The Erie Otters skated as planned Wednesday night at Erie Insurance Arena, just not against another OHL club.

League officials postponed the Otters’ scheduled 7 p.m. home game against Midwest Division rival Kitchener after wintry weather along Interstate 90 in Buffalo, New York, prevented the Rangers from completing their bus trip south to Erie.

Meanwhile, the Otters held a practice on their home ice in the time originally slated for the game while waiting to hear from league officials about a new date. The game will be moved to a later — and of as late Wednesday, still undetermined — date and time.

The league has one open date for both clubs, on Sunday, before starting a 10-day Christmas break. EIA is unavailable Thursday night because of an Erie BayHawks game. The Otters have a home game Friday against Windsor, while the Rangers play at home Friday against Sudbury before traveling to Guelph on Saturday. The game also can be moved to the second half of the regular season.

Tickets for Wednesday’s game can be redeemed for the rescheduled game or any future home games.

According to Otters’ records, it was the second postponed home game in the franchise’s 21-year history, with the other occurring on Nov. 13, 1999, against Owen Sound. The Otters had a game postponed for the first time since Feb. 21, 1014, when a punctured pipe underneath the ice at Sudbury Community Arena flooded the rink. It was the Otters’ first weather-related postponement since Jan. 25, 2014, in Belleville.