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LSSU Hockey Media Information

Please note: Due to the ever changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, these policies are subject to change at any point in the season. 

Credentialing Process: 

  • LSSU will adhere to WCHA’s credentialing system for the 2020-21 season. Credentials will be categorized in a class system (A, B, C, D) based on your job duties and responsibilities during game day. Your class will be determined by the LSSU Athletic Department based on the WCHA guidelines. Depending on the class you are assigned to, it is expected that you will comply with any testing or screening requirements. 

  • Media credentials will be issued and distributed on a game-by-game basis, rather than issuing season credentials. 

  • A request must be submitted through email to the Sports Information Director, (jward9@lssu.edu) on an individual game basis to receive a credential for the requested game. The request needs to include the requestor’s full name, affiliation, phone number and email address for contact tracing purposes. The requests should be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday before a Friday/Saturday series as we are required to submit an attendance list to the CCHA before the series. 

  • The information requested will be kept on file for 28 days in the event that contact tracing is needed.

  • Your credential will be placed at your designated seat in the press box so that there will be no face-to-face exchange. 

  • Your credential MUST be worn in full view at all times. 

  • If a request is not submitted, you will be denied entry into the game. 

  • Please note, approval will be based on the discretion of LSSU athletics as we are limiting the number of media/staff that will be approved for each game.

Press Box:

  • All seats will be labeled with a name card, and there will not be any extra chairs in the press box to ensure that capacity restrictions are being followed. 

  • All seats in the press box will have a seating card that will include pertinent information including wifi login, SID contact numbers, web links to game notes & live stats, etc.

  • In tandem with the custodial/facility staff, we will confirm that the press box has been sanitized before and after each game. There will be disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer and extra face masks kept in the press box for anyone who needs.

     

Interviews with Head Coach Damon Whitten or LSSU Student-Athletes:

  • Media may not have any access to the locker rooms or team spaces. Any interview, whether it be pre-game, in-game, or post-game, will be coordinated in a digital, virtual, or distanced fashion (i.e. video calls, phone calls, socially distanced in a neutral non-team-specific rooms). Equipment used to conduct distanced interviews, for example microphones and headsets, will be sanitized after each use.

  • Any pre-game interview requests for Head Coach Damon Whitten will be coordinated through the Sports Information Director. There will be a window of time before each game that media, home radio or visiting radio will be able to schedule a zoom or phone interview with Coach Whitten. Coach Whitten’s post-game interview with the Laker radio broadcast will continue as it has in the past as he stands on the home bench wearing a headset, following social distancing requirements. Any other post-game interviews with Coach Whitten must be approved by the Sports Information Director.

Food & Drink:

  • There will be no buffet-style or self-service food or drink provided in the press box. Members of the media may bring their own water bottles or drinks. Media members will be allowed to bring in their own pre-packaged, single serve food item.

Entrance:

  • All media and/or staff must use the main entrance of the Norris Center to enter the building.

  • Upon entry, there will be a temperature check. If your temperature exceeds 100.4, you will not be admitted into the arena for the game.

  • Please plan on arriving no earlier than one hour prior to puck drop. If you need to arrive earlier for any reason, please let me know in your request and I will make the arrangements, if possible.

Notes, Line Charts, and In-Game Stats:

  • Game notes, line charts, and in-game statistics will be made digital to the best of our ability.