Sutton Sting
Ice hockey team in Sutton-in-Ashfield
The Sutton Sting are an amateur English ice hockey team based out of the Lammas Leisure Centre at Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire. The Sting compete in the National Ice Hockey League as a member of the Laidler conference (Division 2 North). Due to their home rink at Sutton being considered too small for match hockey, the team play their home fixtures at IceSheffield.
The team was founded in 2009, three years after the junior club of the same name was established, to give players a pathway from U10s into senior ice hockey. They primarily source players who progress through their junior teams which enter into the English Ice Hockey Association Junior Leagues system.
The team began life in the English National Ice Hockey League (ENL) North 2 for the 2009-10 season. After 3 years the club won the 2011-12 English National Ice Hockey League North Promotion Playoff Champions against the Nottingham Lions and elected for promotion to the National Ice Hockey League North 1.
In the clubs first season in NIHL 1 they qualified for but were eliminated from the playoffs in the semi finals, they competed from 2012 to 2017 without any further playoff success.
Following the closure of the 2016-17 season the Sting elected to drop down into the NIHL 2 where they were crowned league champions, but went on to be defeated in the playoff finals by the Widnes Wild.
Sting returned to the NIHL 1 North for the 2018-19 season where they remained for a further year.
Following a brief hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sting returned to the NIHL 2 for the 2021-22 season. Their first run out saw them finish 3rd in the league, followed by a playoff semi-final loss to eventual champions the Hull Jets. A similar story followed for the 2022-23 season where the Sting once again finished 3rd in the league, followed by a playoff semi-final loss to eventual champions the Telford Tigers 2.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | League | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Post-season |
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| 2009-10 | ENL 2 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | - | 12 | 68 | 142 | 6 | No playoffs held |
| 2010-11 | ENL 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | - | 29 | 122 | 124 | 2 | No playoffs held |
| 2011-12 | ENL 2 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | - | 44 | 228 | 88 | 2 | Placement game win |
| 2012-13 | NIHL 1 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | - | 39 | 121 | 101 | 3 | Semifinal loss |
| 2013-14 | NIHL 1 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | - | 31 | 133 | 100 | 5 | DNQ |
| 2014-15 | NIHL 1 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | - | 21 | 82 | 85 | 5 | DNQ |
| 2015-16 | NIHL 1 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 2 | - | 22 | 96 | 118 | 7 | DNQ |
| 2016-17 | NIHL 1 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | - | 21 | 83 | 106 | 6 | DNQ |
| 2017-18 | NIHL 2 | 36 | 28 | 5 | - | 3 | 59 | 218 | 110 | 1 | Final loss |
| 2018-19 | NIHL 1 | 36 | 10 | 23 | - | 3 | 23 | 136 | 235 | 8 | QF loss |
| 2019-20 | NIHL 1 | 24 | 13 | 10 | - | 1 | 26 | 116 | 119 | 4 | Cancelled |
| 2020-21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | |
| 2021-22 | NIHL 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | - | 1 | 17 | 53 | 47 | 3 | SF loss |
| 2022-23 | NIHL 2 | 28 | 13 | 10 | - | 5 | 31 | 95 | 89 | 3 | SF loss |
| 2023-24 | NIHL 2 | 32 | 26 | 5 | - | 1 | 54 | 200 | 79 | 2 | Final loss |
| 2024-25 | NIHL 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Current Squad
Squad for 2024–25 National Ice Hockey League North 2 season
| Netminders | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Catches | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |
| 99 | Lewis King | L | 2001 | 2017 | ||||
| 21 | Liberty Bird | L | 2003 | 2022 | ||||
| 55 | Ben Ward | L | 2000 | 2017 | ||||
| Defencemen | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |||
| 8 | Sam Colton | 2002 | 2023 | |||||||
| 20 | Josh Humphreys | 2000 | 2021 | |||||||
| 90 | Owen Jenkinson | 2004 | 2021 | |||||||
| 46 | Cameron Kushnirenko | 1999 | 2022 | |||||||
| 65 | Jamie Scott | R | 1998 | Belfast | 2024 | |||||
| 6 | James Spencer | R | 2001 | Sutton-in-Ashfield | 2021 | |||||
| 78 | Jasper Wright | 2005 | 2022 | |||||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Nat. | Player | Shoots | Date of birth | Place of birth | Acquired | Contract | |||
| 9 | Cameron Akers | L | 2000 | Sheffield | 2021 | |||||
| 7 | Adam Brooke-Smith | 2002 | 2022 | |||||||
| 17 | Morgan Glasby | 2001 | Worksop | 2021 | ||||||
| 19 | Matthew Jeffcock | R | 1988 | Sheffield | 2014 | |||||
| 86 | Elliott Meadows | 1997 | 2015 | |||||||
| 25 | Calum Russell | 2002 | 2021 | |||||||
| 16 | Charlie Saunders | R | 1998 | 2014 | ||||||
| 92 | Elizabeth Saunders | L | 2001 | 2024 | ||||||
| Sebastian Staley | 2008 | 2024 | Junior | |||||||
| 10 | William Stennett | 1992 | 2010 | |||||||
| 2 | Bailey Templar | L | 1999 | 2015 | ||||||
| 11 | Oliver Watson | L | 1998 | Rotherham | 2021 | |||||
External links
- Sutton Sting official site
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