2013-14 MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION 2013-14 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...............................Alex Morando, Brett Rybak, information on how to apply for single game or season credentials. athletes should contact Leann Parker. Please call at least one day in Danielle Warner, Kendra Willard advance to allow setup time. One day a week (typically Wednesday) Communications Assistants......................Julie Brown, Ben Vondal 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. will report to the interview room, followed by requested Ohio State Hockey Twitter ................................ Twitter.com/OhioState_MHKY players. Hockey Instagram ............................................@OhioState_MHKY PARKING PASSES Mailing Address ...............................6th Floor, The Fawcett Center Media parking passes are available on a single-game and season WEEKLY RELEASE 2400 Olentangy River Rd. basis. Contact Leann Parker for information on parking passes. The easiest way to access Ohio State hockey releases is online Columbus, Ohio 43210 Members of the media should park in the lot directly west of Value at OhioStateBuckeyes.com, where the text can be read on the site City Arena. Facility parking attendants will assist you in finding the lot. and a PDF file also is available. Members of the media can receive BIG TEN OFFICE Ohio State hockey releases by e-mail by contacting Leann Parker in Phone ..........................................................................847-696-1010 PHONE LINES/WIRELESS ACCESS the athletics communications department. Fax .............................................................................847-696-1150 Those members of the media wishing to order their own Commissioner................................................................Jim Delaney phone lines can do so by calling University Phone Services at OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM Associate Dir., Communications (Hockey) ............Adam Augustine 614-292-8648 (at least one week in advance). Two phone lines OhioStateBuckeyes.com is the official web site of the Ohio State 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 Department of Athletics. Ohio State men’s hockey releases as well Website ............................................................................bigten.org arena level also are available for general use by the media. There as a wide variety of athletics department information can be found is a reciprocal phone line for one visiting radio station. on the web, including links to all 36 varsity sports. See Leann Parker for information on connecting to the Accessible on the men’s hockey page on the site are links to 2013-14 BROADCAST INFORMATION wireless network. the entire team guide, complete season statistics for both the team At least 13 Ohio State games will be televised this season, and individuals, career statistics for the current Buckeyes, game with the remaining games scheduled to be streamed online through GAME NOTES AND LINE CHARTS recaps and box scores, weekly and special releases and audio Buckeye Vision at OhioStateBuckeyes.com or BTN.com for home Buckeye and opponent line charts and game notes are available pronunciations for players’ names and hometowns. games and through the home teams’ websites for road games. in the press box two hours before faceoff. Conference notes and Links to webstreams, audio streams and live stats can be found Games streamed on BTN.com may also be televised on BTN on a standings also are provided. Shot charts and box scores are on the men’s hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. tape-delayed basis. distributed at the end of each period, with a final book produced The Buckeyes return to 1460 AM in Columbus this season. postgame. COLLEGE HOCKEY ONLINE The station will carry all Big Ten Conference matchups and a good Specific information on the Big Ten conference and its six portion of the non-conference slate, as well as all postseason action PHOTOGRAPHERS member men’s hockey teams, including updated league statistics, involving the Buckeyes. The broadcast can be heard live online The photographer booth is located at center ice between the standings and box scores, can be found by logging on to bigten.org. through Buckeye Vision on OhioStateBuckeyes.com. team benches. Only two photographers will be allowed in the center Collegehockystats.net provides box scores and standings For up-to-date broadcast information and links, check the men’s ice photo booth at one time and a sign-up sheet will be located in from around the country along with national, conference and team hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. the press box. Access to the booth will be limited to one period per statistics. Collegehockeyinc.com has a national live scoreboard. photographer when necessary. There also are camera cut-outs in the 2013-14 OHIO STATE TELEVISION SCHEDULE northeast and northwest corners, with a sign-up sheet located in the PHOTO REQUESTS Nov. 29 at Michigan 7 p.m. BTN press box. Additional still photographer locations are located on the Still photography requests of Ohio State players and coaches Dec. 2 vs. Michigan 7 p.m. FS Detroit/STO arena level through the glass. Please be advised, flying pucks can be should be e-mailed to [email protected]. dangerous. Enter the photography areas at your own risk. Please see Jan. 10 at Michigan State 6:30 p.m. BTN Leann Parker for any questions about the photography areas. VIDEO SERVICES Jan. 17 at Minnesota 9 p.m. BTN For information regarding video services and game footage, con- Jan. 18 at Minnesota 6 p.m. FS North/STO ROAD REQUESTS tact Rob Milan, manager of hockey video services, at 614-688-8621 Jan. 24 at Wisconsin 9 p.m. BTN Please direct all credential requests for Ohio State’s road or [email protected]. Feb. 1 vs. Penn State 2 p.m. ESPNEWS games to the host school’s sports information director (see Feb. 7 at Michigan State 6:30 p.m. BTN opponent information). Feb. 8 at Michigan State 4 p.m. FS Detroit/STO PRACTICES Feb. 28 at Michigan 6:30 p.m. BTN The hockey team practices in Value City Arena and at the OSU March 2 vs. Michigan 1 p.m. FS Detroit+/STO Ice Rink. Unless otherwise noted, practices are open to the media March 7 vs. Minnesota 7:30 p.m. FS North+/STO and are the opportune time for lengthy and/or television interviews. March 8 vs. Minnesota 6:30 p.m. ESPNEWS Practice times vary according to academic schedules, contact Leann Parker for specifics. Notes: all times Eastern; BTN will televise all five games of the 2014 Big Ten Tournament 2 2013-14 MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION 2013-14 ROSTERS NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. CL./ELG. HGT. WGT. S/C AGE HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM (LEAGUE) 1 Logan Davis G Fr. 5-11 173 L 19 Upper Arlington, Ohio Ohio AAA Blue Jackets 4 Drew Brevig D Fr. 6-2 195 R 21 Lakeville, Minn. Brookings Blizzard (NAHL) 6 Clark Cristofoli D Jr. 5-10 190 L 21 Lewis Center, Ohio Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 7 Al McLean D Jr. 6-2 182 L 22 Duluth, Minn. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 8 Curtis Gedig (C) D Sr. 6-3 202 L 22 West Kelowna, British Columbia Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 9 David Gust F Fr. 5-10 175 R 19 Orland Park, Ill. Fargo Force (USHL) 10 Darik Angeli F Jr. 6-3 193 R 22 Lakewood, Colo. Tri-City Storm (USHL) 11 Alex Lippincott F Sr. 6-1 194 L 21 Akron, Ohio Fargo Force (USHL) 12 Travis Statchuk F Sr. 5-10 185 L 23 Wadena, Saskatchewan Salmon Arms Silverbacks (BCHL) 14 Anthony Greco F So. 5-10 174 R 20 Faribault, Minn. Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 15 Nick Oddo F Jr. 6-0 183 R 23 Omaha, Neb. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 16 Tanner Fritz (A) F Jr. 5-11 192 R 22 Grande Prairie, Alberta Grand Prairie Storm (AJHL) 17 Max McCormick F Jr. 5-11 183 L 21 De Pere, Wis. Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 18 Ryan Dzingel (A) F Jr.