2012-13 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] 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 .................................................................Leann Parker the recognized news organization requesting credentials. Please Ice Rink. Unless otherwise noted, practices are open to the media Associate Directors............................Jerry Emig, Leann Parker contact Leann Parker, associate athletics communications director, and are the opportune time for lengthy and/or television interviews. for information on how to apply for single game or season Practice times vary according to academic schedules, contact Leann Assistant Directors................ Alissa Clendenen, Alex Morando, credentials. Parker for specifics. Brett Rybak, Danielle Warner, Adam Widman, Kendra Willard Interns................................................. Julie Brown, Ben Vondal CREDENTIAL PICKUP WEEKLY INTERVIEWS Website ....................................OhioStateBuckeyes.com Credentials may be picked up at the media entrance on the north Head coach Mark Osiecki and his staff can best be reached Main Office Phone ....................................614-292-6861 side of the Schottenstein Center (Door 1212) two hours before the game. during the morning hours, when in town, in the men’s hockey office Fax ............................................................614-292-8547 at 614-292-0820. Media wishing to conduct interviews with student- athletes should contact Leann Parker. Please call at least one day in Men’s Hockey Contact ..........................................Leann Parker VALUE CITY ARENA PRESS BOX advance to allow setup time. One day a week (typically Wednesday) Office Phone ........................................................614-688-0294 All media should enter the arena through the media entrance (Door before or after practice usually is reserved for the media. Cell Phone ...............................................614-266-4309 1212) only. The Value City Arena press box is on the north side of The Email [email protected] Jerome Schottenstein Center. After picking up credentials, head north in the main concourse to the press box elevator. An attendant will POSTGAME PROCEDURES Twitter ................................................. @LeannBP_OSU direct you to the press box from there. The Ohio State locker room is closed to the media. At all home Hockey Facebook ........Facebook.com/OhioStateMensHockey games, the postgame interview format will be as follows: after a Hockey Twitter ............................Twitter.com/OhioState_MHKY 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting coach and any requested PARKING PASSES players will be escorted to the interview room, located in the Hockey Instagram ..................................... @OhioState_MHKY Media parking passes are available on a single-game and season southeast corner of the arena level in Value City Arena. After all Mailing Address .........................6th Floor, The Fawcett Center basis. Contact Leann Parker for information on parking passes. visiting interviews are completed, Buckeye head coach Mark Osiecki 2400 Olentangy River Rd. Members of the media should park in the lot directly west of Value will report to the interview room, followed by requested Ohio State City Arena. Facility parking attendants will assist you in finding the Columbus, Ohio 43210 players. lot. CCHA OFFICE WEEKLY RELEASE PHONE LINES/WIRELESS ACCESS Commissioner .......................................................Fred Pletsch The easiest way to access Ohio State hockey releases is online Those members of the media wishing to order their own phone 248-888-0600/[email protected] 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 Director of Officials .........................................Steve Piotrowski (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 248-880-6877/[email protected] and a number of lines in the media room on the arena level also are the athletics communications department. Dir. of Communications & Events ............................. Phil Colvin available for general use by the media. There is a reciprocal phone 248-888-0600/[email protected] line for one visiting radio station. See Leann Parker for information on connecting to the wireless OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM Fax ..................................................................248-888-0664 network. OhioStateBuckeyes.com is the official web site of the Ohio State Website ......................................................................ccha.com Department of Athletics. Ohio State men’s hockey releases as well Mailing Address ................................. 