NWPA AHEC WEEKEND PREVIEW: Erie Closes Road Swing to Return Home for Holiday Fun
Erie, Pennsylvania – It’s a two-in-three weekend for the Otters, and they’ll split it between the road and home-sweet-home.
The Otters will travel to Windsor on Thursday to play the Spitfires for the second time this season. The last time these two teams met in October, the Otters downed the Spitfires 6-3 in Erie.
On Saturday, the Otters will return to the Erie Insurance Arena for the first time since November 27 – 17 days! – and they’ll take on Saginaw Spirit at 7 P.M.
AHEC YEAH!
NWPA AHEC’s Weekend Preview brings the latest news, promotions, and what YOU need to know before YOU go into the new weekend.
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
It was a week of extra frames as two of Erie’s three games went into OT.
Their first game of the week, on Thursday against the North Bay Battalion, saw the Otters claw out a 4-3 victory just over two minutes into the extra period.
With a win under their belt, the Otters moved on to Sudbury where they fell 5-2.
Finally, the Otters finished off their week on Sunday against the Brampton Steelheads. In another four-frame game, the Otters put it to bed 41 seconds in and walked away with a 5-4 win.
A STOCKING STUFFED WITH WINTER FUN
It’s a Winter Wonderland Night in Erie!
In the final Saturday game before the holiday break, fans can enjoy a specialty balloon and light display by Rubber Ducky Balloon Designs, and the lucky first 1500 to enter the arena will receive a FREE Player Ornament Set! Don’t forget – this is a great opportunity to meet Santa Claus and The Grinch, as well!
All fans are also encouraged to bring newly packaged socks for men, women, and children to throw onto the ice during intermission. All socks will be donated to support Community Shelter Services.
WHO TO WATCH
Malcolm Spence is wracking up the accolades! An ‘A’ rated NHL draft prospect and now named to the OHL Top Prospects Game, Spence earned four goals and one assist in three games, including the overtime game-winner against the Brampton Steelheads.
KNOW THE FOE
The Windsor Spitfires split last week with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Kitchener Rangers on Saturday and a 6-4 victory over the Saginaw Spirit on Sunday. Players to watch for the Spitfires include Jack Nesbitt, who scored one goal and three assists in two games, and Ilya Protas, with two goals and two assists across the weekend.
The Saginaw Spirit also split last week, with a commanding 6-1 win over the Oshawa Generals and losing 6-4 to the Spitfires. Players to watch for the Spirit include Calem Magnone, who scored a hat trick against Oshawa as well as having an assist against the Spitfires, and Michael Misa, with two goals and four assists on the weekend.
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
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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.
Saturday’s game against Saginaw will also air tape-delayed on Sunday, December 15 on WNEM TV-5 in Mid-Michigan. Check local listings in the Bay City/Saginaw/Midland/Flint area to see air-time.
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
Just one game awaits the Otters and it’s a big one – the London Knights. See your Otters take on their divisional foe on Wednesday at home at 7 P.M., the last game before the holiday break.
