The Erie Blizzard are an independent Junior A ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team in the Continental Junior Hockey League

Continental Junior Hockey League

The Continental Junior Hockey League is a junior ice hockey league based in the Northeastern United States and Canada. The league is currently affiliated with the Amateur Athletic Union, previously independent. League President Jim Cashman is the former President of the now defunct semi-pro Gulf...

. The team plays out of Ice Center of Erie in Erie

Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

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History

The Franchise was formed in 2010 as an original franchise in the 2010-11 season of the Continental Junior Hockey League

Continental Junior Hockey League

The Continental Junior Hockey League is a junior ice hockey league based in the Northeastern United States and Canada. The league is currently affiliated with the Amateur Athletic Union, previously independent. League President Jim Cashman is the former President of the now defunct semi-pro Gulf...

. The Blizzard's first head coach will be Curtis Prue. Curtis has coached at Fairview High School where he won a league championship in 2008. He has also coached at Gannon University

Gannon University

Gannon University is a private, co-educational Catholic university offering associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees, certificates and doctoral degrees and is located in Erie, Pennsylvania. Gannon University has an alumni base numbering around 31,500. Current enrollment is 4,238.Gannon's...