Sarnia Sting
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Sarnia Sting
City Sarnia, Ontario
League Ontario Hockey League
Conference Western
Division West
Founded 1994–95
Home arena Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre
Colours Black, White & Gold
General manager Alan Millar
Head coach Dave MacQueen
Affiliate(s) Sarnia Blast
Sarnia Sting during pregame warmup.

The Sarnia Sting are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre (capacity: 5,300) in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

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History

The franchise was granted in 1969 as one of the inaugural teams of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. At the time, the team was located in Cornwall, Ontario and were known as the Cornwall Royals. During the team's tenure in the QMJHL the Royals won the Memorial Cup in 1972, 1980, and in 1981.

For the 1981 - 1982 season, the team transferred to the Ontario Hockey League. In 1992, the franchise moved again to Newmarket, Ontario to play as the Newmarket Royals.

In 1994, the team was bought by the Ciccarelli brothers and moved to Sarnia, Ontario. Robert Ciccarelli is team's current president and governor. In 1999-2000 he was voted OHL Executive of the Year.

The move of the OHL franchise also forced the Junior "B" Sarnia Bees to change their name to the Steeplejacks.

Championships

The Sarnia Sting are in quest of their first J. Ross Robertson Cup and first Memorial Cup. In 1996-1997 was the closest the team came to the OHL Championship, but lost in the quarter-finals to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 3. The lone title so far, was in 2003-2004 when the team won the OHL West Division, winning the Bumbacco Trophy.

Coaches

List of Coaches

Multiple seasons in parentheses.

  • 1994-1995 Don Boyd, R.Brown, M.Hunter
  • 1995-1996 Mark Hunter (5)
  • 1996-1997 Joe Canale
  • 1997-1999 Mark Hunter (5)
  • 1999-2000 Mark Hunter, Rich Brown (3)
  • 2000-2001 Rich Brown, Jeff Perry
  • 2001-2003 Jeff Perry (4)
  • 2003-2004 Jeff Perry, Greg Walters
  • 2004-2006 Shawn Camp (2)
  • 2006-2007 Dave MacQueen

Players

Award winners

Bobby Smith Trophy
Scholastic player of the year.

  • 2004-05 Richard Clune
  • 2006-07 Steven Stamkos

Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy
OHL Top Point Scorer.

  • 1995-1996 Aaron Brand
  • 1998-1999 Peter Sarno

Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy
Overage player of the year.

  • 1995-1996 Aaron Brand

F.W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy
Best rookie goals against average.

  • 1999-2000 Andrew Sim
  • 2002-2003 Ryan Munce

Ivan Tennant Memorial Award
Top academic high school player.

  • 2004-05 Matt Pelech

Jack Ferguson Award
First overall draft pick.

  • 1994 Jeff Brown
  • 2006 Steven Stamkos

Retired numbers

None to date. Numbers are honoured with a banner for Aaron Brand and Peter Sarno have both won OHL scoring titles, and Trevor Letowski, Danny Fritsche and Steven Stamkos were chosen to the World Junior teams.

NHL alumni

Team records

Team Records for a single season
Statistic Total Season
Most Points 90 2002-03
Most Wins 41 2002-03
Most Goals For 330 1995-96
Least Goals For 156 2004-05
Least Goals Against 189 1999-00
Most Goals Against 292 1994-95
Individual player records for a single season
Statistic Player Total Season
Most Goals Steven Stamkos 58 2007-2008
Most Assists Peter Sarno 93 1998-99
Most Points Peter Sarno 130 1998-99
Most Points, rookie Steven Stamkos 92 2006-07
Most Points, defenseman Andy Delmore 78 1996-97
Best GAA (Goalie) Greg Hewitt 2.53 1999-00
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played


Yearly results

Regular season

Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shoot Out Loss

Season Games Won Lost Tied OTL SL Points Pct % Goals
For		 Goals
Against		 Standing
1994-95 66 24 37 5 - - 53 0.402 250 292 3rd Western
1995-96 66 39 23 4 - - 82 0.621 330 276 2nd Western
1996-97 66 35 24 7 - - 77 0.583 286 251 2nd Western
1997-98 66 32 21 13 - - 77 0.583 253 227 3rd Western
1998-99 68 37 25 6 - - 80 0.588 279 216 2nd West
1999-00 68 33 27 8 - - 74 0.544 211 189 3rd West
2000-01 68 28 31 7 2 - 65 0.463 235 244 3rd West
2001-02 68 27 29 5 7 - 66 0.434 236 260 4th West
2002-03 68 41 19 7 1 - 90 0.654 251 193 2nd West
2003-04 68 37 23 4 4 - 82 0.574 220 210 1st West
2004-05 68 16 41 6 5 - 43 0.316 156 228 5th West
2005-06 68 17 46 - 2 3 39 0.287 197 295 5th West
2006-07 68 34 24 - 5 5 78 0.574 270 241 4th West
2007-08 68 37 29 - 2 0 76 0.559 251 229 3rd West

Playoffs

  • 1994-1995 Lost to Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 0 in division quarter-finals.
  • 1995-1996 Defeated S.S. Marie Greyhounds 4 games to 0 in division quarter-finals.
    Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
  • 1996-1997 Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 1 in division quarter-finals.
    Lost to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 3 in quarter-finals.
  • 1997-1998 Lost to Plymouth Whalers 4 games to 1 in division quarter-finals.
  • 1998-1999 Lost to London Knights 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
  • 1999-2000 Lost to Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 3 in conference quarter-finals.
  • 2000-2001 Lost to Plymouth Whalers 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
  • 2001-2002 Lost to Erie Otters 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
  • 2002-2003 Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
  • 2003-2004 Lost to Erie Otters 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
  • 2004-2005 Out of playoffs.
  • 2005-2006 Out of playoffs.
  • 2006-2007 Lost to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
  • 2007-2008 Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
    Lost to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 0 in semi-finals.

Team uniforms and logos

The original Sarnia Sting logo (inset left) showed a bee playing hockey with its stinger poised. It was used from 1994 to 1999, with the team's colours being black, white and silver. The current logo has been instituted since 1999, with gold replacing silver on the uniforms. The jersey also features beehive patches on each shoulder.

The sting have also used a third jersey that has a yellow background and a bee holding a stick about the Sarnia name on the chest (inset right).

The Sting chose a new jersey for the 2006-07 season. Fans were given the option to chose between two possibilities. [1]

Arenas

The Sarnia Sting played their first three seasons at the Sarnia Arena located in the downtown area. The Sting relocated from Newmarket, Ontario on the promise that a new arena would be built in the city.

For the 1997-1998 season the Sting moved into their new home at the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre. It is a more modern facility with private boxes and many other amenities. The SSEC, as it is known, hosted the Ontario Hockey League All Star Game in 1999, and the RE/Max Canada-Russia Challenge in 2004.

See also

External links

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