Sarnia Sting

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Sarnia Sting
City:	Sarnia, Ontario
League:	Ontario Hockey League
Conference:	Western
Division:	West
Founded:	1994-1995
Home Arena:	Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre
Colours:	Black, White & Gold
Head Coach:	Dave MacQueen
General Manager:	Alan Millar
Affiliate(s):	Sarnia Blast
Franchise history
1969-1992:	Cornwall Royals
1992-1994:	Newmarket Royals
1994-Present:	Sarnia Sting

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Championships 3 Coaches 4 Players 4.1 Award winners 4.2 Retired numbers 4.3 NHL Alumni 5 Yearly Results 5.1 Regular Season 5.2 Playoffs 6 Team uniforms & logos 7 Arenas 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Players

[edit] Award winners

Bobby Smith Trophy Scholastic player of the year. 2004-05 Richard Clune 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

[edit] 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 and Danny Fritsche were chosen to the World Junior teams.

[edit] NHL Alumni

Eric Boulton Sean Brown Daniel Carcillo Larry Courville Mike Danton Andy Delmore

Patrick DesRochers Dan Fritsche Trevor Gillies Jeff Heerema Drew Larman Alan Letang

Trevor Letowski Sean McMorrow David Nemirovsky Kris Newbury Ivan Novoseltsev Marek Posmyk

Peter Sarno Jon Sim Joey Tenute Mike Van Ryn Jeff Zehr

[edit] Yearly Results

[edit] Regular Season

Legend:
T = Tie (1994-2005), SL = Shoot Out Loss (2005-06 onward), OTL = Overtime Loss

Season	Games	Won	Lost	T/SL	OTL	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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Team uniforms & logos

The original Sarnia Sting logo (inset left) showed a hockey playing bee 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]

[edit] 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 near the outskirts of town at Lambton College.

• Sarnia Arena - The OHL Arena & Travel Guide

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.

• Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre - The OHL Arena & Travel Guide

[edit] See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Ontario

[edit] External links

• www.sarniasting.com Official site
• Booster Club Sarnia Sting Booster Club
• Ontario Hockey League Official web site
• Canadian Hockey League Official web site

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