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 attitude seemed different around Tullio Arena on Tuesday. The Erie Otters were ready for their first practice after the OHL’s trade deadline. They were ready to get to work after Sherry Bassin, managing partner and general manager, and his staff did much work to finish overhauling the team with the CHL’s worst record. And [...]

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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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Erie Otters (5-27-1-1) at Oshawa Generals (13-18-1-3) When: Today, 7:05 p.m. Where: General Motors Centre – Oshawa, Ontario On the air: WJET-AM/1400, www.ottershockey.com (live stream) Up next: at Peterborough (Thursday, 7:05 p.m.), at Barrie (Saturday, 7:30 p.m.) Fast facts: The Otters begin the second half with a three-game Eastern Conference road trip. They are 0-9 [...]

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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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The Erie Otters were in unfamiliar territory Friday night – leading after two periods. The Otters were in unfamiliar territory at the end of the game, too. They were ahead. Behind career highs from Greg McKegg (six points) and Luke Cairns (five points), the Otters snapped a season-opening, four-game losing streak with a 7-5 win [...]

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