OhioStateBuckeyes.com 2011-12 MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION MEN’S HOCKEY CONTACT LEANN PARKER Office Phone: 614-688-0294 E-mail: [email protected] ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS CREDENTIAL REQUESTS PRACTICES Associate Athletics Director/Communications ..Dan Wallenberg In order to qualify for a credential, an applicant must represent The hockey team practices in Value City Arena and at the OSU Director ..................................................................... Shelly Poe the recognized news organization requesting credentials. Please Ice Rink. Unless otherwise noted, practices are open to the media Associate Directors............................Jerry Emig, Leann Parker direct all credential requests to Leann Parker, associate athletics and are the opportune time for lengthy and/or television interviews. communications director. Requests should be made in writing and Practice times vary according to academic schedules, contact Leann Assistant Directors......................Alissa Clendenen, D.C. Koehl e-mailed to [email protected]. Confirmation of your request will Parker for specifics. Kendra Lee, Danielle Warner, Adam Widman be made upon receipt. Credentials are for adult use only and are Interns............................................. Alex Morando, Brett Rybak non-transferrable. WEEKLY INTERVIEWS Website ....................................OhioStateBuckeyes.com Head coach Mark Osiecki and his staff can best be reached Main Office Phone ....................................614-292-6861 CREDENTIAL PICKUP during the morning hours, when in town, in the men’s hockey office Fax ............................................................614-292-8547 Credentials may be picked up at the media entrance on the north at 614-292-0820. Media wishing to conduct interviews with student- Men’s Hockey Contact ..........................................Leann Parker side of the Schottenstein Center (Door 1212) two hours before the game. athletes should contact Leann Parker. Please call at least one day in advance to allow setup time. One day a week (typically Wednesday) Office Phone ........................................................614-688-0294 before or after practice usually is reserved for the media. Email [email protected] VALUE CITY ARENA PRESS BOX Hockey Facebook ........Facebook.com/OhioStateMensHockey The Value City Arena press box is on the north side of The Jerome Schottenstein Center. After picking up credentials, head north in the POSTGAME PROCEDURES Hockey Twitter ............................Twitter.com/OhioState_MHKY main concourse to the press box elevator. An attendant will direct you The Ohio State locker room is closed to the media. At all home Mailing Address .........................6th Floor, The Fawcett Center to the press box from there. games, the postgame interview format will be as follows: after a 2400 Olentangy River Rd. 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting coach and any requested players will be escorted to the interview room, located in the Columbus, Ohio 43210 PARKING PASSES southeast corner of the arena level in Value City Arena. After all Media parking passes are available on a single-game and season visiting interviews are completed, Buckeye head coach Mark Osiecki CCHA OFFICE basis. Contact Leann Parker to request parking passes. Members of will report to the interview room, followed by requested Ohio State Commissioner .......................................................Fred Pletsch the media should park in the lot directly west of Value City Arena. players. 248-888-0600/[email protected] Facility parking attendants will assist you in finding the lot. Director of Officials .........................................Steve Piotrowski WEEKLY RELEASE PHONE LINES/WIRELESS ACCESS 248-880-6877/[email protected] The easiest way to access Ohio State hockey releases is online Those members of the media wishing to order their own phone Dir. of Communications & Events ............................. Phil Colvin at OhioStateBuckeyes.com, where the text can be read on the site lines can do so by calling University Phone Services at 614-292-8648 and a PDF file also is available. Members of the media can receive 248-888-0600/[email protected] (at least one week in advance). Two phone lines in the press box Ohio State hockey releases by e-mail by contacting Leann Parker in Fax ..................................................................248-888-0664 and a number of lines in the media room on the arena level also are the athletics communications department. Website ......................................................................ccha.com available for general use ;by the media. There is a reciprocal phone Mailing Address ................................. 