WEEKEND PREVIEW: FINAL ROAD TRIP WEEKEND TAKES OTTERS ACROSS DIVISION

Category: ArticleMarch 18, 2022

(by Corrado Distefano, photo: Natalie Shaver)

Erie, Pennsylvania – A playoff-implications weekend lies ahead for the Erie Otters, taking on the teams sandwiching them in the Western Conference standings. Friday night sees Erie travel for one last time to Kitchener, looking to sweep the road series with the Rangers at The Aud. The Otters are currently tied with the Kitchener Rangers with 50 points and the same number of games played, but because of the tiebreaker the Otters hold the final spot in the West.

Holding steady onto the sixth-place spot in the Western Conference is the Owen Sound Attack, who are nine points ahead but have played three more games than both Erie and Kitchener. Erie makes its first (and last) trip to Owen Sound on Saturday and Sunday, looking for the sweep of the season series.

LAST TIME OUT

With a pair of games at home, and a Monday night on the road, the Erie Otters got three out of a possible six points earlier this week. The Otters started the weekend strong beating the Windsor Spitfires 6-4 at home, but the Spits battled back the next night, beating the Otters 5-4 in overtime.

Monday night saw the Otters take their last trip of the season to the Storm City, battling hard in a back-and-forth game with Guelph, but dropping 4-3 in regulation.

WHAT TO WATCH

Erie is a combined 4-0 against their two opponents this weekend, sweeping Kitchener on the road January 7 & 8, and sweeping Owen Sound at home on February 9 & 10.

The previous series in Kitchener, Nolan Lalonde put on one of the best series of his career enroute to Goaltender of the Week honors – including a 40/41 save night on the Saturday sweep. Elias Cohen had four points (2G+2A) on the weekend as well. The puck drops one last time at The Aud between these two this season at 7:30 P.M.

Owen Sound made the trip to Erie as the first Canadian opponent in the EIA since December 12. With a slightly-shortened bench for the road team, the Otters sent the Attack home to the tune of 7-4 and 5-3 finals. Owen Sound is a hot team of late, creating solid separation from the bottom two playoff teams. The two teams play on Saturday (7:30 P.M.) and Sunday (2 P.M.).

HOW TO WATCH, LISTEN, & FOLLOW ALONG

WATCH:

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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!

LISTEN:

The League’s largest radio network, the Otters Radio Network gives fans the most-accessible and high-quality way to experience every moment of Otters’ game night – from pregame to postgame.

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, fans are always in range to hear Otters Hockey.

The Otters Radio Network is larger than ever before on terrestrial & digital radio – from Southeast Michigan back to downtown Erie!

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 1400 AM & 96.7 FM in Erie and surrounding communities of NWPA, or can be livestreamed worldwide on the iHeart App.
ESPN 970 WFUN (Ashtabula, OH) is home to Otters Hockey in Ohio. 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.
ESPN Radio Michigan Regional Sports Network (Flint, MI) is home to Otters Hockey in Michigan. Games can be livestreamed worldwide on MRSN’s website or the TuneIn App.

Fans can also listen to the game on any of the Otters’ three radio-homes on the Listen Live page. The Otters Hockey Pregame Show starts 20 minutes prior to the Drop The Gloves Puck Drop, hosted by the Voice of the Otters Shawn Bednard.

FOLLOW ALONG:

If you want to follow along in-real-time to the weekends 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

Erie’s final trip to Ontario in the regular season comes Thursday, March 24 as the team crosses just over the border to take on Eastern Conference foe and geographic-rival Niagara. Erie has won each of the four meetings against Niagara this season. The month comes to a close at home the following weekend, taking on Guelph on Saturday night, and Niagara on Sunday afternoon.