NW PA AHEC WEEKEND PREVIEW: Ladies & Gentlemen….Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
Erie, Pennsylvania – 2024 officially comes to an end and the Erie Otters have a pair of games to take them into the year 2025.
On Friday, the Otters will travel to Kitchener to play their divisional rivals the Rangers for the final time at “The Aud”, before returning home for a Saturday game against the Windsor Spitfires.
AHEC YEAH!
NWPA AHEC’s Weekend Preview brings the latest news, promotions, and what YOU need to know before YOU go into the new year.
Northwest Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center is a non-profit organization committed to helping communities in Northwest Pennsylvania meet their primary health care needs and enhance the quality of health in our region especially the rural and underserved communities.
‘AHEC’ maintains partnerships with community, government, and educational agencies and institutions that will connect students to careers, professionals to communities and communities to better health.
Head to nwpaahec.org to learn more or to apply!
LAST TIME OUT
In their first games back from holiday break, the Otters showed off their fresh legs with a 4-2 victory over the Guelph Storm. Erie would then dig deep for a come-from-behind, three-unanswered goal victory over the Brantford Bulldogs 5-4 on New Year’s Eve.
CUT A PROMO
Get ready to rumble on Saturday with the Otters’ Wrestling Night! With fun activities and skits alongside Big League Pro, come to the Erie Insurance Arena and watch the good guys grapple with the Windsor Spitfires!
WHO TO WATCH
It’s no surprise that Noah Erliden continues to amaze in the OHL. In Saturday’s victory, Erliden put a stop to 39 of Guelph’s 41 shots, including a shootout opportunity for the Storm. After Saturday’s win, where he was also awarded First Star honors, Noah would suit back up on Tuesday against Brantford – stopping 31/35 for a victory against a potent Brantford offense. Erliden’s SV% rests at .911 with a 16-5-3-1 record.
Sam Alfano returned from break with a vengeance. Against the Storm, Alfano led the Otters to victory with two goals. The right winger opened the scoring for the Otters and closed it, scoring the insurance goal in the night’s victory just over thirteen minutes into the third period. Alfano would record his 20th goal of the season on Tuesday night to tie the game against Brantford.
KNOW THE FOE
The Kitchener Rangers defeated the Sudbury Wolves in overtime with a 3-2 final score for the first game back from break. Players to watch for the Rangers include netminder Jackson Parsons, who has been a consistent force in the crease for the Rangers and had over thirty saves and only two goals allowed against the Wolves, and Adrian Misaljevic, who scored the game-winner in OT to give the Rangers the win.
The Windsor Spitfires have won their first two games back from break, continuing a two-game win streak from before the holidays with dual victories over the Soo Greyhounds, including a 4-0 shutout. Players to watch for the Spitfires include Liam Greentree, with three goals and two assists across both games with the Soo, and Ilya Protas, who put up two assists in the 4-0 shutout and scored a goal of his own, as well as two more assists in their next 10-6 win.
HOW TO WATCH, LISTEN, & FOLLOW ALONG
WATCH:
“OHL Live” is the Ontario Hockey League’s broadcast home on CHL TV! OHL Live delivers a high-quality viewing experience while providing access to more than 700 OHL games streamed across a range of platforms including:
- PC and/or Tablet on Safari and Google Chrome web browsers
- iOS / Android mobile devices.
- Amazon Fire
- Apple TV
- Roku platforms
For less than $2/game, OHL Live provides live game action all season long, plus free-to-access video-on-demand content and a user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate. For more information, head to watch.chl.ca/ohl!
Fans in Northeast and Southwest Ohio now have the opportunity to watch tape-delayed Erie Otters home broadcasts as a part of the team’s new partnership with Rock Entertainment Sports Network. Check the programming schedule on your local Gray Media station for more information.
LISTEN:
Listen to Otters Hockey all across Lake Erie on the league’s largest radio network! The Otters Radio Network gives fans the most-accessible and highest-quality way to experience every moment of Otters’ game night – from pregame to postgame.
Every game can feel like a home game as a fan with the Otters Radio Network. With live-game broadcasts of all 68 Regular Season games, fans can always hear the action as it happens. Thanks to the Broadcast Home for Otters Hockey, iHeart Media Erie, fans can listen to every game LIVE on the iHeart App from ANYWHERE in the world! From Pennsylvania to Transylvania and everywhere in between, you’ll always be in range to hear Otters Hockey.
The Otters Radio Network is larger than ever before on terrestrial & digital radio – from Southeast Michigan to Southwest New York!
- iHeart Media (Erie, PA) is the Flagship Station for the Otters on WJET 1400 AM, and home to Otters Hockey in Pennsylvania. Games can be heard on terrestrial radio on 96.7 FM/1400 AM in Erie and surrounding communities of NWPA, or can be livestreamed worldwide on the iHeart App.
- Media One Radio Group – Ohio (Ashtabula, OH) is home to Otters Hockey in Ohio on ESPN 970 WFUN. Games can be heard on terrestrial radio on 970 AM in Ashtabula and surrounding communities of Northeast Ohio and NWPA, or can be livestreamed worldwide on WFUN’s website.
- Media One Radio Group – New York (Jamestown, NY) is home to Otters Hockey in New York State on Legends 1340 WKSN. Games can be heard on terrestrial radio on 1340 AM in Jamestown and surrounding communities of Southwest New York and NWPA, or can be livestreamed worldwide on WKSN’s website.
- ESPN Radio Michigan Regional Sports Network (Flint, MI) is home to Otters Hockey in Michigan. Games can be livestreamed worldwide on MRSN’s website.
Fans can also listen to the game on any of the Otters’ four radio-homes on the Listen Live page. The Otters Hockey Pregame Show starts 20 minutes prior to puck drop, hosted by the Otters broadcast team of Shawn Bednard and Trevor Kubeja.
Make sure to tune in weekdays from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M. on Fox Sports 1330, Happi 92.7 FM, WERG 90.5 FM, 106.3 FM WCTL, Kinzua County 104.3 FM (Warren, PA), Channel 98.9 FM & Sunny 105.7 FM (Corry, PA), FOX Sports Radio Oil City 1120 & 104.1 FM (Oil City), ESPN 970 WFUN (Ashtabula, OH), WKSN 1340 AM & WQFX 103.1 (Jamestown, NY), and ESPN Radio MRSN (Flint, MI) to hear the ‘Otters Daily Update’, giving you all the insight on your Otters.
FOLLOW ALONG
If you want to follow along in-real-time to the weekend’s games, make sure you’re following the Otters on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. From live tweets of the action, scoring updates, photos, and highlights, Otters’ social media is the best way to keep up with the team wherever they are.
UP NEXT
The Otters will kick off next week on the road. They’ll travel to play Guelph for the second time in two weeks on Wednesday before returning home on Friday to play the Saginaw Spirit. The week will close for the Otters on Saturday at home against the Sarnia Sting with a 7 P.M. start time.
