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- The Stingers played in three exhibition games
against NHL teams, winning two out of three
times. Cincinnati lost to the Washington
Capitals 3-2 in 1976. Defeated the Capitals in
1977 by a score of 4-2 and defeating the
Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 in 1978. |
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- Center Dave Debol played for three
different Cincinnati hockey teams. The
Cincinnati Stingers of the WHA, the Cincinnati
Stingers of the CHL and the Cincinnati Tigers. |
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- On December 12th 1978 at Riverfront Coliseum,
Stingers goalie Mike Liut gave up three goals to
rookie Wayne Gretzky. It was the first hat-trick
for Gretzky as a major league player. |
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- Mark Messier's father (Doug Messier)
played for the Cincinnati Wings of the CHL in 1963-64. |
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- Stingers' defenseman Barry Melrose went on to
become a commentator and hockey analyst for
ESPN. |
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- Forward Robbie Ftorek's son (Sam Ftorek)
played for the 2006-07 Cincinnati Cyclones of
the ECHL. |
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- Rick Dudley, Butch Deadmarsh and Terry Ball also played for the
Cincinnati Swords of the AHL. |
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- Stingers' front office staffer Jim McVay's
father (John McVay) was the head coach of the
New York football Giants from 1976 to 1978. Jim
worked in sales and promotion. |
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- Robbie Ftorek and Claude Larose both wore the
number 8 simultaneously during the 1977-78
season. |
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- Stingers' left winger Pierre Guite's son (Ben
Guite) played for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
from 2001 - 2003. |
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- Stingers' center Mark Messier went on to play
in the NHL for 25 seasons. When he retired,
following the 2003-04 season, he was the last
former WHA player still active on the ice as a
player. |
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- Center Bryan Campbell also played for the
Cincinnati Wings of the Central Hockey League
during their only season (1963-64). |
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- Stingers' head coach Floyd Smith was
also the bench-boss for the Cincinnati
Swords. His 1972-73 Swords club won the Calder
Cup. Smith also sat in for two games as the head
coach for the 1981-82 Cincinnati Tigers. |
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- The 1976-77 Stingers club racked up 354 goals
which is the second most for any professional
Cincinnati hockey club. The 1981-82 Cincinnati
Tigers has the most with 375. |
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- On November 10th 2007 the ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones
honored the Cincinnati Stingers in a game
against the Augusta Lynx by wearing throwback
Stinger jerseys. |
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- Rick Dudley was the only player to play for
the Stingers in all four seasons. |
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- Stingers' forward Willie Trognitz was banned
from playing in the International Hockey League
for hitting Archie Henderson in the head with his hockey stick outside of
his locker room prior to a game. Oddly enough,
both players would become teammates on the
1979-80 Fort Worth Texans of the Central Hockey
League. |
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- Stingers' center Jacques Locas's father,
Jacques Sr., played for the AHL's Cincinnati
Mohawks during the 1949-50 season. |
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- Stingers' head coach Jacques Demers was
functionally illiterate. Something he concealed
for 20 years. |
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- Wayne Gretzky's first professional game was
against the Stingers. The game was an exhibition
match and was played in Dayton Ohio's Hara Arena
on September 27th 1978. |
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