Mark Osiecki (Hockey Head Coach)

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Bob Hunter commentary: New coach wants NHL talent for Ohio State | BuckeyeXtra

When Mark Osiecki told his father he had been named Ohio State hockey coach, the Minnesota high school coaching legend gave his son a sound piece of advice.
"Slow down," Tom Osiecki said.
Then Mark relayed the news to Nebraska-Omaha coach Dean Blais and Minnesota coach Don Lucia, two of his mentors.
"They said the same thing - slow down," Osiecki said. "You're not going to change the world right now. You don't have to. Just make a few tweaks here and there, and make sure the staff's in place and you're all on the same page."
Osiecki had a nice chat with Jim Tressel yesterday morning, and the Ohio State football coach also offered some advice.
"Take care of the now and slow down a little bit," he said.
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Player Bio: Mark Osiecki - UWBadgers.com - The Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers

Former Badger defensemen Mark Osiecki looks to continue his impact in his sixth season as a Badger assistant coach. Osiecki has proven himself an asset with his tireless recruiting efforts and coaching expertise.
Osiecki joined Wisconsin from the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL, where he served as general manager and head coach for seven seasons. Compiling a 209-154-6-38 (won-loss-tie-overtime loss) mark during his career with the Gamblers, Osiecki became known for player development, as more than 65 of his players moved on to NCAA Division I hockey playing careers and 17 were drafted by NHL teams. USHL Coach of the Year in 1999, Osiecki's Gambler squads won four-straight USHL Eastern Division crowns from 1999 to 2002, captured the 2000 Clark Cup as the USHL playoff champion and finished as U.S. junior A 2000 national runner-up.
His Gambler squads set various team and league records during his tenure. The four-straight division championships set the league standard, while the 1999 team set the league mark for shutouts and road wins in a season. His teams in 1998 and 1999 set the single-season record for fewest goals against.
Osiecki returned to his college coaching roots in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association where he began his career as an assistant coach with the University of North Dakota. During the 1996-97 season with North Dakota, he helped direct UND to WCHA regular-season and playoff titles and the NCAA championship.
Osiecki also boasts international coaching experience, capturing silver medals as head coach for the United States Under-18 Team at the 1999 World Championships in Slovakia and as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Team at the 2000 World Championships in the Czech Republic. Beyond that, he led the United States Junior Select team to a gold medal at the 1999 Freedom Challenge in Lake Placid, N.Y. More recently, Osiecki served as video coordinator for Team USA at the 2006 World Championships. He was also a staff member for the 2008 U.S. Junior National Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y., and will serve as an assistant coach for the 2010 U.S. Junior National Team at the World Junior Championships.
The former Badger defenseman skated for Wisconsin from 1987-90, earning three letters and serving as an assistant captain for the 1990 NCAA Championship team. During the national championship season, he collected career-highs with 38 assists and 43 points, while earning selection to the Frozen Four all-tournament team.
A Burnsville, Minn., native, Osiecki was selected in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. He enjoyed a six-year career, including stints with the Flames, Ottawa Senators, Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota North Stars, before a wrist injury cut his career short. He also represented his country as a player, competing for the United States at the 1992 World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.
A 1994 graduate of Wisconsin with a bachelor of arts degree in history, Osiecki is married to his wife, Robin. The couple have a daughter, Emily, and a son, Jake.

 

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Come to think about it, I'm glad we didn't make a play for Blasi. Dude seriously looks like the villain in a Lifetime movie.

 

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Fucking Swiss watch if I understand it correctly. There's not enough rep in the world for that post.

 

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Ohio State Buckeyes men's hockey coach Mark Osiecki: Q&A
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
May 04, 2010, 9:37PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Ohio State formally introduced Wisconsin assistant Mark Osiecki as its new men's hockey coach Tuesday, two weeks after the 41-year-old was hired to take over a program coming off losing seasons in four of the past five years. After former coach Jack Markell wasn't retained after 15 seasons, OSU athletic director Gene Smith gave his expectations for the hockey Buckeyes.

"We feel that we can consistently compete in the top half of the conference and chase the championship periodically," Smith said. "We don't expect to win that every year, but kind of like all the other sports, we want to be in the hunt and have a chance to win it periodically, and periodically be in the national championship hunt. We think we have the resources to do it. We think we have the platform to do it."

Osiecki, a Minnesota native, played 93 games in the NHL over two seasons before retiring and spending seven seasons as the coach and general manager of the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL, then joining the staff at Wisconsin, his alma mater. Osiecki spoke with The Plain Dealer after his news conference Tuesday.

Q: Why was this the right move for you?

A: "I just think the brand of Ohio State athletics makes it very appealing. Working at Wisconsin for the last six years did a great job educating me on the Ohio State athletic department and their inner workings. When this job came open, the athletic department there, Barry Alvarez and all the associated ADs, said this is something you have to look at."

Q: Is there anything in the style of play or recruiting strategy or anything that you see you want to change immediately?

A: "No, not being in that locker room or not being in that office, there's nothing where I want to change this or change that. It's more of getting our staff in place and developing our plan and developing our culture. I'm not looking at what has been done in the past other than building on the tradition here. There have been some great hockey players come through here."

Q: Where does Ohio State stand in the world of college hockey right now?

A: "Without saying where it ranks, it's more to me about where the Ohio State brand is. I think there are kids in Minnesota that would come to Ohio State to play. I think there are kids in western Canada that would come here to play. The Ohio State brand is in the same breath of Michigan and Notre Dame and Minnesota. We want to take this brand that's been built and take it to another level."

Q: Gene Smith said he thinks this program can compete for the conference title and national title periodically and consistently be in the top half of the league. Was that talked about before you were hired, and what do you think of that?
A: "That's obviously the expectation whenever your jump into any situation. It's more and more difficult to be in the Frozen Four every year, with the NHL and the whole landscape of recruiting continually changing. That being said, given some time and patience, I think we should be able to consistently compete year in and year out with the likes of Miami, Notre Dame, Michigan. . . . Obviously Michigan has been at that standard that has been set, and look at the time they put into it. We're trying to reach that."

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