The Sudbury Five are a Canadian professional

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team based in

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that play in the

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(NBL Canada). The team is owned by Sudbury Wolves Sports and plays at the

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History

The team was originally approved by the

(NBL Canada) to begin play for the 2017–18 season, but was pushed back to the 2018–19 season. The organization announced their team name, Sudbury Five, and colours in May 2018. Logan Stutz was named the team's first general manager and head coach on 9 August. The team took part in the 2018 entry draft with the other nine NBL Canada teams and later received the

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' protected player list after that team left the league. The team's second season was curtailed by the onset of the

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and the following 2020–21 season was cancelled by the league. In 2021, general manager and head coach Logan Stutz was hired by the

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as director of player development and left the Five. He was replaced by assistant coach Elliott Etherington.

Name and logo

The team's name and logo refer to the last digit in the 705 area code that serves

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, the five-cent

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coin, and the five players playing for each team in a basketball game.

Arena

The team plays home games at

. Tickets for basketball are only sold on the sides and floor of the arena, giving it a capacity 2,500 with room to expand.

Season-by-season record

Players

Current roster

References

External links

Official website
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