NWPA AHEC WEEKEND PREVIEW: Onto the Snowy White North!
Erie, Pennsylvania – The time for December hockey is here and the Erie Otters will kick this month off on the road!
After enduring a game-postponing snowstorm over the weekend, the Otters will travel to North Bay on Thursday and Sudbury on Friday for back-to-back games.
After a day’s rest on Saturday, the Otters will finish their week off in Brampton and take on the Steelheads.
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
On Wednesday, the Erie Otters would play the annual Teddy Bear Toss game. An early goal would send the bears flying as they clawed out an overtime game against the Owen Sound Attack before falling 3-2 to walk away with a point.
After being hit by a record-breaking blizzard, Erie only played one game last week. Otters fans will have to wait to see the Flint Firebirds at home!
WHO TO WATCH
Under the bright lights of the EIA, Martin Misiak made it rain teddy bears on Wednesday. With the first Otters’ goal against Owen Sound, Misiak found his eighth goal of the season and sent the crowd into a frenzy.
Another of Erie’s heroes on Wednesday night was Gabriel Frasca. The first-year Otter found his second power-play goal of the season in the second period to tie the game up 2-2. Frasca’s goal would lead the Otters into overtime and ensure they left the game with at least one point.
KNOW THE FOE
The North Bay Battalion won their only game last week with a 3-2 final score against the Soo Greyhounds – after the first game of the weekend was, familiarly, postponed due to a blizzard. Players to watch for the Battalion include Jacob LeBlanc, with two assists in the victory, and Ethan Procyszyn, with two goals including a power play game-winner in the game’s final seconds.
The Sudbury Wolves split last week with a 4-3 overtime loss against the Barrie Colts and a 5-3 victory over the Colts as well. Players to watch for the Wolves include Kieron Walton, who grabbed three goals and three assists across both games, and Alex Pharand, who scored once in Sudbury’s OT loss and again in their victory as well as picking up an assist.
The Brampton Steelheads have been on a five-game winning streak since their 7-4 loss against the Erie Otters. Players to watch for the Steelheads include Luke Misa, who scored a goal and had an assist in Friday’s win against the Sarnia Sting and had another three assists against the Saginaw Spirit on Saturday, and Jakub Fibigr, who had four assists against the Spirit.
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!
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 Otters’ Media & Communications Coordinator 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 split their upcoming two-game week, kicking it off on the road against the Windsor Spitfires on Thursday. Erie hasn’t faced the Spitfires since October, when they downed Windsor 6-3.
The Otters will be back home on Saturday against the Saginaw Spirit. Saturday’s game will be a Winter Wonderland Night in Erie – the first 1500 fans will receive a FREE Player Ornament Set to celebrate the final weekend game before the holiday break. Fans are also encouraged to bring newly packaged socks on Saturday to toss onto the ice to support Community Shelter Services.
