Erie Blizzard

Erie Blizzard
City Erie, Pennsylvania
League CJHL(2010–11)
MWJHL (2012)
Division Eastern
Founded 2010
Home arena Ice Center of Erie
Colors Light blue, navy blue, white
              
Head coach Curtis Prue
Franchise history
2010–2012 Erie Blizzard

The Erie Blizzard were an independent junior ice hockey team in the Continental Junior Hockey League (CJHL) and Midwest Junior Hockey League (MWJHL). The team was announced to play out of Ice Center of Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania.

History

The franchise was formed in 2010 as an charter member of the Continental Junior Hockey League for the 2010–11 season. The Blizzard's first head coach was announced as Curtis Prue. Prue had coached at Fairview High School where he won a league championship in 2008. He had also coached at Gannon University.[1][2] However, prior to the 2010–11 season, the Blizzard had been unable to sign enough players to field a team and merged with the Niagara Fury for the season. In 2011, the Blizzard and Fury were announced to as fielding their own teams for the 2011–12 season. By October 2011, the CJHL was down to just two teams, the Blizzard and Fury. In November, the Blizzard announced they had withdrawn form the league.[3]

The Blizzard briefly returned for the 2012–13 season when the team was announced as one of the founding members of the Midwest Junior Hockey League in the National Conference, Eastern Division.[4] Only a few months into preparations for the season, the Erie Blizzard and a number of other teams went dark.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100710/HOCKEY/307109930/-1/RSS06"
  2. ↑ http://yourerie.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=124645"
  3. ↑ http://blogs.goerie.com/shootout/2011/11/03/hockey-update-blizzard-leave-cjhl-will-play-as-independent/
  4. ↑ MWJHL Staff (17 Jul 2012). "MWJHL Announcement - Junior Hockey News". JuniorHockey.com. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ Kolodziej, Joseph (August 31, 2012). "MWJHL To Have At Least Six Go Dark". The Junior Hockey News. Retrieved June 7, 2014.

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