Community Shelter Services Know Before You Go – Honoring Grief, Dropping Gloves, and Tossing Socks
Community Shelter Services rebuilds lives by providing refuge and pathways to stability for adults experiencing homelessness and poverty.
Community Shelter Services is a welcoming and inclusive community. Every day of the year, they enable individuals to meet their basic needs for food, clothing and shelter.
CSS transforms lives using a holistic approach to understanding and addressing behavioral health, housing and employment needs.
The organization is commits to helping those served achieve renewed lives of dignity and self-determination.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – SECOND-ANNUAL CHILDREN’S GRIEF AWARENESS NIGHT AND 3-2-1 FRIDAY
We Wear Blue to Honor Those Grieving | Saginaw Spirit @ Erie Otters | November 17, 2023 – 7 P.M.
AROUND THE ARENA
OBSERVE, HONOR, REMEMBER
For the second-consecutive year, we partner alongside Highmark Caring Place to bring to life Children’s Grief Awareness Night.
Last year alongside HCP, our two organizations presented the first-ever celebration of this holiday in sports history. We are bringing it back alongside our partners at Erie Apparel for an even-bigger celebration.
From our exclusive warmup jerseys, to our limited run Children’s Grief shirts, and honoring our grieving community locally and around the world, this will truly be an unforgettable night.
LESS MONEY, MORE DEALS
For the penultimate time this season – its 3-2-1 Friday!
This revamped version of our usual Friday night happy hours now extends the happy hour until the start of the third period, and offers fans $3 Labatt Blue Light drafts (21+), $2 hot dogs, and $1 popcorns.
Don’t miss out on the second of just three colossal meal deal Fridays.
LETS GO, BOGO!
Class is over, but the fun is just beginning in downtown Erie! Every Friday night is an exclusive BOGO night for our local College Students.
Head to the Erie Insurance Arena Box Office before puck drop to get two tickets for the price of one. Must show valid College ID to receive deal.
MERCH ITEM OF THE GAME
Available ONLY at the Otters’ Den for just $25, get your very own “Erie Apparel Otters Children’s Grief Shirt” before they’re gone. Merch Item of the Game is presented by Rebich Investments.
INDULGE IN DOWNTOWN
In conjunction with downtown Erie partner businesses, the Otters are thrilled to launch the “Arena District”.
From 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M., enjoy pregame specials, and from 9:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. enjoy post-game specials!
YOUR LUCKY TICKET
Make sure you enter our Jersey Raffle at the game at the Harrell Automotive Fan Assistance Center! One lucky fan will win their choice of a Nolan Lalonde or Ryan Thompson game-worn jersey as their prize
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
NON-PROFIT OF THE NIGHT
Tonight’s Non-Profit of the Night is Highmark Caring Place. Visit their concourse table to learn more about their work in the community, and visit their website HERE.
DISALLOWED ITEMS
Fans attending the game should be aware of items not allowed at the Erie Insurance Arena during Erie Otters games.
This includes professional photography equipment (unless given expressed consent) and noise-makers (cowbells, stadium horns, etc.).
For additional banned items, see signs at points of entry.
UPGRADES TO YOUR ARENA EXPERIENCE
New “mags” have been installed for an easier, more streamlined point-of-entry. Fans will no longer be required to remove keys/phones/etc. from their pockets.
As well, to speed up fan experience and get you back to the game, all EIA concession stands are now cashless. With lines expected to be full for our 3-2-1 deals, have your cards ready!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 – ROCK ‘EM SOCK ‘EM NIGHT
Drop The Gloves, Toss The Socks, It’s Time to Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em | London Knights @ Erie Otters | November 18, 2023 – 7 P.M.
AROUND THE ARENA
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE
Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots were originally made in Erie back in the ’60s, and have captivated thumb-warriors for over half-a-century since! On Saturday night, we put an Otters spin on the classic.
With a fighter-themed bobblehead for the “Rock ‘Em” and our third-annual Charity Sock Toss for the “Sock ‘Em”, we’re covering all the bases of the night.
Not to mention…the London Knights are in town for the first time this season. It’s a Sweet Caroline singin’ Saturday in Erie!
WOBBLE ‘TIL YOU BOBBLE
Gloves off! In observance the fighters of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, we honor our own fighter of overager and defenseman Owain Johnston with his first-ever bobblehead.
These bobbleheads (pres. by Rebich Investments) are available exclusively to the first 1500 fans in attendance on Saturday night.
Don’t feel the need to drop your gloves – get to the EIA early and get yours!
THE SOCKS FLOCK TO THE ICE
Like throwing things on the ice and helping out your community? Saturday is the night for you!
Benefitting Community Shelter Services, it’s our third-annual Charity Sock Toss! Bring your new, packaged socks to toss on the ice during the first intermission. Socks will be collected and donated to the Shelter for its clients during the winter season.
All fans who bring socks will be given a raffle ticket for a chance to win their very own Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots set.
MERCH ITEM OF THE GAME
Available ONLY at the Otters’ Den for just $48, get your very own “Bardown Gold Full Zip Jacket” before they’re gone. Merch Item of the Game is presented by Rebich Investments.
INDULGE IN DOWNTOWN
In conjunction with downtown Erie partner businesses, the Otters are thrilled to launch the “Arena District”.
From 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M., enjoy pregame specials, and from 9:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. enjoy post-game specials!
PLAY TO WIN
Make sure you enter our Jersey Raffle at the game at the Harrell Automotive Fan Assistance Center! One lucky fan will win their choice of a Liam Gilmartin or Artyom Kulakov game-worn jersey as their prize
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
NON-PROFIT OF THE NIGHT
Tonight’s Non-Profit of the Night is Epilepsy Association of Western & Central Pennsylvania. Visit their concourse table to learn more about their work in the community, and visit their website HERE.
DISALLOWED ITEMS
Fans attending the game should be aware of items not allowed at the Erie Insurance Arena during Erie Otters games.
This includes professional photography equipment (unless given expressed consent) and noise-makers (cowbells, stadium horns, etc.).
For additional banned items, see signs at points of entry.
UPGRADES TO YOUR ARENA EXPERIENCE
New “mags” have been installed for an easier, more streamlined point-of-entry. Fans will no longer be required to remove keys/phones/etc. from their pockets.
As well, to speed up fan experience and get you back to the game, all EIA concession stands are now cashless.
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UP NEXT
Erie Otters @ Kitchener Rangers | Tuesday, November 21 | 7 p.m.
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds @ Erie Otters | 48th Annual Thanksgiving Night Game | Thursday, November 23, 7 p.m.
Mississauga Steelheads @ Erie Otters | 15th Annual Teddy Bear Toss (pres. by EHCA) | Saturday, November 25, 7 p.m.
