ...............................6th Floor, The Fawcett Center Media parking passes are available on a single-game and season The easiest way to access Ohio State hockey releases is online 2400 Olentangy River Rd. basis. Contact Leann Parker for information on parking passes. at OhioStateBuckeyes.com, where the text can be read on the site Columbus, Ohio 43210 Members of the media should park in the lot directly west of Value and a PDF file is available. Members of the media can receive Ohio City Arena. Facility parking attendants will assist you in finding the lot. State hockey releases by e-mail by signing up for the Big Ten media BIG TEN OFFICE distribution list. Phone ..........................................................................847-696-1010 WIRELESS AND ETHERNET ACCESS Fax .............................................................................847-696-1150 See Leann Parker for information on connecting to the OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM Commissioner................................................................Jim Delaney wireless network in Value City Arena. OhioStateBuckeyes.com is the official web site of the Ohio State Director, Communications (Hockey) ......................Adam Augustine Media who need ethernet access should contact Parker Department of Athletics. Ohio State men’s hockey releases as well Augustine Phone .........847-696-1010 ext 151 (o)/608-215-4391 (c) prior to gameday to ensure connections are available in specific as a wide variety of athletics department information can be found Website ............................................................................bigten.org locations. on the web, including links to all 36 varsity sports. Ethernet and POTS connections are available for visiting Accessible on the men’s hockey page on the site are links to team radio broadcast teams both in the press box and on the the entire team guide, complete season statistics for both the team 2016-17 BROADCAST INFORMATION concourse level radio position. An ISDN connection is available and individuals, career statistics for the current Buckeyes, game At least nine Ohio State games will be televised this season, at the concourse level spot. recaps and box scores, weekly and special releases and audio with the remaining games scheduled to be streamed online via pronunciations for players’ names and hometowns. subscription through Buckeye Vision at OhioStateBuckeyes.com or GAME NOTES AND LINE CHARTS Links to webstreams, audio streams and live stats can be found BTN Plus for home games and through the home teams’ websites Ohio State and opponent line charts and game notes are on the men’s hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com and for road games. available in the press box two hours before faceoff. Conference on the men’s hockey gameday page on the site. Games televised by BTN and Fox regionl networks are also notes and standings also are provided. Shot charts and box scores available through BTN2Go, while games on ESPN networks will be are distributed at the end of each period, with a final book produced COLLEGE HOCKEY ONLINE available through Watch ESPN. postgame. Specific information on the Big Ten Conference and its six The Buckeyes return to 1460 AM in Columbus this season. The member men’s hockey teams, including updated league statistics, station will carry all Big Ten Conference matchups and a good PHOTOGRAPHERS standings and box scores, can be found by logging on to bigten.org. portion of the non-conference slate, as well as all postseason For photographers, there are camera cut-outs in the northeast Collegehockystats.net provides box scores and standings action involving the Buckeyes. The broadcast can be heard live and northwest corners of Value City Arena, with a sign-up sheet from around the country along with national, conference and team online through Buckeye Vision on OhioStateBuckeyes.com. located in the press box (on a game by game basis) Additional still statistics. Collegehockeyinc.com has a national live scoreboard and For up-to-date broadcast information and links, check the photographer locations are located on the arena level through the a statistics database. men’s hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com or the glass. Please be advised, flying pucks can be dangerous. Enter the gameday page (go.osu.edu/mhkygameday). photography areas at your own risk. Please see Leann Parker for any PHOTO REQUESTS questions about the photography areas. Still photography requests of Ohio State players and coaches 2016-17 OHIO STATE TELEVISION SCHEDULE should be e-mailed to [email protected]. Dec. 2 at Minnesota 9 p.m. BTN/BTN2Go ROAD REQUESTS Dec. 3 at Minnesota 8 p.m. FSN+/BTN2Go Please direct all credential requests for Ohio State’s road VIDEO SERVICES games to the host school’s sports information director (see For information regarding video services and game footage, con- Jan. 14 ARIZONA STATE 2 p.m. ESPNU/WatchESPN opponent information). tact Rob Milan, manager of hockey video services, at 614-688-8621 Jan. 28 vs. Wisconsin 7 p.m BTN/BTN2Go or [email protected]. Feb. 3 at Michigan 8 p.m. BTN/BTN2Go PRACTICES Feb. 10 MINNESOTA 8 p.m BTN/BTN2Go The hockey team practices in Value City Arena and at the OSU Ice Feb. 11 MINNESOTA 8 p.m. BTN/BTN2Go Rink. Practice times vary according to academic schedules, contact Leann Parker for specifics. March 10 at Wisconsin 8 p.m. BTN2Go March 11 at Wisconsin TBD BTN/BTN2Go Notes: all times Eastern; BTN will televise all five games of the 2017 Big Ten Tournament 1 2016-17 MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION 2016-17 ROSTERS NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. CL. HGT. WGT. S/C HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM (LEAGUE) 1 Logan Davis G Sr. 5-11 178 L Upper Arlington, Ohio Ohio AAA Blue Jackets 2 Wyatt Ege* D So. 5-11 165 R Elk River, Minn. Alaska Anchorage (WCHA)/Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 3 Sasha Larocque D So. 6-0 198 L Calgary, Alberta Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 4 Drew Brevig (A) D Sr. 6-2 200 R Lakeville, Minn. Brookings Blizzard (NAHL) 5 Gordi Myer D Fr. 5-10 178 L Toledo, Ohio Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 6 Tommy Parran D So. 5-11 188 L Shaker Heights, Ohio Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 7 Nick Schilkey (C) F Sr. 5-10 173 R Marysville, Mich. Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 8 Dakota Joshua F So. 6-3 200 L Dearborn, Mich. Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 9 Tanner Laczynski F Fr. 6-1 191 R Shorewood, Ill. Lincoln Storm (USHL) 10 John Wiitala