Cincinnati Stingers Management

STINGERS' AND COLISEUM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

William O. DeWitt	Chairman of the Board
Brian E. Heekin	President
William O. DeWitt Jr.	Executive Vice-President
	and League Trustee
Lawrence H. Kyte Jr.	Secretary
Albert E. Heekin III	Treasurer
Robert Castellini	Director
Charles L. Heekin	Director
George Heekin	Director
James J. Rammacher	Director
Philip Smith	Director
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OFFICE MANAGEMENT & PERSONNEL

Floyd Smith	Coach & Director of
	Player Personnel
Flo Potvin	Head Scout
Brenda Vertuca	Business Manager
Bill Harbour	Director of Group Sales
Henry Royer	Director of Ticket Services
Lefty McFadden	Vice President
Bill Barrett	Director of Operations
Bob Firestone	Media Relations Director
Mike Martaus	Director of Promotion
Jim McVay	Director of Sales
Richard Morgan	Director of Operations
John Tafaro	Coliseum Sales and Publicity

Brian Heekin - Thirty five year old, Brian Heekin, president of the Cincinnati Stingers and Riverfront Coliseum, is responsible, along with Bill DeWitt Jr, for Riverfront Coliseum and major league hockey in Cincinnati. Heekin, now in his fifth year as president of the Stingers and Coliseum, is a native of Cincinnati. He attended Canterbury School in Connecticut before he went on to Georgetown University and got a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) degree. Heekin obtained a law degree from the University of Cincinnati Law School in 1968, then joined the firm Kyte, Conlan, Wulsin & Vogeler, practicing for six years before assuming his current position.

Bill DeWitt Jr. - Bill is executive vice president of the Cincinnati Stingers and a league trustee. The thirty seven year old DeWitt was named Executive of the Year by the Hockey News three years ago. It was he who was responsible for bringing Robbie Ftorek from Phoenix, sighning him to an eight year contract in the latter half of the 1976-77 season. Now totally involved in hockey, DeWitt comes from a baseball backgroun. His father, William O. DeWitt, was the former president of the Cincinnati Reds and president of the St Loius Browns. Currently, he is chairman of the board of the Stingers, and Chicago Whote Sox. DeWitt Jr. graduated from Yale and got a Masters degree from Harvard in Business Administraion.

Bill Barrett - Thirty three year old Bill Barrett is a vice president of the Cincinnati Stingers and director of events for Riverfront Coliseum. As Stinger Vice President, Barrett oversees many facets of the team's operations. He has been connected with the Stingers/Coliseum operation for six years. As the director of events for the Coliseum, Barrett is responsible for booking, scheduling and promoting events that come to the Coliseum. he got a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Wittenberg, and a Masters on Sports Administration from Ohio University. .................... ................................................ . ............. ............................................................. .......... ..................................................... . ................. ............................................ .......................................................................... . ................. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------

Lefty McFadden - Vice President Lefty McFadden brings a wealth of sports experience to his position with the Stingers. A member of the Stingers organization since march 1977, McFadden has supervised marketing functions and served as an advisor in promotion, public relations, season tickets and group sales. McFadden founded the Dayton Gems of the International Hockey League in 1964 and the team won six IHL titles in the next ten years he served as Vice President and General Manager. McFadden joined the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League in 1974 as assistant General Manager and later was named assistant to the president of the Capitals and held that title a year before joining the Stingers. McFadden was named Minor League Executive of the Year in 1969-70 by the Hockey News. McFaddeen also was a baseball scout for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers.

Floyd Smith - Floyd Smith returned to Cincinnati July 27th, when he was named Coach and Director of Player Personnel for the Cincinnati Stingers. Smith was coach of the Cincinnati Swords of the American Hockey League for two and a half years in the early 1970's, leading the Swords to the Calder Cup title over Nova Scotia after 1972-73 season. The Swords set numerous AHL records during that year, including most wins, 54, fewest losses,17 and most points, 113. After leaving Cincinnati, Smith was named coach of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. In his first year with the team, 1974-75, Smith left the Sabres to the Stanley Cup finals. Smith coached through the 1976-77 season, then became a scout with the Sabres. As director of Player Personnel, Smith will be involved in trading of acquiring players and will have a direct voice in such transactions. He played in the National Hockey League for 18 years before becoming a coach.

Flo Potvin - The man who travels throughout the United States and Canada searching for talent for the Stingers is Flo Potvin, who has been head scout for the team since 1975. Potvin has been on the management side of hockey since an injury put an abrupt end to his playing career when he was 19. During the course of a year, he will see an estimated 195 games as he searches for the players the team needs, whether it is a defenseman, centerman, left or right winger or goaltender. before the 1977-78 season, Potvin accompanied the Stingers to Europe, where he had an opportunity to scout Europe's best. Potvin is responsible for Stingers Jamie Hislop, Craig Norwich, Peter Marsh and Barry Melrose. Potvin also scouts the National Hockey League and the minor leagues. ....................................... .............. ......................................... ........................... ................................................ ........................... ....................................

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Bill Connelly - Twenty three year old Bill Connelly is the Cincinnati Stingers' trainer for the second straight year, but it actually marks the ninth year he has served as a sports trainer, going back to high school. He is a graduate of Ohio State University, where he was a student trainer for all varsity sports. Connelly is also a part-time assistant trainer with the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. In his position with the Stingers, Connelly must see that the players adhere to their training program and look after injuries if they occur. He was officially certified as trainer in 1977 by the National Athletic Trainers Association. Connelly once considered a medical career but decided against it because he didn't want to be away from athletics.

Tim Ringler - The man who takes care of the Cincinnati Stingers' equipment is 28 year old Tim Ringler, who is the team's equipment manager for the third straight year. It is his responsibility to see that equipment is repaired if something is broken and he must also make certain the team has all its equipment whenever it travels. Ringler was skating at the age of three, but he didn't become interested in his current position until 12 years ago, when Lefty Wilson, head trainer of the Detroit Red Wings, began showing Rongler pointers. Since he became equipment manager of the Stingers, Ringler has managed to reduce considerably the amount of money spent on sticks, and he has never lost a bag in the course of travel. -------------------- --------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------

Dick Carlson - Dick Carlson is the voice of the Cincinnati Stingers on (WLW) for the 1978-79 season. He comes to Cincinnati with a wealth of experience in hockey and sports broadcasting. For seven years he did broadcasting of the major sports teams in Kansas City, the Kansas City Scouts of the National Hockey League, Kansas City Red Wings of the Central Hockey League, Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League and Kansas City Royals of the American Baseball League. He did radio and television for the Scouts, radio for the Red Wings, radio and pre-season television for the Kansas City Chiefs and television for the Kansas City Royals. He also does several early morning sportscasts and occasionally hosts a talk show, "Sportstalk".