2017-18 BIG TEN HOCKEY MEDIA GUIDE BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE Media Information ........................................................................................... 2 Headquarters and Conference Center 5440 Park Place • Rosemont, IL 60018 • Phone: 847-696-1010 Big Ten Conference History .............................................................................. 3 New York City Office 900 Third Avenue, 36th Floor • New York, NY, 10022 • Phone: 212-243-3290 Commissioner James E. Delany ........................................................................ 4 Web Site: bigten.org Big Life. Big Stage. Big Ten. ............................................................................... 5 Facebook: /BigTenConference Twitter: @BigTen, @B1Gfootball 2017-18 Composite Schedule ........................................................................ 6-7 BIG TEN STAFF – ROSEMONT 2017-18 TEAM CAPSULES........................................................................8-15 Commissioner: James E. Delany Michigan Wolverines ..................................................................... 9 Deputy Commissioner, CFO/COO: Brad Traviolia Michigan State Spartans .............................................................. 10 Deputy Commissioner, Public Affairs:Diane Dietz Minnesota Golden Gophers ........................................................ 11 Senior Associate Commissioner, Television Administration:Mark D. Rudner Associate Commissioner, Finance: Julie Suderman Notre Dame Fighting Irish ............................................................ 12 Associate Commissioner, Football Operations:Scott Chipman Ohio State Buckeyes .................................................................... 13 Associate Commissioner, Men’s Basketball: Rick Boyages Penn State Nittany Lions .............................................................. 14 Associate Commissioner, Policy: Chad Hawley Wisconsin Badgers ....................................................................... 15 Associate Commissioner, Sports Administration:Wendy Fallen Associate Commissioner, Technology: Mike McComiskey 2016-17 SEASON IN REVIEW .................................................................16-21 Assistant Commissioner, Branding: Robin Jentes Season in Review .................................................................... 16-17 Assistant Commissioner, Communications:Jason Yellin Individual & Team Stats - All Games ....................................... 18-19 Assistant Commissioner, Compliance: Gil Grimes Individual & Team Stats - Conference Games ......................... 20-21 Director, Building Services: Brenda Hilton Director, Communications:Adam Augustine RECORDS ...........................................................................................22-34 Director, Communications:Brett McWethy Director, Human Resources: Kimberly Smith Individual Records - All Games ............................................... 22-24 Director, Information Technology:Brandon Winbush Team Records - All Games ...................................................... 25-26 Director, Video Services: Tony Buyniski Individual and Team Records - Conference Games................. 27-30 Associate Director, Communications: Chris Masters Annual Stat Champions .......................................................... 31-32 Associate Director, Football/Basketball Operations:Davon Robb Career Clubs ........................................................................... 33-34 Associate Director, Sports Administration:Natalie Portabella Associate Director, Video Services: Matt Braunscheidel COACHING RECORDS ............................................................................35-37 Assistant Director, Accounting: Satvik Patel Current Coaches Year-by-Year Records ........................................ 35 Assistant Director, Basketball/Football Operations: TBA All Coaches Records by School .................................................... 36 Assistant Director, Branding: Chris Althoff All-Time Coaching Records .......................................................... 37 Assistant Director, Branding: Doron Tamari Assistant Director, Communications: Megan Rowley BIG TEN TOURNAMENT ........................................................................38-40 Assistant Director, Compliance: Jennifer Dominguez Assistant Director, Policy: Fred Krauss All-Time Results ........................................................................... 38 Assistant Director, Sports Administration:TBA Honors and Attendance ............................................................... 38 Assistant Director, Sports Administration:Jasmine Green History ......................................................................................... 38 Assistant Director, Video Services: Joseph Hamata Records ................................................................................... 39-40 Production Coordinator/Building Manager: W.T. Robinson Championship Game Records ...................................................... 40 Executive Assistant to the Commissioner:Barbara Greenbaum Executive Assistant:Sandra Morgan HISTORY ...........................................................................................41-47 Administrative Assistant:Linda Arnold All-Time Standings ....................................................................... 41 Administrative Assistant:Sue Immekus Big Ten Championships ................................................................ 41 Administrative Assistant:Janelle McDaniel Big Ten in the NCAA Championship ............................................. 42 Administrative Assistant:Mary Jo O’Donohue NCAA Championship Honors ....................................................... 43 Administrative Assistant:Madeline Russell Bob Hammel Communications Intern:Shannon Malone NCAA Year-by-Year Results...................................................... 44-45 C.D. Henry Intern: Therno Diallo Big Ten in Final Polls ................................................................ 46-47 Video Intern: Sam Arvaneh HONORS ...........................................................................................48-61 BIG TEN STAFF – NEW YORK National Honors ........................................................................... 48 Assistant Commissioner, Men’s/Women’s Basketball Operations:Jessica Palermo Big Ten Honors ............................................................................. 49 Assistant Commissioner, Public Affairs:Kerry Kenny Academic All-Big Ten .............................................................. 50-51 Administrative Assistant:Alec Fisher Academic All-Americans .............................................................. 52 COORDINATORS OF OFFICIALS BIG TEN SPORTS PROPERTIES Weekly Honors - Three Stars .................................................. 53-54 Baseball: Rich Fetchiet General Manager: Scott Bailey Big Ten in the NHL Draft .......................................................... 55-59 Field Hockey: Mary Brainard Account Executive:Matt Ryan Big Ten in the Olympics........................................................... 60-61 Football: Bill Carollo Manager, Client Services: Ice Hockey: Steve Piotrowski Libby McCormick Men’s Basketball: Rick Boyages Marketing Assistant:Ben McDermott Soccer: Steve Siomos Softball:Sally Walker Volleyball: Marcia Alterman Women’s Basketball: Patty Broderick Wrestling: Mike Allen CREDITS The 2017-18 Big Ten Conference men’s hockey media guide, Volume 4, is produced by the Big Ten Conference office, James E. Delany, Commissioner. Information and photographs for this publication were supplied by the athletic communications offices of Big Ten member institutions. A special thanks is extended to all those who assisted on this project, especially the Big Ten communications directors and their staffs, who were invaluable to the completion of this guide. Designed and produced by: Megan Rowley and Adam Augustine bigten.org 1 MEDIA INFORMATION Dear media member: Welcome to the 2017-18 college hockey season! The Big Ten Conference would like to thank those media members who will cover this season of Big Ten hockey. This media guide is intended to assist in the media’s coverage of Big Ten hockey. As always, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or need assistance. We look forward to working with you this season! COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament E-mail Service The 2018 Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament will feature a new three- Information on Big Ten hockey will be emailed throughout the year to accredited weekend format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded media. The Big Ten utilizes a media email list website which requires that media teams. The tournament will open March 2-4 with three best-of-three quarterfinal fill out an application on-line to receive media e-mails. Once the information is series, as the second-, third- and fourth-seeded teams will each host a series. The submitted, media can control and adjust their own accounts to only receive the top-seeded team will have a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which are information they need. Media may also remove themselves from the media scheduled for Saturday, March 10. The highest-seeded team remaining after the email list if necessary. For the media email list website address, contact Adam semifinals will host a championship game scheduled for Saturday,