BELLEVILLE, Ontario – The OHL’s lowest-scoring offense took control from the outset Monday. Then the league’s worst defense, led by overage goaltender Ramis Sadikov, took over from there. The Erie Otters produced a rare all-around effort against Belleville. That allowed the Otters to salvage the final game of a three-game East Division trip with a [...]

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Devin Williams did everything but score a goal for the Erie Otters. But the Otters finally scored – two late goals, actually – to reward Williams for the game of his life. The rookie goaltender stopped a career-high 61-of-62 shots in Erie’s 2-1 comeback win against the Eastern Conference-leading Niagara IceDogs in front of 2,121 [...]

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Erie Otters (7-38-3-2) at Saginaw Spirit (24-22-0-5) When: Friday, 7:11 p.m. Where: Dow Event Center On the air: WFNN-AM/1330, www.ottershockey.com (live stream) Up next: at Windsor (Saturday, 7:05 p.m.), vs. Niagara (Wednesday, 7 p.m.) Fast facts: The Otters have scored a combined one goal in a two-game losing streak after scoring 14 goals in the [...]

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Rookie goaltender Devin Williams deserved a better outcome Wednesday night. He stopped 33-of-34 shots in the opening 65 minutes and four more in a six-round shootout in his third career OHL start. Yet the Erie Otters still lost to Owen Sound 2-1 in front of 2,135 at Tullio Arena. Daniel Catenacci, who scored the Attack’s [...]

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Owen Sound Attack (23-21-3-4) at Erie Otters (7-38-3-1) When: Wednesday, 7 p.m. Where: Tullio Arena On the air: WFNN-AM/1330, www.ottershockey.com (live stream) Up next: at Saginaw (Friday, 7:11 p.m.), at Windsor (Saturday, 7:05 p.m.) Fast facts: The Otters fell short of their first three-game winning streak of the season in a 3-0 home loss to [...]

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The Erie Otters have a rare winning streak. The Otters captured their second straight win with a 7-4 come-from-behind victory against Brampton in front of 2,565 at Tullio Arena Friday night. The Otters (7-37-3-1) rallied from a 3-0 second-period deficit. Erie was propelled by rookie Connor Brown’s first OHL hat trick and the power play’s [...]

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The Erie Otters endured two close calls this weekend. After a one-goal loss to Niagara on Friday, the Otters lost 2-1 in overtime to Peterborough in front of 3,524 at Tullio Arena on Saturday night. Petes winger Lino Martschini scored 3 minutes, 8 seconds into overtime to send the Otters (5-36-2-1) to London on Sunday [...]

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The Erie Otters had a chance to beat the short-handed Niagara IceDogs on Friday night. But the Otters mustered only 21 shots on goal in a 3-2 loss in front of 2,469 at Tullio Arena, which extended their second-longest losing streak of the season to nine straight games. Even without several key veterans, including NHL [...]

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Third-year forward Dane Fox and second-year defenseman Adam Pelech headline five Erie Otters named to NHL Central Scouting’s midterm rankings for the NHL Entry Draft in June. Fox, 18, who was acquired along with second-year defenseman Troy Donnay from London last week, stands 48th among North American skaters. Pelech, 17, is six spots back at [...]

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The Erie Otters had their chance to finally post their sixth win of the season Saturday night. But a third-period collapse turned a two-goal lead into a 6-4 loss to Midwest Division rival Kitchener in front of 3,232 at Tullio Arena. The Rangers (26-11-1-0) scored four goals in the third, headlined by Matia Marcantuoni’s go-ahead [...]

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Sarnia Sting (19-14-1-4) at Erie Otters (5-30-1-1) When: Today, 7 p.m. Where: Tullio Arena On the air: WFNN-AM/1330, www.ottershockey.com (live stream) Up next: vs. Kitchener (Saturday, 7 p.m.), at Owen Sound (Jan. 13-14, 7:30 p.m.) Fast facts: The Otters return home for two games after losing all three games on an Eastern Conference trip to [...]

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The deals needed to be done. GM Sherry Bassin needed to trade Greg McKegg, Brett Cook and Derek Holden in order t officially begin rebuilding the Erie Otters. None will be in the OHL next season. It’s too early to know if third-year forward Dane Fox and second-year defenseman Troy Donnay will develop into the [...]

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BARRIE, Ontario – The Erie Otters will begin 2012 with a three-game losing streak. Barrie scored twice in the third period to snap a tie and hand the Otters a 5-3 loss in front of a New Year’s Eve crowd of 4,276 at Barrie Molson Centre. Colin Behenna’s goal 9 minutes, 11 seconds into the [...]

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ST. CATHARINES, Ontario – The Erie Otters were nearly at full strength Thursday night. But that wasn’t enough to avoid another blowout loss and equal a franchise record for futility. The Otters suffered their 11th straight defeat in a 7-2 loss to Niagara in front of 3,145 at Gatorade Garden City Complex. That tied the [...]

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Liam Maaskant chose the perfect time to score his first OHL goal. “Absolutely,” the rookie defenseman said after his goal 3:22 into overtime snapped the Erie Otters’ eight-game losing streak in a 4-3 win against Kitchener in front of 2,329 at Tullio Arena on Saturday night. Maaskant’s shot from the point slipped through a crowd [...]

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The Erie Otters couldn’t snap their long losing streak, even with Brad Boyes in attendance. The Niagara IceDogs erased a two-goal deficit with a four-goal barrage in the second period to hand the Otters their seventh straight loss, 6-4, in front of 3,076 at Tullio Arena on Wednesday night. Andrew Agozzino, Joel Wigle, Freddie Hamilton [...]

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Ramis Sadikov’s return provided a brief breath of fresh air. But once again, his teammates were lifeless. The young defense were overpowered for all four goals while the equally inexperienced offense sputtered in the Erie Otters’ 4-1 loss to Ottawa in front of 3,136 at Tullio Arena on Saturday night. Sadikov, the Otters’ veteran goaltender, [...]

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LONDON, Ontario – The Erie Otters had plenty of heart against London on Friday night. The Otters simply didn’t have enough manpower in a 6-4 loss in front of 8,946 at John Labatt Centre. The Otters (1-7-0-0) dressed only 16 skaters, including nine rookies, because of injuries and illness. Greg McKegg (minor concussion) was the [...]

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The Mississauga St. Michael’s took advantage of the man advantage Wednesday night. The Majors scored three power-play goals on six chances – headlined by Dylan DeMelo’s go-ahead goal 8:12 into the third period – to rally past the Erie Otters 4-2 in front of 2,218 fans at Tullio Arena. DeMelo led the Majors (8-1-0-0) with [...]

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No one can blame goaltending for the Erie Otters’ latest defeat. Tyson Teichmann gave the Otters a chance to win with save after save – a career-high 55 in all. Yet his teammates gave him little support at either end of the ice in a 6-3 loss to defending OHL champion Owen Sound in front [...]

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