Dressing Room Access to Players/Personnel:
- Players will be available for interviews up until 90 minutes before game time.
- Players will be accessible to the media no later than 10 minutes after the conclusion of a game. All persons of the media, appropriately accredited, shall have equal access to player and coach interviews in the dressing room or other team designated interview areas.
- Accredited media shall have access to view all team practices and day of game skates. In the event of a team meeting after practice, media access shall be allowed immediately following the conclusion of the meeting.
Visiting Media:
- Each Ontario Hockey League member team will provide visiting team media with a working seat in the press box or equivalent location. Home teams are to provide visiting radio broadcast teams with a reliable means of transmission, either by way of a wired internet hookup or telephone line. Visiting media are asked to request working space through the home team in advance of the game.
Practice Sessions:
- The media shall have access to view all team practice sessions and day of game skates. In the event of a team meeting after a practice session, media access shall be allowed immediately following the conclusion of the meeting.
Photography:
- The Ontario Hockey League’s photography policy can be found here.
OHL Scores, Statistics, Standings, Media Notes:
- Up-to-date scores, standings and player statistics can be found online at ontariohockeyleague.com as well as on the CHL App. Additional media information is available here while team logos, player headshots and player name pronunciation files can be found here. A list of current suspensions and player transactions can be found on the League Media Notes page. Contact Director of Communications Josh Sweetland ([email protected]) with any questions you may have.
OHL Images:
- OHL Images is a collection of high quality digital photography of Ontario Hockey League teams and players that are available for free use by media covering the OHL. All images are available as a high resolution download and are free to use for editorial purposes only.
- To access the OHL Images photography collection, please visit ohlimages.ca. To download high resolution, non-watermarked images, you must register for the site using the ‘My Account’ tab. Once you have registered, please confirm your email address with Josh Sweetland, OHL Director of Communications ([email protected]).
Professional Conduct:
Accredited OHL media members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner through their interactions with the league, its teams, players, officials, staff, fans and partners as well as fellow media members both at and away from the rink. Bullying, abuse or harassment will not be tolerated. Additionally, OHL media accreditation does not permit passholders direct access to OHL players through unsupervised channels such as social media direct messaging or text messaging. Each OHL team has a PR contact (found here) that can be utilized for player inquiries, or sharing of in-game player images and video. Failure to adhere to these standards of conduct can result in the revocation of OHL media credentials.
Please contact OHL Director of Communications Josh Sweetland ([email protected]) with any questions pertaining to these protocols.