23995 Freeway Park Dr. line for one visiting radio station. Access to a wireless connection OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM Farmington Hills, MI 48335 OhioStateBuckeyes.com is the official web site of the Ohio State GAME NOTES AND LINE CHARTS Department of Athletics. Ohio State men’s hockey releases as well as a wide variety of athletics department information can be found Buckeye and opponent line charts and game notes are available 2011-12 BROADCAST INFORMATION on the web, including links to all 36 varsity sports. Seven Ohio State games will be televised this season, with the in the press box two hours before faceoff. Conference notes and Accessible on the men’s hockey page on the site are links to remaining games scheduled to be streamed online through Buckeye standings also are provided. Shot charts and box scores are the entire team guide, complete season statistics for both the team Vision at OhioStateBuckeyes.com or BTN.com for home games and distributed at the end of each period, with a final book produced and individuals, career statistics for the current Buckeyes, game through the home teams’ websites for road games. Games streamed postgame. recaps and box scores, weekly and special releases and audio on BTN.com may also appear on BTN on a tape-delayed basis. pronunciations for players’ names and hometowns. The Buckeyes return to 1460 AM in Columbus this season. PHOTOGRAPHERS Links to webstreams, audio streams and live stats can be found The station will carry nearly every regular-season game, plus The photographer booth is located at center ice between the on the men’s hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. all postseason action involving the Buckeyes. The broadcast team benches. Only two photographers will be allowed in the center can be heard live online for free through Buckeye Vision on ice photo booth at one time and a sign-up sheet will be located in CCHA.COM/ OhioStateBuckeyes.com. the press box. Access to the booth will be limited to one period per For up-to-date broadcast information and links, check the men’s photographer when necessary. There also are camera cut-outs in the COLLEGEHOCKEYSTATS.NET hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. northeast and northwest corners, with a sign-up sheet located in the Specific information on the Central Collegiate Hockey press box. Additional still photographer locations are located on the Association and its 11 member teams, including updated league 2011-12 TELEVISION SCHEDULE arena level through the glass. Please be advised, flying pucks can be statistics, standings and box scores, can be found by logging on to Oct. 15 at Notre Dame Comcast dangerous. Enter the photography areas at your own risk. Please see CCHA.com. Oct. 20 at Michigan State Comcast Leann Parker for any questions about the photography areas. Collegehockystats.net provides box scores and standings Nov. 18 at Michigan Comcast from around the country along with national, conference and team statistics. Collegehockeyinc.com has a national live scoreboard. Dec. 10 at Miami ONN ROAD REQUESTS Jan. 13 MICHIGAN BTN Please direct all credential requests for Ohio State’s road games Jan. 15 vs. Michigan FS Plus to the host school’s sports information director (see opponent PHOTO REQUESTS Feb. 24 at Miami CBS Sports information). Still photography requests of Ohio State players and coaches should be e-mailed to [email protected]. VIDEO SERVICES For information regarding video services and game footage, con- tact Mark Smith, manager of video services at 614-688-5359. 2 2011-12 MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION 2011-12 ROSTERS NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. AGE (AS OF 10/1/11) HOMETOWN LAST TEAM (LEAGUE) 1 Cal Heeter Goalie 6-4 195 Sr. 22 St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Bandits (NAHL) 5 Brandon Martell Defenseman 6-3 205 Jr. 22 Elk River, Minn. Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) 6 Clark Cristofoli Defenseman 5-10 175 Fr. 19 Lewis Center, Ohio Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 7 Al McLean Defenseman 6-2 185 Fr. 20 Duluth, Minn. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 8 Curtis Gedig Defenseman 6-3 200 So. 20 West Kelowna, British Columbia Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 9 Chad Niddery Forward 5-10 175 Fr. 21 Penticton, British Columbia Powell River Kings (BCHL) 10 Darik Angeli Forward 6-3 200 Fr. 20 Lakewood, Colo. Tri-City Storm (USHL) 11 Alex Lippincott Forward 6-1 195 So. 19 Akron, Ohio Fargo Force (USHL) 12 Travis Statchuk Forward 5-10 185 So. 21 Wadena, Saskatchewan Salmon Arm SilverBacks (BCHL) 13 Paul Kirtland Forward 5-8 180 Jr. 23 Cary, N.C. Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) 14 Alex Carlson Forward 6-2 190 Jr. 23 Farmington, Minn. North Iowa Outlaws (NAHL) 15 Nick Oddo Forward 6-0 180 Fr. 21 Omaha, Neb. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 16 Brendan Arniel Forward 6-1 195 So. 21 Winnipeg, Manitoba Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJAHL) 17 Max McCormick