The Chautauqua Hurricane were a basketball team in both the

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(PBL) and

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(NABL). The team originally was based in

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and competed as the Erie Hurricane before relocating to

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in 2015. After their 2019–20 season ended prematurely due to the

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, the team was declared PBL Champions. The franchise suspended operations following the 2021–22 PBL season.

History

2013–2015: Erie Hurricane

The Erie Hurricane were founded in 2013 by

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owner Tawan Slaughter as a member of the Premiere Basketball League (PBL). They played their games at East High School in

. In the team's second season, Slaughter began staging games in

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to test waters for a permanent move.

2015–2022: Chautauqua Hurricane

Following the 2014–15 PBL season, Tawan Slaughter announced the team would be renamed to Jamestown Hurricane. This was short-lived, however, and the team began the 2015–16 PBL season as the Chautauqua Hurricane out of nearby

. Tawan Slaughter sold the team to Sixto Rosario following the 2015–16 PBL season. After the PBL's closure, Rosario moved the team to the

(NABL) in 2018. The Hurricane announced in December 2019 that the team would return to a revived

for the 2019–20 PBL season. After the 2019–20 PBL season ended early due to the

, the Hurricane were declared PBL Champions as they were in first-place with an 11–3 record. Kofi Mills was honored as League MVP and Jerome Moss was honored as PBL Coach of the Year following the truncated season. While a full 2020–21 PBL season was not held due to the ongoing pandemic, the team qualified for the 2021 PBL Championship Series tournament with a 3–2 record and was eliminated by the Lancaster Thunder. The Hurricane played their final 2021–22 season in the PBL before folding.

Season-by-season record

References

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