23995 Freeway Park Dr. GAME NOTES AND LINE CHARTS as a wide variety of athletics department information can be found Farmington Hills, MI 48335 on the web, including links to all 36 varsity sports. Buckeye and opponent line charts and game notes are available Accessible on the men’s hockey page on the site are links to in the press box two hours before faceoff. Conference notes and the entire team guide, complete season statistics for both the team standings also are provided. Shot charts and box scores are and individuals, career statistics for the current Buckeyes, game distributed at the end of each period, with a final book produced recaps and box scores, weekly and special releases and audio 2012-13 BROADCAST INFORMATION postgame. Five Ohio State games will be televised this season, with the pronunciations for players’ names and hometowns. remaining games scheduled to be streamed online through Buckeye Links to webstreams, audio streams and live stats can be found PHOTOGRAPHERS on the men’s hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Vision at OhioStateBuckeyes.com or BTN.com for home games and The photographer booth is located at center ice between the through the home teams’ websites for road games. Games streamed team benches. Only two photographers will be allowed in the center CCHA.COM/ on BTN.com may also be televised on BTN on a tape-delayed basis. ice photo booth at one time and a sign-up sheet will be located in The Buckeyes return to 1460 AM in Columbus this season. the press box. Access to the booth will be limited to one period per COLLEGEHOCKEYSTATS.NET The station will carry nearly every regular-season game, plus photographer when necessary. There also are camera cut-outs in the Specific information on the Central Collegiate Hockey all postseason action involving the Buckeyes. The broadcast northeast and northwest corners, with a sign-up sheet located in the Association and its 11 member teams, including updated league can be heard live online for free through Buckeye Vision on press box. Additional still photographer locations are located on the statistics, standings and box scores, can be found by logging on to OhioStateBuckeyes.com. arena level through the glass. Please be advised, flying pucks can be CCHA.com. For up-to-date broadcast information and links, check the men’s dangerous. Enter the photography areas at your own risk. Please see Collegehockystats.net provides box scores and standings hockey schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Leann Parker for any questions about the photography areas. from around the country along with national, conference and team statistics. Collegehockeyinc.com has a national live scoreboard. 2012-13 TELEVISION SCHEDULE ROAD REQUESTS Nov. 30 at Michigan State BTN PHOTO REQUESTS Dec. 1 at Michigan State Comcast Please direct all credential requests for Ohio State’s road games to the host school’s sports information director (see opponent Still photography requests of Ohio State players and coaches Dec. 14 MIAMI BTN should be e-mailed to [email protected]. Feb. 22 MICHIGAN BTN information). Feb. 23 MICHIGAN Comcast VIDEO SERVICES For information regarding video services and game footage, con- tact Mark Smith, manager of video services at 614-688-5359. 1 2012-13 MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION 2012-13 ROSTERS NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. CL./ELG. HGT. WGT. S/C AGE (AS OF 10/1/12) HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM (LEAGUE) 5 Brandon Martell D Sr./Sr. 6-3 212 L 23 Elk River, Minn. Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) 6 Clark Cristofoli D So./So. 5-10 182 L 20 Lewis Center, Ohio Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 7 Al McLean D So./So. 6-2 191 L 21 Duluth, Minn. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 8 Curtis Gedig D Jr./Jr. 6-3 200 L 21 West Kelowna, British Columbia Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 9 Chad Niddery F So./So. 5-10 173 R 21 Penticton, British Columbia Powell River Kings (BCHL) 10 Darik Angeli F So./So. 6-3 193 R 21 Lakewood, Colo. Tri-City Storm (USHL) 11 Alex Lippincott F Jr./Jr. 6-1 195 L 20 Akron, Ohio Fargo Force (USHL) 12 Travis Statchuk F Jr./Jr. 5-10 195 L 22 Wadena, Saskatchewan Salmon Arms Silverbacks (BCHL) 14 Alex Carlson F Sr./Sr. 6-2 192 L 24 Farmington, Minn. North Iowa Outlaws (NAHL) 15 Nick Oddo F So./So. 6-0 174 R 22 Omaha, Neb. Omaha Lancers (USHL) 16 Tanner Fritz F So./So. 5-11 202 R 21 Grande Prairie, Alberta Grand Prairie Storm (AJHL) 17 Max McCormick F So./So. 5-11 192 L 20 De Pere, Wis. Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 18 Ryan Dzingel F So./So. 6-0 196 L 20 Wheaton, Ill. Lincoln Stars (USHL) 20 Riley Simpson F So./r-Fr. 5-8 178 L 18 Innisfail, Alberta Brooks Bandits (AJHL) 21 Sam Jardine D Fr./Fr. 6-1 196 L 19 Lacombe, Alberta Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL) 23 Tyler Lundey F Fr./Fr. 5-10 179 L 21 Middleton, Wis. Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 24 Craig Dalrymple D Fr./Fr. 6-5 214 R 21 Kippen, Ontario Powell River Kings (BCHL) 25 Justin DaSilva D So./So. 6-6 230 L 22 Cambridge, Ontario Powell River Kings (BCHL) 26 Matt Johnson F So./So. 5-10 195 R 21 Stillwater, Minn. Tri-City Storm (USHL) 27 Devon Krogh D Sr./Sr.